Plato, Protagoras, section 337a

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εἰπόντος δὲ αὐτοῦ ταῦτα, ὁ Πρόδικος, καλῶς μοι, ἔφη, δοκεῖς λέγειν, ὦ Κριτία: χρὴ γὰρ τοὺς ἐν τοιοῖσδε λόγοις παραγιγνομένους κοινοὺς μὲν εἶναι ἀμφοῖν τοῖν διαλεγομένοιν ἀκροατάς, ἴσους δὲ μή—ἔστιν γὰρ οὐ ταὐτόν: κοινῇ μὲν γὰρ ἀκοῦσαι δεῖ ἀμφοτέρων, μὴ ἴσον δὲ νεῖμαι ἑκατέρῳ, ἀλλὰ τῷ μὲν σοφωτέρῳ πλέον, τῷ δὲ ἀμαθεστέρῳ ἔλαττον. ἐγὼ μὲν καὶ αὐτός, ὦ Πρωταγόρα τε καὶ Σώκρατες, ἀξιῶ ὑμᾶς συγχωρεῖν καὶ ἀλλήλοις περὶ τῶν λόγων ἀμφισβητεῖν μέν,

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

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Commentary references to this page (4):
- James A. Towle, Commentary on Plato: Protagoras, 340a
- James A. Towle, Commentary on Plato: Protagoras, 358a
- J. Adam, A. M. Adam, Commentary on Plato, Protagoras, CHAPTER V
- J. Adam, A. M. Adam, Commentary on Plato, Protagoras, CHAPTER XXVI
Cross-references in notes to this page (2):
- Plato, Meno, Plat. Meno 75e
- J.F. Dobson, The Greek Orators, The Beginnings of Oratory
Cross-references in general dictionaries to this page (3):
- LSJ, ἀμφισ-βητέω
- LSJ, ἴσος
- LSJ, παραγίγνομαι

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