Δῆλον δή...καὶ παιδί. Cp. Euthyd. 279 D
τοῦτο δὲ κἂν παῖς γνοίη: ib. 301 B, Lysis 205 C (Schanz nov. comm. p. 72). Observe how sharply Diotima snubs Socrates, ὥσπερ οἱ τέλεοι σοφισταί (208 C). For my cj. ὧν εἷς, cp. 203 A.
φιλόσοφον εἶναι. Cp. Procl. in Tim. 52 δύο τούτους θεοὺς ὁ Πλάτων
φιλοσόφους ἐκάλεσε, τόν τε Ἔρωτα καὶ τὴν Ἀθηνᾶν (Tim. 24 D),...ἦν
γὰρ ὁ δημιουργὸς “καὶ Μῆτις πρῶτος γενέτωρ καὶ Ἔρως
πολυτερπής” (Orph. Theog. fr. 8. 11), καὶ ὡς μὲν Μῆτις τίκτει τὴν Ἀθηνᾶν, ὡς δὲ Ἔρως
ἀπογεννᾷ τὴν ἐρωτικὴν σειράν.
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