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Σωκράτης
περὶ δὲ ψυχήν, ὦ ἄριστε, οὐχ ὁ αὐτὸς τρόπος; ἕως μὲν ἂν πονηρὰ ᾖ, ἀνόητός τε οὖσα καὶ ἀκόλαστος καὶ ἄδικος καὶ ἀνόσιος, εἴργειν αὐτὴν δεῖ τῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν καὶ μὴ ἐπιτρέπειν ἄλλ᾽ ἄττα ποιεῖν ἢ ἀφ᾽ ὧν βελτίων ἔσται: φῂς ἢ οὔ;

Καλλίκλης
φημί.

Σωκράτης
οὕτω γάρ που αὐτῇ ἄμεινον τῇ ψυχῇ;

Καλλίκλης
πάνυ γε.

Σωκράτης
οὐκοῦν τὸ εἴργειν ἐστὶν ἀφ᾽ ὧν ἐπιθυμεῖ κολάζειν;

Καλλίκλης
ναί.

Σωκράτης
τὸ κολάζεσθαι ἄρα τῇ ψυχῇ ἄμεινόν ἐστιν ἢ ἡ ἀκολασία, ὥσπερ σὺ νυνδὴ ᾤου.


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

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