I am
confident it varies scarce any thing from what really passed; and as
it pleased the By-standers, it may possibly please the Publick, if
you give it a Place in your Paper.
`It not being proper to name the Persons discoursing, I shall
call one of them _Socrates_, his manner of Arguing being in my
Opinion, somewhat like that of _Socrates_: And, if you please, the
other may be _Crito_.'
_I am Yours,_ &c.
A. A.
_Socrates._ Who is that well-dress'd Man that passed by just
now?
_Crito._ He is a Gentleman of this City, esteem'd a _Man of
Sense_, but not very honest.
_S._ The Appellation of _a Man of Sense _ is of late frequently
given, and seems to come naturally into the Character of every Man we
are about to praise: But I am at some Loss to know whether a Man who
_is not honest_ can deserve it.
_C._ Yes, doubtless; There are many vicious Men who are
nevertheless Men of very good Sense.
_S._ You are of Opinion, perhaps, that a Man of Knowledge is _a
Man of Sense_.
_C._ I am really of that Opinion.
_S._ Is the Knowledge of Push-pin, or of the Game at Ninepins,
or of Cards and Dice, or even of Musick and Dancing, sufficient to
constitute the Character of a Man of Sense?
_C._ No certainly; there are many silly People that understand
these Things tolerably well.
_S._ Will the Knowledge of Languages, or of Logic and Rhetoric
serve to make a Man of Sense.
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