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[190ξ] σύμβουλοι γενοίμεθ᾽ ἂν ὁτῳοῦν, ὅπως ἂν αὐτὸ κάλλιστα κτήσαιτο;

Λάχης
οὐδένα, ἔμοιγε δοκεῖ, ὦ Σώκρατες.

Σωκράτης
φαμὲν ἄρα, ὦ Λάχης, εἰδέναι αὐτὸ ὅτι ἔστιν.

Λάχης
φαμὲν μέντοι.

Σωκράτης
οὐκοῦν ὅ γε ἴσμεν, κἂν εἴποιμεν δήπου τί ἐστιν.

Λάχης
πῶς γὰρ οὔ;

Σωκράτης
μὴ τοίνυν, ὦ ἄριστε, περὶ ὅλης ἀρετῆς εὐθέως σκοπώμεθα—πλέον γὰρ ἴσως ἔργον—ἀλλὰ μέρους τινὸς πέρι πρῶτον ἴδωμεν εἰ ἱκανῶς ἔχομεν πρὸς τὸ εἰδέναι: καὶ


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

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