An idea from The Republic

Socrates argues that every real skill serves the thing it works on. A doctor serves the patient, and a ship’s pilot serves the crew. Thrasymachus ends up sweating and blushing. Then Socrates admits he jumped from question to question and still can’t say what justice is.

From The Republic by Plato

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