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‘ [268ξ] παρ᾽ ἐμοῦ μαθόντα αὐτὸν οἷόν τ᾽ εἶναι ποιεῖν ἃ ἐρωτᾷς;’

Φαῖδρος
εἰπεῖν ἂν οἶμαι ὅτι μαίνεται ἅνθρωπος, καὶ ἐκ βιβλίου ποθὲν ἀκούσας ἢ περιτυχὼν φαρμακίοις ἰατρὸς οἴεται γεγονέναι, οὐδὲν ἐπαΐων τῆς τέχνης.

Σωκράτης
τί δ᾽ εἰ Σοφοκλεῖ αὖ προσελθὼν καὶ Εὐριπίδῃ τις λέγοι ὡς ἐπίσταται περὶ σμικροῦ πράγματος ῥήσεις παμμήκεις ποιεῖν καὶ περὶ μεγάλου πάνυ σμικράς, ὅταν τε βούληται οἰκτράς, καὶ τοὐναντίον αὖ φοβερὰς καὶ ἀπειλητικὰς ὅσα τ᾽


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

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