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Quotation from Euthydemus by Plato
“The teaching of virtue, Socrates, he replied, is our principal occupation; and we believe that we can impart it better and quicker than any man”
Euthydemus, 273d, trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892)
The brothers announce their new profession, setting up the test that Socrates proposes with Cleinias.
Citation: "The teaching of virtue, Socrates, he replied, is our principal occupation; and we believe that we can impart it better and quicker than any man" — Plato, Euthydemus, 273d, trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892). (id plato-euthydemus-q1)
