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[399δ]

Ἑρμογένης
ὥσπερ τοίνυν μοι δοκεῖ τούτοις ἑξῆς εἶναί τι χρῆμα. ‘ψυχὴν’ γάρ που καὶ ‘σῶμα’ καλοῦμεν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου.

Σωκράτης
πῶς γὰρ οὔ;

Ἑρμογένης
πειρώμεθα δὴ καὶ ταῦτα διελεῖν ὥσπερ τὰ ἔμπροσθεν.

Σωκράτης
ψυχὴν λέγεις ἐπισκέψασθαι ὡς εἰκότως τούτου τοῦ ὀνόματος τυγχάνει, ἔπειτ᾽ αὖ τὸ σῶμα;

Ἑρμογένης
ναί.

Σωκράτης
ὡς μὲν τοίνυν ἐκ τοῦ παραχρῆμα λέγειν, οἶμαί τι τοιοῦτον νοεῖν τοὺς τὴν ψυχὴν ὀνομάσαντας, ὡς τοῦτο ἄρα, ὅταν παρῇ τῷ σώματι, αἴτιόν ἐστι τοῦ ζῆν αὐτῷ, τὴν τοῦ


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

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