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[333ξ] ἄνθρωπος σωφρονεῖν, ὅτι ἀδικεῖ;

αἰσχυνοίμην ἂν ἔγωγ᾽, ἔφη, ὦ Σώκρατες, τοῦτο ὁμολογεῖν, ἐπεὶ πολλοί γέ φασιν τῶν ἀνθρώπων.

πότερον οὖν πρὸς ἐκείνους τὸν λόγον ποιήσομαι, ἔφην, ἢ πρὸς σέ;

εἰ βούλει, ἔφη, πρὸς τοῦτον πρῶτον τὸν λόγον διαλέχθητι τὸν τῶν πολλῶν.

ἀλλ᾽ οὐδέν μοι διαφέρει, ἐὰν μόνον σύ γε ἀποκρίνῃ, εἴτ᾽ οὖν δοκεῖ σοι ταῦτα εἴτε μή: τὸν γὰρ λόγον ἔγωγε μάλιστα ἐξετάζω, συμβαίνει μέντοι ἴσως καὶ ἐμὲ τὸν ἐρωτῶντα καὶ τὸν ἀποκρινόμενον ἐξετάζεσθαι.


Plato. Platonis Opera, ed. John Burnet. Oxford University Press. 1903.

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    • James A. Towle, Commentary on Plato: Protagoras, 331c
    • James A. Towle, Commentary on Plato: Protagoras, 335c
    • J. Adam, A. M. Adam, Commentary on Plato, Protagoras, CHAPTER XIX
    • J. Adam, A. M. Adam, Commentary on Plato, Protagoras, CHAPTER XXXIV
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