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Σωκράτης
τὸν ἀδίκως γε, ὦ ἑταῖρε, ἀποκτείναντα, καὶ ἐλεινόν γε πρός: τὸν δὲ δικαίως ἀζήλωτον.

Πῶλος
ἦ που ὅ γε ἀποθνῄσκων ἀδίκως ἐλεινός τε καὶ ἄθλιός ἐστιν.

Σωκράτης
ἧττον ἢ ὁ ἀποκτεινύς, ὦ Πῶλε, καὶ ἧττον ἢ ὁ δικαίως ἀποθνῄσκων.

Πῶλος
πῶς δῆτα, ὦ Σώκρατες;

Σωκράτης
οὕτως, ὡς μέγιστον τῶν κακῶν τυγχάνει ὂν τὸ ἀδικεῖν.

Πῶλος
ἦ γὰρ τοῦτο μέγιστον; οὐ τὸ ἀδικεῖσθαι μεῖζον;

Σωκράτης
ἥκιστά γε.

Πῶλος
σὺ ἄρα βούλοιο ἂν ἀδικεῖσθαι μᾶλλον ἢ ἀδικεῖν;


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

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  • Commentary references to this page (4):
    • Gonzalez Lodge, Commentary on Plato: Gorgias, 473a
    • Gonzalez Lodge, Commentary on Plato: Gorgias, 477a
    • J. Adam, A. M. Adam, Commentary on Plato, Protagoras, CHAPTER XX
    • James Adam, The Republic of Plato, 1.335B
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    • Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 1.3.2
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