Dialogue

 1   Ion|         the God, and this is the reason why some poets, like Homer,
 2   Ion|          poet, and for a similar reason some rhapsodes, like Ion,
 3   Ion|         No, that is not the real reason; there are many examples
 4   Ion| Imagination is often at war with reason and fact. The concentration
 5   Ion|        of many who in the way of reason would be incapable of understanding
 6   Ion|     plenty to say?~SOCRATES: The reason, my friend, is obvious.
 7   Ion|         about others—tell me the reason of this.~SOCRATES: I perceive,
 8   Ion|         what I imagine to be the reason of this. The gift which
 9   Ion|           SOCRATES: And will the reason be that this is his art,
10   Ion|          will there be any other reason?~ION: No, that will be the
11   Ion|        ION: No, that will be the reason.~SOCRATES: And every art
12   Ion|      name of goodness can be the reason why you, who are the best
13   Ion|          ION: Why, Socrates, the reason is, that my countrymen,