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[269δ] τέχνην πῶς καὶ πόθεν ἄν τις δύναιτο πορίσασθαι;

Σωκράτης
τὸ μὲν δύνασθαι, ὦ Φαῖδρε, ὥστε ἀγωνιστὴν τέλεον γενέσθαι, εἰκός—ἴσως δὲ καὶ ἀναγκαῖον—ἔχειν ὥσπερ τἆλλα: εἰ μέν σοι ὑπάρχει φύσει ῥητορικῷ εἶναι, ἔσῃ ῥήτωρ ἐλλόγιμος, προσλαβὼν ἐπιστήμην τε καὶ μελέτην, ὅτου δ᾽ ἂν ἐλλείπῃς τούτων, ταύτῃ ἀτελὴς ἔσῃ. ὅσον δὲ αὐτοῦ τέχνη, οὐχ ᾗ Λυσίας τε καὶ Θρασύμαχος πορεύεται δοκεῖ μοι φαίνεσθαι ἡ μέθοδος.

Φαῖδρος
ἀλλὰ πῇ δή;


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

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  • Commentary references to this page (3):
    • R. G. Bury, The Symposium of Plato, 200A
    • R. G. Bury, The Symposium of Plato, 223A
    • J. Adam, A. M. Adam, Commentary on Plato, Protagoras, CHAPTER XXV
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    • Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 3.5.2
    • Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 3.5.3
    • William Watson Goodwin, Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb, Chapter IV
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