YOUNG SOCRATES: Let us assume these two divisions of science, which is

one whole.

STRANGER: And are 'statesman,' 'king,' 'master,' or 'householder,' one

and the same; or is there a science or art answering to each of these

names? Or rather, allow me to put the matter in another way.

YOUNG SOCRATES: Let me hear.

STRANGER: If any one who is in a private station has the skill to advise

one of the public physicians, must not he also be called a physician?

YOUNG SOCRATES: Yes.

STRANGER: And if any one who is in a private station is able to advise

the ruler of a country, may not he be said to have the knowledge which

the ruler himself ought to have?

YOUNG SOCRATES: True.

STRANGER: But surely the science of a true king is royal science?

YOUNG SOCRATES: Yes.

STRANGER: And will not he who possesses this knowledge, whether he

Statesman