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Quotation from Charmides, Lysis and Laches by Plato
“But whether by acting according to knowledge we shall act well and be happy, my dear Critias,--this is a point which we have not yet been able to determine”
Charmides, Lysis and Laches, Charmides (Stephanus 173d), trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892)
After his 'dream' of a world in which every art is practised by those who truly know, Socrates asks whether expertise alone would bring happiness.
Citation: "But whether by acting according to knowledge we shall act well and be happy, my dear Critias,--this is a point which we have not yet been able to determine" — Plato, Charmides, Lysis and Laches, Charmides (Stephanus 173d), trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892). (id plato-charmides-lysis-laches-q4)
