Some answers, Socrates, are of necessity longer; but I will do my best to make them as short as possible
I'm wondering if his preferred strategy is generally the opposite: long-winded answers to make the answer more obscure but partially visible.
Some answers, Socrates, are of necessity longer; but I will do my best to make them as short as possible
I'm wondering if his preferred strategy is generally the opposite: long-winded answers to make the answer more obscure but partially visible.
you praised it as if you were answering some one who found fault with it, but you never said what the art was.
Answered his question indirectly, didn't come outright and say it. Rhetorical strategy, sophist in nature?