Clouds V

Language, politics, religion, and justice: in a word, the nomos

Skipping over the chorus, and picking back up Socrates re-emerging from the thinkery, we see the teacher is not satisfied with the progress of the student. The first question that Socrates asks is, “Come now, what do you first wish to learn now of the things that you’ve never been taught at all?” (636-7) Socrates then narrows it by giving some options: meters, words, or rhythms. If you could learn anything at all, why would you begin with meters, words, or rhythms? With what would you want to begin?