The Art of the General

Myse said that no art of hunting extends beyond hunting and capturing. When the prey is taken they cannot use it, but the huntsman or fisherman hands it over to the cook. Creto says he heard these words not spoken either by Euthitimus or Dionys Adros. But did you carry the search any further, and did you find the art which you were seeking? Socrates. Fine, my dear sir, no indeed, and we cut a poor figure. We were like children after larks, always on the point of catching the art which was always getting away from us.