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[from 'The Sophist' by Plato, in 2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic ]

Full Idea

The dialectical capacity - you won't give it to anyone else, I suspect, except to whoever philosophises purely and justly.

Clarification

'Dialectic' is the impersonal pursuit of truth

Gist of Idea

Dialectic should only be taught to those who already philosophise well

Source

Plato (The Sophist [c.359 BCE], 253e)

Book Reference

Plato: 'The Sophist', ed/tr. Bernadete,Seth [University of Chicago 1986], p.49