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[266β] προτεινάμενος ἐπῄνεσεν ὡς μεγίστων αἴτιον ἡμῖν ἀγαθῶν.

Φαῖδρος
ἀληθέστατα λέγεις.

Σωκράτης
τούτων δὴ ἔγωγε αὐτός τε ἐραστής, ὦ Φαῖδρε, τῶν διαιρέσεων καὶ συναγωγῶν, ἵνα οἷός τε ὦ λέγειν τε καὶ φρονεῖν: ἐάν τέ τιν᾽ ἄλλον ἡγήσωμαι δυνατὸν εἰς ἓν καὶ ἐπὶ πολλὰ πεφυκόθ᾽ ὁρᾶν, τοῦτον διώκω ‘κατόπισθε μετ᾽ ἴχνιον ὥστε θεοῖο.’ καὶ μέντοι καὶ τοὺς δυναμένους αὐτὸ δρᾶν εἰ μὲν ὀρθῶς ἢ μὴ προσαγορεύω, θεὸς οἶδε, καλῶ δὲ


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

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