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εἰς πάντα δὴ οἶμαι ταῦτά τε καὶ ἄλλα τοιαῦτα ἀποβλέψας τήν τε πόλιν τῶν πόλεων ἀθλιωτάτην ἔκρινας—οὐκοῦν ὀρθῶς; ἔφη.καὶ μάλα, ἦν δ᾽ ἐγώ. ἀλλὰ περὶ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς αὖ τοῦ τυραννικοῦ τί λέγεις εἰς ταὐτὰ ταῦτα ἀποβλέπων;μακρῷ, ἔφη, ἀθλιώτατον εἶναι τῶν ἄλλων ἁπάντων.τοῦτο, ἦν δ᾽ ἐγώ, οὐκέτ᾽ ὀρθῶς λέγεις.πῶς; ἦ δ᾽ ὅς.οὔπω, ἔφην, οἶμαι, οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ τοιοῦτος μάλιστα.ἀλλὰ τίς μήν;ὅδε ἴσως σοι ἔτι δόξει εἶναι τούτου ἀθλιώτερος.ποῖος;
Plato. Platonis Opera, ed. John Burnet. Oxford University Press. 1903.
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