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Θεαίτητος
καὶ πῶς ἄν;

Σωκράτης
ἀλλ᾽ οὐ μήν, ἅ γέ τις οἶδεν, οἴεταί που ἃ μὴ οἶδεν αὐτὰ εἶναι, οὐδ᾽ αὖ ἃ μὴ οἶδεν, ἃ οἶδεν.

Θεαίτητος
τέρας γὰρ ἔσται.

Σωκράτης
πῶς οὖν ἂν ἔτι ψευδῆ δοξάσειεν; ἐκτὸς γὰρ τούτων ἀδύνατόν που δοξάζειν, ἐπείπερ πάντ᾽ ἢ ἴσμεν ἢ οὐκ ἴσμεν, ἐν δὲ τούτοις οὐδαμοῦ φαίνεται δυνατὸν ψευδῆ δοξάσαι.

Θεαίτητος
ἀληθέστατα.

Σωκράτης
ἆρ᾽ οὖν οὐ ταύτῃ σκεπτέον ὃ ζητοῦμεν, κατὰ τὸ


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

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