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Σωκράτης
οὐκοῦν ἡ ἅμιλλα αὐτῷ τέταται πρὸς τοῦτο πᾶσα: πειθὼ γὰρ ἐν τούτῳ ποιεῖν ἐπιχειρεῖ. ἦ γάρ;

Φαῖδρος
ναί.

Σωκράτης
δῆλον ἄρα ὅτι ὁ Θρασύμαχός τε καὶ ὃς ἂν ἄλλος σπουδῇ τέχνην ῥητορικὴν διδῷ, πρῶτον πάσῃ ἀκριβείᾳ γράψει τε καὶ ποιήσει ψυχὴν ἰδεῖν, πότερον ἓν καὶ ὅμοιον πέφυκεν ἢ κατὰ σώματος μορφὴν πολυειδές: τοῦτο γάρ φαμεν φύσιν εἶναι δεικνύναι.

Φαῖδρος
παντάπασι μὲν οὖν.

Σωκράτης
δεύτερον δέ γε, ὅτῳ τί ποιεῖν ἢ παθεῖν ὑπὸ τοῦ πέφυκεν.

Φαῖδρος
τί μήν;


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

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