T. How so?
C. Because it overpowers the weakest opinion.
T. Then, when one mind overcomes another, you say he is correct.
C. I know of no better rule.
T. When the rule is secure because it is just, the wisdom of the rule will be established, but the rule is wrong, and, therefore, the result must be wrong. Because one mind triumphs over another, it does not prove the right on the side of the victor.
C. How, then, can opinions be tested?
T. By experience.
C. Experience is on both sides.
T. True; but when the experience is such as to be well, it is not ill. The mind in the wrong will have an unhappy experience, but the mind in the right will be happy. Therefore, my rule is to wrangle not, but let experience test the claims of all opinions. In this way, all errors would soon disappear without disputes.
C. It would be a long time to overcome errors in that way.