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Or like shoemaking for the acquisition of shoes,-that is what you

mean?

Yes.

And what similar use or power of acquisition has justice in time

of peace?

In contracts, Socrates, justice is of use.

And by contracts you mean partnerships?

Exactly.

But is the just man or the skilful player a more useful and

better partner at a game of draughts?

The skilful player.

And in the laying of bricks and stones is the just man a more

useful or better partner than the builder?

Quite the reverse.

Then in what sort of partnership is the just man a better partner

than the harp-player, as in playing the harp the harp-player is

certainly a better partner than the just man?

In a money partnership.

Yes, Polemarchus, but surely not in the use of money; for you do

not want a just man to be your counsellor in the purchase or sale

of a horse; a man who is knowing about horses would be better for

that, would he not?

Certainly.

And when you want to buy a ship, the shipwright or the pilot

would be better?

True.