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[...]... with the Object, and from this union are born two children, one the ahOyo-is e.g Sight, the other the aladrrrbv e.g rb ixi\av The former belongs more peculiarly to %the Subject, the latter to the Object Similarly with the phenomena of Knowledge The Subject unites with the Idea, and the children of this union are vovs (or rather, strictly speaking, ^6770-15 i.e the action of POVS), on the side of the. .. no of that they think it impossible to acquire either art or study and therewith (lit • at-once-and') the art ofsteersmanship We may translate the sentence thus: 'but art or system of how to steer, let alorte whether people wish him to steer or no—that they think it impossible to acquire, and therewithal the art of steering." The true pilot, according to Plato, is one who knows how to steer Whether others... under the name of punishment Against these influences, no teacher can possibly contend, although the providence of God may save some As for the Sophists, they do but make into a system and teach the opinions of the Multitude, which they are wholly unable to justify, but accept without reserve, as their profession requires them to do Remember too that the Ideas are foolishness to the Many, so that they... 'him, the master of the ship.' Perhaps aim? is * by himself,' ip$i in the sense of soft, as in avrol ydp iafiep, and we should translate 'while they themselves constantly swarm around the solitary master of the ship.' Failing this explanation we must follow Schneider; unless we venture to take aury in the sense of 'the Master' (cf 1 327 B n.) and regard r . art of how to steer and therewith the art of steering. 1 He who learns the art and study of how to steer necessarily learns therewith the art of. some length.' The first hand in S omits did, but it occurs in all the other MSS. None of these expedients is nearly so good as the reading of the