Tell me, you scoundrel, have you ever made a voyage ?
Yes, often, Timocles.
Well, you were kept in motion then, were you not, either by-the wind striking the canvas and filling the sails, or else by the rowers, but the steering was done by a single man in ‘command, who kept the vessel safe ?
Yes, certainly.
Then do you suppose that while the ship would not sail if she were not steered, this universe keeps in motion unsteered and unofficered ?
Good! Timocles put that very shrewdly, with a valid illustration.