Plato, Lesser Hippias, section 369a

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[369a] but you will not find it, my friend, for it does not exist; just tell me.

Hippias
But I cannot, Socrates, at least, not now offhand.

Socrates
And you never will be able to tell me, I fancy; but if what I say is true, Hippias, you remember what results from our argument.

Hippias
I do not at all understand what you mean, Socrates.

Socrates
No, for perhaps you are not using your art of memory; for you evidently think it is not necessary; but I will remind you. Do you remember that you said that Achilles was true

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 9 translated by W.R.M. Lamb. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1925.

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