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[452a]

Socrates
I mean that, supposing the producers of those blessings which the maker of the catch commends—namely, the doctor, the trainer, and the money-getter—were to stand before you this moment, and the doctor first should say: “Gorgias is deceiving you, Socrates for it is not his art, but mine, that deals with man's greatest good.” Then supposing I were to ask him: “And who are you, to say so?” He would probably reply: “A doctor.” “Well, what do you mean? That the work of your art is the greatest good?” “What else, Socrates,” I expect he would reply, “is health? What greater good


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  • Commentary references to this page (7):
    • R. G. Bury, The Symposium of Plato, 187A
    • Gonzalez Lodge, Commentary on Plato: Gorgias, 447d
    • Gonzalez Lodge, Commentary on Plato: Gorgias, 455b
    • Gonzalez Lodge, Commentary on Plato: Gorgias, 477e
    • Gonzalez Lodge, Commentary on Plato: Gorgias, 503e
    • Gonzalez Lodge, Commentary on Plato: Gorgias, 514d
    • James Adam, The Republic of Plato, 3.406A
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