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ποιῶν, ὠφέλιμα καὶ ἑαυτῷ ποιεῖν καὶ ἐκείνῳ ὃν ἰῷτο;ἔμοιγε.οὐκοῦν τὰ δέοντα πράττει ὅ γε ταῦτα πράττων;ναί.ὁ τὰ δέοντα πράττων οὐ σωφρονεῖ;σωφρονεῖ μὲν οὖν.ἦ οὖν καὶ γιγνώσκειν ἀνάγκη τῷ ἰατρῷ ὅταν τε ὠφελίμως ἰᾶται καὶ ὅταν μή; καὶ ἑκάστῳ τῶν δημιουργῶν ὅταν τε μέλλῃ ὀνήσεσθαι ἀπὸ τοῦ ἔργου οὗ ἂν πράττῃ καὶ ὅταν μή;ἴσως οὔ.ἐνίοτε ἄρα, ἦν δ᾽ ἐγώ, ὠφελίμως πράξας ἢ βλαβερῶς ὁ
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Plato. Platonis Opera, ed. John Burnet. Oxford University Press. 1903.
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