Dialogue

 1 Craty|   the surroundings of such a work as the Cratylus are taken
 2 Craty| careless of the unity of his work, not fearing any ‘judge,
 3 Craty|     is the rational. It is a work not of chance, but of art;
 4 Craty|    as the different kinds of work differ, so ought the instruments
 5 Craty| direct the legislator in his work of naming, be he who knows
 6 Craty|      body, because he cannot work his will with them so long
 7 Craty|     that language is not the work of chance; nor does he deny
 8 Craty|     languages are the common work of whole nations in a primitive
 9 Craty|     of language as the joint work of the speaker and the hearer,
10 Craty|     or a tree, or some other work of nature or art, is often
11 Craty|     and nature, which is the work of mind yet unconscious,
12 Craty|      as of decay which is at work in all of them. Neither
13 Craty|     sound or word is not the work of the vocal organs only;
14 Craty|     like a piece of joiner’s work,—a theory of language which
15 Craty|     Language:’ to the latter work the author of this Essay
16 Craty|      uses the shuttle, whose work will he be using well?~HERMOGENES:
17 Craty|  piercer uses the awl, whose work will he be using well?~HERMOGENES:
18 Craty| teacher uses the name, whose work will he be using?~HERMOGENES:
19 Craty|    gives us a name, uses the work of the legislator?~HERMOGENES:
20 Craty|      adapted to each kind of work, that ought to be the form
21 Craty|    naturally adapted to each work, he must express this natural
22 Craty|   SOCRATES: And who uses the work of the lyre-maker? Will
23 Craty|   will know also whether the work is being well done or not?~
24 Craty| direct the legislator in his work, and will know whether the
25 Craty|    and will know whether the work is well done, in this or
26 Craty|     name.~SOCRATES: Then the work of the carpenter is to make
27 Craty|      True.~SOCRATES: And the work of the legislator is to
28 Craty|  matter as you fancy, or the work of light or chance persons;
29 Craty|     let his superhuman power work and finish the investigation
30 Craty|     more than human power at work occasionally in giving them
31 Craty|    SOCRATES: Physic does the work of a physician, and carpentering
32 Craty|     will be a sorry piece of work, and in the wrong direction.~
33 Craty|  there are some who do their work better and some worse?~CRATYLUS: