21-29. Euthydemus is made to confess that he does not know what he thought he knew. Socrates, having destroyed the young man's selfconfidence, impresses on him the importance of self-knowledge; and, by a series of searching questions, brings him to see and confess how sadly he needs this knowledge. 21. ὃς ἂν μηδέποτε τὰ αὐτὰ περὶ τῶν αὐτῶν λέγῃ: a fault frequently committed by Euthydemus in the preceding portion of the dialogue. Cf. Plato Gorg. 491 B, C. φράζων: describing. λογισμὸν τὸν αὐτόν: one and the same calculation.— δῆλος, ὅτι οἶδεν: see on οὐ λανθάνεις με, ὅτι iii. 5. 24.
Xenophon: Memorabilia. Josiah Renick Smith. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1903.
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