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[463α] ἐπιτηδεύει, οὐκ οἶδα—καὶ γὰρ ἄρτι ἐκ τοῦ λόγου οὐδὲν ἡμῖν καταφανὲς ἐγένετο τί ποτε οὗτος ἡγεῖται—ὃ δ᾽ ἐγὼ καλῶ τὴν ῥητορικήν, πράγματός τινός ἐστι μόριον οὐδενὸς τῶν καλῶν.

Γοργίας
τίνος, ὦ Σώκρατες; εἰπέ: μηδὲν ἐμὲ αἰσχυνθῇς.

Σωκράτης
δοκεῖ τοίνυν μοι, ὦ Γοργία, εἶναί τι ἐπιτήδευμα τεχνικὸν μὲν οὔ, ψυχῆς δὲ στοχαστικῆς καὶ ἀνδρείας καὶ φύσει δεινῆς προσομιλεῖν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις: καλῶ δὲ αὐτοῦ


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

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    • R. G. Bury, The Symposium of Plato, 205D
    • James Adam, The Republic of Plato, 1.pos=27
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