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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Lysis by Plato: son, will he not entrust to us the prerogative of making soup, and putting
in anything that we like while the pot is boiling, rather than to the
Prince of Asia, who is his son?
To us, clearly.
And we shall be allowed to throw in salt by handfuls, whereas the son will
not be allowed to put in as much as he can take up between his fingers?
Of course.
Or suppose again that the son has bad eyes, will he allow him, or will he
not allow him, to touch his own eyes if he thinks that he has no knowledge
of medicine?
He will not allow him.
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