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Socrates, aware that he was pleased with his approbation, went on to say:
Tell me, Euthydemus, what kind of goodness do you want to get by collecting these books?
And as Euthydemus was silent, considering what answer to give, Possibly you want to be a doctor? he guessed: Medical treatises alone make a large collection.
Oh no, not at all.
But perhaps you wish to be an architect? One needs a well-stored mind for that too.
No, indeed I don’t.
Well, perhaps you want to be a good mathematician, like Theodorus? 1
No, not that either.
Well, perhaps you want to be an astronomer? And as he again said no, Perhaps a rhapsodist, then? They tell me you have a complete copy of Homer.
Oh no, not at all; for your rhapsodists, I know, are consummate as reciters, but they are very silly fellows themselves.
Then Socrates exclaimed:
And as Euthydemus was silent, considering what answer to give, Possibly you want to be a doctor? he guessed: Medical treatises alone make a large collection.
Oh no, not at all.
But perhaps you wish to be an architect? One needs a well-stored mind for that too.
No, indeed I don’t.
Well, perhaps you want to be a good mathematician, like Theodorus? 1
No, not that either.
Well, perhaps you want to be an astronomer? And as he again said no, Perhaps a rhapsodist, then? They tell me you have a complete copy of Homer.
Oh no, not at all; for your rhapsodists, I know, are consummate as reciters, but they are very silly fellows themselves.
Then Socrates exclaimed:
Memorabilia. Xenophon. Edgar Carew Marchant (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1923.
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