Plato, Protagoras, section 337c

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[337c] Again, we listeners would thus be most comforted, not pleased; for he is comforted who learns something and gets a share of good sense in his mind alone, whereas he is pleased who eats something or has some other pleasant sensation only in his body.

When Prodicus had thus spoken, quite a number of the company showed their approval then after Prodicus the learned Hippias¹ spoke: Gentlemen, he said, who are here present, I regard you all as kinsmen and intimates and fellow-citizens by nature, not by law:

1 Hippias professed to teach a great variety of subjects. His frequent metaphors were evidently designed to display his wide range of knowledge.

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 3 translated by W.R.M. Lamb. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1967.

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Commentary references to this page (3):
- Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Antigone, 100
- James A. Towle, Commentary on Plato: Protagoras, 309a
- James A. Towle, Commentary on Plato: Protagoras, 354a
Cross-references to this page (2):
- Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges, THE CASES
- Basil L. Gildersleeve, Syntax of Classical Greek, Syntax of the simple sentence
Cross-references in notes to this page (1):
- Sir Richard C. Jebb, The Attic Orators from Antiphon to Isaeos, Introduction