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Ἀλκιβιάδης αʹ

Ἀλκιβιάδης αʹ Plato

129–130

Socrates
Soc. Then whatever is man?
Alcibiades
Alc. I cannot say.
Socrates
Soc. Oh, but you can—that he is the user of the body.
Alcibiades
Alc. Yes.
Socrates
Soc. And the user of it must be the soul?
Alcibiades
Alc. It must.
Socrates
Soc. And ruler?
Alcibiades
Alc. Yes.
Socrates
Soc. Now, here is a remark from which no one, I think, can dissent. 5
Alcibiades
Alc. What is it?
Socrates
Soc. That man must be one of three things.
Alcibiades
Alc. What things?
Socrates
Soc. Soul, body, or both together as one whole.
Alcibiades
Alc. Very well. 10
Socrates
Soc. But yet we have admitted that what actually rules the body is man?
Alcibiades
Alc. We have.
Socrates
Soc. And does the body rule itself?
Alcibiades
Alc. By no means.
Socrates
Soc. Because we have said that it is ruled. 15
Alcibiades
Alc. Yes.

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