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[312ξ] θεραπεῦσαι ἀνδρί, ὡς φῄς, σοφιστῇ: ὅτι δέ ποτε ὁ σοφιστής ἐστιν, θαυμάζοιμ᾽ ἂν εἰ οἶσθα. καίτοι εἰ τοῦτ᾽ ἀγνοεῖς, οὐδὲ ὅτῳ παραδίδως τὴν ψυχὴν οἶσθα, οὔτ᾽ εἰ ἀγαθῷ οὔτ᾽ εἰ κακῷ πράγματι.

οἶμαί γ᾽, ἔφη, εἰδέναι.

λέγε δή, τί ἡγῇ εἶναι τὸν σοφιστήν;

ἐγὼ μέν, ἦ δ᾽ ὅς, ὥσπερ τοὔνομα λέγει, τοῦτον εἶναι τὸν τῶν σοφῶν ἐπιστήμονα.

οὐκοῦν, ἦν δ᾽ ἐγώ, τοῦτο μὲν ἔξεστι λέγειν καὶ περὶ ζωγράφων καὶ περὶ τεκτόνων, ὅτι οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ τῶν σοφῶν ἐπιστήμονες: ἀλλ᾽


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

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