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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Lysis by Plato: Yes.
And oh! let me put another case, I said: There is the great king, and he
has an eldest son, who is the Prince of Asia;--suppose that you and I go to
him and establish to his satisfaction that we are better cooks than his
son, will he not entrust to us the prerogative of making soup, and putting
in anything that we like while the pot is boiling, rather than to the
Prince of Asia, who is his son?
To us, clearly.
And we shall be allowed to throw in salt by handfuls, whereas the son will
not be allowed to put in as much as he can take up between his fingers?
Of course.
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