Plato's Republic 1.342α
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τί δὲ δή ; αὐτὴ ἡ ἰατρική ἐστιν πονηρά , ἢ ἄλλη τις τέχνη ἔσθ᾽ ὅτι προσδεῖταί τινος ἀρετῆς — ὥσπερ ὀφθαλμοὶ ὄψεως καὶ ὦτα ἀκοῆς καὶ διὰ ταῦτα ἐπ᾽ αὐτοῖς δεῖ τινος τέχνης τῆς τὸ συμφέρον εἰς αὐτὰ ταῦτα σκεψομένης τε καὶ ἐκποριούσης — ἆρα καὶ ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ τέχνῃ ἔνι τις πονηρία , καὶ δεῖ ἑκάστῃ τέχνῃ ἄλλης τέχνης ἥτις αὐτῇ τὸ συμφέρον σκέψεται , καὶ τῇ σκοπουμένῃ ἑτέρας αὖ τοιαύτης , καὶ τοῦτ᾽ ἔστιν ἀπέραντον ;
But
what
(
about
)
this
?
Is
the
art
of
medicine
itself
toilsome
,
or
does
any
other
art
have
any
need
for
excellence
—
such
as
the
eyes
of
eyesight
and
the
ears
of
hearing
,
and
because
of
this
,
to
preside
over
them
,
there
is
a
need
for
any
art
which
will
provide
the
advantage
for
those
very
ends
—
and
in
the
art
itself
is
there
anything
bad
,
and
does
each
art
require
another
art
to
examine
its
own
advantage
,
and
again
another
(
art
)
for
the
contemplation
of
that
one
,
and
this
is
boundless
?