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[149ξ] οὐκ ἔδωκε μαιεύεσθαι, ὅτι ἡ ἀνθρωπίνη φύσις ἀσθενεστέρα ἢ λαβεῖν τέχνην ὧν ἂν ᾖ ἄπειρος: ταῖς δὲ δι᾽ ἡλικίαν ἀτόκοις προσέταξε τιμῶσα τὴν αὑτῆς ὁμοιότητα.

Θεαίτητος
εἰκός.

Σωκράτης
οὐκοῦν καὶ τόδε εἰκός τε καὶ ἀναγκαῖον, τὰς κυούσας καὶ μὴ γιγνώσκεσθαι μᾶλλον ὑπὸ τῶν μαιῶν ἢ τῶν ἄλλων;

Θεαίτητος
πάνυ γε.

Σωκράτης
καὶ μὴν καὶ διδοῦσαί γε αἱ μαῖαι φαρμάκια καὶ


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

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