STATESMAN

Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition Plato and Jowett, Benjamin
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STRANGER: Shall we add a fifth class, of ornamentation and drawing, and of the imitations produced by drawing and music, which are designed for amusement only, and may be fairly comprehended under one name?
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YOUNG SOCRATES: What is it?
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STRANGER: Plaything is the name.
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YOUNG SOCRATES: Certainly.
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STRANGER: That one name may be fitly predicated of all of them, for none of these things have a serious purpose—amusement is their sole aim.

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Statesman, Project Gutenberg eBook #1738

INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS. STATESMAN (continued 1)