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σμικρότερα ᾖ; ἢ πλείω, τὰ δὲ ἐλάττω ᾖ;’ οὐχ ἕξομεν εἰπεῖν ἄλλο ἢ τοῦτο. ‘δῆλον ἄρα,’ φήσει, ‘ὅτι τὸ ἡττᾶσθαι τοῦτο λέγετε, ἀντὶ ἐλαττόνων ἀγαθῶν μείζω κακὰ λαμβάνειν.’ ταῦτα μὲν οὖν οὕτω. μεταλάβωμεν δὴ τὰ ὀνόματα πάλιν τὸ ἡδύ τε καὶ ἀνιαρὸν ἐπὶ τοῖς αὐτοῖς τούτοις, καὶ λέγωμεν ὅτι Ἄνθρωπος πράττει—τότε μὲν ἐλέγομεν τὰ κακά, νῦν δὲ λέγωμεν τὰ ἀνιαρά, γιγνώσκων ὅτι ἀνιαρά ἐστιν, ἡττώμενος
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Plato. Platonis Opera, ed. John Burnet. Oxford University Press. 1903.
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