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Comparison is
illustrated by the sayings of Socrates; for instance, if one were to say that
magistrates should not be chosen by lot, for this would be the same as choosing
as representative athletes not those competent to contend, but those on whom the
lot falls; or as choosing any of the sailors as the man who should take the
helm, as if it were right that the choice should be decided by lot, not by a
man's knowledge.1
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 22, translated by J. H. Freese. Aristotle. Cambridge and London. Harvard University Press; William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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