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Chrysippos
You grasp the idea. It is not on my own account that I take fees, but for the good of the giver himself. For since one party in a transaction must give and the other receive, I train myself to receive and my pupil to give.
Buyer
It ought to be the other way about. The young man ought to receive, and you, who alone are rich, to give out.
Chrysippos
You are chaffing, fellow; but be careful lest I let fly at you with the apodeiktic syllogism.
Buyer
What are the frightful effects of the weapon?
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Chrysippos
Embarrassment, silence, confusion of mind.
If you like, I will give you an extreme example, and prove in a twinkling that you are a stone.
Buyer
How a stone? You do not look to me like Perseus with the Gorgon's head, my friend.
Chrysippos
This is the way. Is the stone a body?
Chrysippos
Well, is not a living creature a body?
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Chrysippos
But you are a living creature?
Buyer
Certainly, I have that appearance.
Chrysippos
Then you are a stone, for you are a body.
Buyer
Heaven forbid! In Zeus' name, release me and make me a man again!
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Chrysippos
That is easy; be a man once more. For, tell me, is every body a living creature?
Chrysippos
Well, is a stone a living creature?
Chrysippos
But you are a body?
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