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πᾶν τὸ μάθημα γνώσεως ἕνεκα ἐπιτηδευόμενον.παντάπασι μὲν οὖν, ἔφη.οὐκοῦν τοῦτο ἔτι διομολογητέον;τὸ ποῖον;ὡς τοῦ ἀεὶ ὄντος γνώσεως, ἀλλὰ οὐ τοῦ ποτέ τι γιγνομένου καὶ ἀπολλυμένου.εὐομολόγητον, ἔφη: τοῦ γὰρ ἀεὶ ὄντος ἡ γεωμετρικὴ γνῶσίς ἐστιν.ὁλκὸν ἄρα, ὦ γενναῖε, ψυχῆς πρὸς ἀλήθειαν εἴη ἂν καὶ ἀπεργαστικὸν φιλοσόφου διανοίας πρὸς τὸ ἄνω σχεῖν ἃ νῦν κάτω οὐ δέον ἔχομεν.ὡς οἷόν τε μάλιστα, ἔφη.
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