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Socrates
Soc. And in the same way what the harper uses in harping will be different from the harper himself?
Socrates
Soc. Well then, that is what I was asking just now—whether the user and what he uses are always, in your opinion, two different things.
Alcibiades
Alc. They are.
Socrates
Soc. Then what are we to say of the shoemaker? Does he cut with his tools only, or with his hands as well?
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Alcibiades
Alc. With his hands as well.
Socrates
Soc. So he uses these also?
Socrates
Soc. Does he use his eyes, too, in his shoe-making?
Socrates
Soc. And we admit that the user and what he uses are different things?
Socrates
Soc. Then the shoemaker and the harper are different from the hands and eyes that they use for their work?
Alcibiades
Alc. Apparently.
Socrates
Soc. And man uses his whole body too?
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Alcibiades
Alc. To be sure.
Socrates
Soc. And we said that the user and what he uses are different?
Socrates
Soc. So man is different from his own body?
Alcibiades
Alc. It seems so.
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