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In the Clouds, Socrates blurts out radical statements before he has tested whether his listeners can understand them or can learn from them. Does Book I of Plato's Republic confirm this portrait of Socrates, or does it portray him as being more careful with his interlocutors? Compare Socrates’ treatment of Cephalus in the Republic with his treatment of Strepsiades in in the Clouds.