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[353α] τῶν ἡδονῶν ἡττᾶσθαι καὶ οὐ πράττειν διὰ ταῦτα τὰ βέλτιστα, ἐπεὶ γιγνώσκειν γε αὐτά. ἴσως γὰρ ἂν λεγόντων ἡμῶν ὅτι οὐκ ὀρθῶς λέγετε, ὦ ἄνθρωποι, ἀλλὰ ψεύδεσθε, ἔροιντ᾽ ἂν ἡμᾶς: ‘ὦ Πρωταγόρα τε καὶ Σώκρατες, εἰ μὴ ἔστιν τοῦτο τὸ πάθημα ἡδονῆς ἡττᾶσθαι, ἀλλὰ τί ποτ᾽ ἐστίν, καὶ τί ὑμεῖς αὐτό φατε εἶναι; εἴπατον ἡμῖν.’

τί δέ, ὦ Σώκρατες, δεῖ ἡμᾶς σκοπεῖσθαι τὴν τῶν πολλῶν δόξαν ἀνθρώπων, οἳ ὅτι ἂν τύχωσι τοῦτο λέγουσιν;


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

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  • Commentary references to this page (8):
    • R. G. Bury, The Symposium of Plato, 181A
    • James A. Towle, Commentary on Plato: Protagoras, 325e
    • James A. Towle, Commentary on Plato: Protagoras, 330c
    • James A. Towle, Commentary on Plato: Protagoras, 333c
    • James A. Towle, Commentary on Plato: Protagoras, 352e
    • James A. Towle, Commentary on Plato: Protagoras, 357c
    • J. Adam, A. M. Adam, Commentary on Plato, Protagoras, CHAPTER XVIII
    • J. Adam, A. M. Adam, Commentary on Plato, Protagoras, CHAPTER XXXVII
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