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for it is not possible that what is written down should not get divulged. For this reason I myself have never yet written anything on these subjects, and no treatise by Plato exists or will exist, but those which now bear his name belong to a Socrates become fair and young.1 Fare thee well, and give me credence; and now, to begin with, read this letter over repeatedly and then burn it up.So much, then, for that. You were surprised at my sending Polyxenus to you; but now as of old I repeat
1 This curious statement seems based onPlat. L. 7.341c, combined perhaps with an allusion to the Parmenides.
Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 7 translated by R.G. Bury. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1966.
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