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[66ξ] εἶναι τὰ πρὸς τοῖς τρισὶ τέταρτα, εἴπερ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ γέ ἐστι μᾶλλον ἢ τῆς ἡδονῆς συγγενῆ;

Πρώταρχος
τάχ᾽ ἄν.

Σωκράτης
πέμπτας τοίνυν, ἃς ἡδονὰς ἔθεμεν ἀλύπους ὁρισάμενοι, καθαρὰς ἐπονομάσαντες τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτῆς, ἐπιστήμαις, τὰς δὲ αἰσθήσεσιν ἑπομένας;

Πρώταρχος
ἴσως.

Σωκράτης
‘ἕκτῃ δ᾽ ἐν γενεᾷ,’ φησὶν Ὀρφεύς, ‘καταπαύσατε κόσμον ἀοιδῆς:’ ἀτὰρ κινδυνεύει καὶ ὁ ἡμέτερος λόγος ἐν ἕκτῃ καταπεπαυμένος εἶναι κρίσει. τὸ δὴ μετὰ


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

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