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[511ξ] κινδύνων σῴζουσιν, ὥσπερ καὶ ἣν σὺ κελεύεις ἐμὲ μελετᾶν τὴν ῥητορικὴν τὴν ἐν τοῖς δικαστηρίοις διασῴζουσαν;

Καλλίκλης
ναὶ μὰ Δία ὀρθῶς γέ σοι συμβουλεύων.

Σωκράτης
τί δέ, ὦ βέλτιστε; ἦ καὶ ἡ τοῦ νεῖν ἐπιστήμη σεμνή τίς σοι δοκεῖ εἶναι;

Καλλίκλης
μὰ Δί᾽ οὐκ ἔμοιγε.

Σωκράτης
καὶ μὴν σῴζει γε καὶ αὕτη ἐκ θανάτου τοὺς ἀνθρώπους, ὅταν εἴς τι τοιοῦτον ἐμπέσωσιν οὗ δεῖ ταύτης τῆς ἐπιστήμης. εἰ δ᾽ αὕτη σοι δοκεῖ σμικρὰ εἶναι, ἐγώ σοι


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

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