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278 Socrates. I think, Phaedrus, that the epithet wise is too great and befits God alone; but the name philosopher, that is, lover of wisdom, or something of the sort would be more fitting and modest for such a man.

278 Phaedrus. And quite appropriate.

278 Socrates. On the other hand, he who has nothing more valuable than the things he has composed or written, turning his words up and down at his leisure, adding this phrase and taking that away, will you not properly address him as poet or writer of speeches or of laws?

278 Phaedrus. Certainly.

278 Socrates. Tell this then to your friend.

278 Phaedrus. But what will you do? For your friend ought not to be passed by.

278 Socrates. What friend?

278 Phaedrus. The fair Isocrates. What message will you give him? What shall we say that he is?

279 Socrates. Isocrates is young yet, Phaedrus; however, I am willing to say what I prophesy for him.

279 Phaedrus. What is it?

279 Socrates. I think he has a nature above the speeches of Lysias and possesses a nobler character; so that I should not be surprised if, as he grows older, he should so excel in his present studies that all who have ever treated of rhetoric shall seem less than children; and I suspect that these studies will not satisfy him, but a more divine impulse will lead him to greater things; for my friend, something of philosophy is inborn in his mind. This is the message that I carry from these deities to my favorite Isocrates, and do you carry the other to Lysias, your favorite.

279 Phaedrus. It shall be done; but now let us go, since the heat has grown gentler.

279 Socrates. Is it not well to pray to the deities here before we go?

279 Phaedrus. Of course.

279 Socrates. O beloved Pan and all ye other gods of this place, grant to me that I be made beautiful in my soul within, and that all external possessions be in harmony with my inner man. May I consider the wise man rich; and may I have such wealth as only the self-restrained man can bear or endure.—Do we need anything more, Phaedrus? For me that prayer is enough.

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