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or possessing that kind of knowledge. For in this case the art that makes and the art that uses are quite distinct, dealing in separation with the same thing; since there is a wide difference between the art of making lyres and that of harp-playing. Is it not so?He agreed.Nor again, obviously, do we require an art of flute-making; for this is another of the same kind.He assented.Now in good earnest, I asked, if we were to learn the art of speech-making, can that be the art we should acquire if we would be happy?I for one think not, said Cleinias, interposing.
Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 3 translated by W.R.M. Lamb. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1967.
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