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ἆρ᾽ οὖν ἔστιν κτἑ.: see a more detailed investigation of this theory in Lysis. Cf. 216 d δοκεῖ μοι ὡσπερεὶ τρἴ ἄττα εἶναι γένη, τὸ μὲν ἀγαθόν, τὸ δὲ κακόν, τὸ δ᾽ οὔτ̓ ἀγαθὸν οὔτε κακόν.

πολλὴ ἀνάγκη: the answer is not according to the form of the preceding question, but according to the sense, as if οὐδὲν ἔστι τῶν ὄντων had preceded.

21 f.

σοφίαν, ὑγίειαν, πλοῦτον: types of the three great classes of property, —mental, physical, and material.

ἆρα: for position, see on 472 d.

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