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And suppose we have a most delicious dinner, cooked by the finest chef, but we let it grow cold and no one eats it. Will that be profitable? Obviously not. Suppose, finally, that all the craftsmen in the world are given perfectly apportioned workrooms furnished with the most exquisite tools—but the craftsmen, declining to work, make no use of the workrooms or tools—will these, then, be profitable? Again, the answer is no (280C). 37 SOCRA TES AMONG THE CORYBANTES Only a moment ago, we decided that presence counted for little, since the future was the greatest good of all.
18 Hawtrey, among others, elaborates the comparison between the Euthydemus and The Sophistical Refutations, see Commentary, 22. 19 On Sprague's view of the brothers' style of argument, see 94, n. 6. But equally important is Sprague's demonstration that the eristic tricks to be found in the Euthydemus appear in many other dialogues—where they are refined, toned down, and employed by Socrates himself. Now, certainly Plato recognized the fallacious nature of these arguments. It was he, after all, who exposed them in the Euthydemus.
W h e n one is poor. 38 77//:' FIRST SOCRATIC DISCOURSE A n d w h e n one is w e a k or w h e n o n e is strong? Weak. A n d w h e n one is brave and self-controlled... or w h e n one is a c o w a r d ? A coward. A n d w h e n idle rather than busy? Yes. A n d slow rather than q u i c k ? A n d with sight and hearing that are d i m rather than sharp? H e agreed to these and all such cases. ( 2 8 1 B - D ) I sometimes think that this text—which is whimsical, ironic, enchantingly repetitive, and which ends with the plunge into darkness—reveals the essence of Socratic discourse.