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[190β] ἀκοὴν ἢ ὄψιν κάλλιστ᾽ ἂν κτήσαιτό τις.

Λάχης
ἀληθῆ λέγεις, ὦ Σώκρατες.

Σωκράτης
οὐκοῦν, ὦ Λάχης, καὶ νῦν ἡμᾶς τώδε παρακαλεῖτον εἰς συμβουλήν, τίν᾽ ἂν τρόπον τοῖς ὑέσιν αὐτῶν ἀρετὴ παραγενομένη ταῖς ψυχαῖς ἀμείνους ποιήσειε;

Λάχης
πάνυ γε.

Σωκράτης
ἆρ᾽ οὖν ἡμῖν τοῦτό γ᾽ ὑπάρχειν δεῖ, τὸ εἰδέναι ὅτι ποτ᾽ ἔστιν ἀρετή; εἰ γάρ που μηδ᾽ ἀρετὴν εἰδεῖμεν τὸ παράπαν ὅτι ποτε τυγχάνει ὄν, τίν᾽ ἂν τρόπον τούτου


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

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