Ὥσπερ τί; “For
example—?”
ποίησίς. The selection of this term as an
ex. of varying connotation is partly, no doubt, due to the fact that it was one of the
matters specially emphasized by Agathon, 197 A. For
πολύ, multiplex, cp. Polit. 282 A.
ἡ γάρ τοι
κτλ. For the definition, cp. Soph. 219 B, 265 B
ποιητικὴν...πᾶσαν ἔφαμεν εἶναι δύναμιν, ἥ τις ἂν
αἰτία γίγνηται τοῖς μὴ πρότερον οὖσιν ὕστερον γίγνεσθαι: also
Phileb. 26 D; Xen.
Mem. II. 2. 3; Procl. inst. theol. p. 74.
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