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Tychiades I am curious about you, Simon. Ordinary people, free and slaves alike, have some trade or profession that enables them to benefit themselves and others; you seem to be an exception.

Simon I do not quite see what you mean, Tychiades; put it a little clearer.

Tychiades I want to know whether you have a profession of any sort; for instance, are you a musician?

Simon Certainly not.

Tychiades A doctor? 5

Simon No.

Tychiades A mathematician?

Simon No.

Tychiades Do you teach rhetoric, then? I need not ask about philosophy; you have about as much to do with that as sin has.

Simon Less, if possible. Do not imagine that you are enlightening me upon my failings. I acknowledge myself a sinner— worse than you take me for. 10

Tychiades Very well. But possibly you have abstained from these professions because nothing great is easy. Perhaps a trade is more in your way; are you a carpenter or cobbler? Your circumstances are hardly such as to make a trade superfluous.

Simon Quite true. Well, I have no skill in any of these.

Tychiades But in——?

Simon An excellent one, in my opinion; if you were acquainted with it you would agree, I am sure. I can claim to be a practical master in the art by this time; whether I can give an account of my faith is another question.

Tychiades What is it? 15

Simon No, I do not think I have got up the theory of it sufficiently. For the present, rest assured that I have a profession, and cease your strictures on that head. Its nature you shall know another time.