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Ξένος
τὸν δὴ πολιτικὸν καὶ τὸν ἀγαθὸν νομοθέτην ἆρ᾽ ἴσμεν ὅτι προσήκει μόνον δυνατὸν εἶναι τῇ τῆς βασιλικῆς μούσῃ τοῦτο αὐτὸ ἐμποιεῖν τοῖς ὀρθῶς μεταλαβοῦσι παιδείας, οὓς ἐλέγομεν νυνδή;

Νεώτερος Σωκράτης
τὸ γοῦν εἰκός.

Ξένος
ὃς δ᾽ ἂν δρᾶν γε, ὦ Σώκρατες, ἀδυνατῇ τὸ τοιοῦτον, μηδέποτε τοῖς νῦν ζητουμένοις ὀνόμασιν αὐτὸν προσαγορεύωμεν.

Νεώτερος Σωκράτης
ὀρθότατα.

Ξένος
τί οὖν; ἀνδρεία ψυχὴ λαμβανομένη τῆς τοιαύτης


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

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