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τὸ μὲν οὖν πρῶτον ἐκαλλωπίζετο ἡμῖν ὁ Πρωταγόρας—τὸν γὰρ λόγον ᾐτιᾶτο δυσχερῆ εἶναι—ἔπειτα μέντοι συνεχώρησεν ἀποκρίνεσθαι.ἴθι δή, ἔφην ἐγώ, ἐξ ἀρχῆς μοι ἀπόκριναι. δοκοῦσί τινές σοι σωφρονεῖν ἀδικοῦντες;ἔστω, ἔφη.τὸ δὲ σωφρονεῖν λέγεις εὖ φρονεῖν;ἔφη.τὸ δ᾽ εὖ φρονεῖν εὖ βουλεύεσθαι, ὅτι ἀδικοῦσιν;ἔστω, ἔφη.πότερον, ἦν δ᾽ ἐγώ, εἰ εὖ πράττουσιν ἀδικοῦντες ἢ εἰ κακῶς;εἰ εὖ.λέγεις οὖν ἀγαθὰ ἄττα εἶναι;λέγω.ἆρ᾽ οὖν, ἦν δ᾽ ἐγώ, ταῦτ᾽ ἐστὶν ἀγαθὰ ἅ ἐστιν ὠφέλιμα τοῖς ἀνθρώποις;
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Plato. Platonis Opera, ed. John Burnet. Oxford University Press. 1903.
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