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PART 4

And if this is not held to be an art, I do not object. For it is not suitable to call any one an artist of that which no one is ignorant of, but which all know from usage and necessity. But still the discovery is a great one, and requiring much art and investigation. Wherefore those who devote themselves to gymnastics and training, are always making some new discovery, by [p. 4]pursuing the same line of inquiry, where, by eating and drinking certain things, they are improved and grow stronger than they were.

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