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 1 Text|      not ill-prepared with an answer. For the day before yesterday
 2 Text| interrupted them, saying: not answer him, my dear Agathon; for
 3 Text|   would be ridiculous; but to answer as you would, if I asked
 4 Text|      son or daughter: and the answer would be right.~Very true,
 5 Text|    the foolish?’ ‘A child may answer that question,’ she replied; ‘
 6 Text|        Still,’ she said, ‘the answer suggests a further question:
 7 Text|         I replied, ‘I have no answer ready.’ ‘Then,’ she said, ‘
 8 Text|    man desires happiness; the answer is already final.’ ‘You
 9 Text|      which they have in view? Answer me.’ ‘Nay, Diotima,’ I replied, ‘
10 Text| beginning to say something in answer to the allusion which Socrates
11 Text|      For I know that I cannot answer him or say that I ought