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Σωκράτης
ἔχε δὴ πρὸς Διός: τὰ δὲ ὀνόματα οὐ πολλάκις μέντοι ὡμολογήσαμεν τὰ καλῶς κείμενα ἐοικότα εἶναι ἐκείνοις ὧν ὀνόματα κεῖται, καὶ εἶναι εἰκόνας τῶν πραγμάτων;

Κρατύλος
ναί.

Σωκράτης
εἰ οὖν ἔστι μὲν ὅτι μάλιστα δι᾽ ὀνομάτων τὰ πράγματα μανθάνειν, ἔστι δὲ καὶ δι᾽ αὐτῶν, ποτέρα ἂν εἴη καλλίων καὶ σαφεστέρα ἡ μάθησις; ἐκ τῆς εἰκόνος μανθάνειν αὐτήν τε αὐτὴν εἰ καλῶς εἴκασται, καὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἧς ἦν εἰκών,


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

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    • J. Adam, A. M. Adam, Commentary on Plato, Protagoras, CHAPTER I
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    • Basil L. Gildersleeve, Syntax of Classical Greek, The Article
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