Charmides by Plato. - HTML preview

True.

And the same holds in boxing and in the pancratium?

And is it not better to teach another quickly and ener-Certainly.

getically, rather than quietly and slowly?

And in leaping and running and in bodily exercises gen-Yes.

erally, quickness and agility are good; slowness, and inac-And which is better, to call to mind, and to remember, tivity, and quietness, are bad?

quickly and readily, or quietly and slowly?

That is evident.