Morob. It is indeed of good, but rather for those who are initiated in holy affairs, i.e., priests, or for those who, by useful knowledge of their art, are about to earn their living, such as the shoemaker’s art, the weaving art, and the other arts necessary for money-making. Rise, I beg of you, put away your books from your hands. Let us go out for a walk, so that for some short time you may get fresh air!
Phil. I may not do so just now, because of Stunica and Siliceus.
Morob. Who are these Stunica and Siliceus? Are they not your subjects, over whom you have the command, not they over you?
Teachers
Phil. Stunica is my educator, while Siliceus is my literary tutor. Subjects of mine indeed they are, or to speak more exactly, of my father; but my father, to whom I am subject, placed them over me, and subjected me to them.
Morob. What then! Did your father give your highness into servitude to these men?
Phil. I don’t know.
Morob. Oh! most unworthy deed!
II. The Teaching of Sophobulus