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Σοφιστής. ed. John Burnet. Platonis Opera, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1905. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.local001","excerpt":"ΘΕΟ. κατὰ τὴν χθὲς ὁμολογίαν, ὦ Σώκρατες, ἥκομεν αὐτοί τε κοσμίως καὶ τόνδε τινὰ ξένον ἄγομεν, τὸ μὲν γένος ἐξ Ἐλέας, ἑταῖρον δὲ τῶν ἀμφὶ Παρμενίδην καὶ Ζήνωνα ἑταίρων, μάλα δὲ ἄνδρα φιλόσοφον. ΣΩ. ἆρʼ οὖν, ὦ Θεόδωρε, οὐ ξένον ἀλλά τινα θεὸν ἄγων κατὰ τὸν Ὁμήρου λόγον λέληθας; ὅς φησιν ἄλλους τε θεοὺς τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ὁπόσοι μετέχουσιν αἰδοῦς δικαίας, καὶ δὴ καὶ τὸν ξένιον οὐχ ἥκιστα θεὸν συνοπαδὸν γιγνόμενον ὕβρεις τε καὶ εὐνομίας τῶν ἀνθρώπων καθορᾶν. τάχʼ οὖν ἂν καὶ σοί τις οὗτος τῶν κρειττόνων συνέποιτο, φαύλους ἡμᾶς ὄντας ἐν τοῖς λόγοις ἐποψόμενός τε καὶ ἐλέγξων, θεὸς ὤν τις ἐλεγκτικός. ΘΕΟ. οὐχ οὗτος ὁ τρόπος, ὦ Σώκρατες, τοῦ ξένου, ἀλλὰ μετριώτερος τῶν περὶ τὰς ἔριδας ἐσπουδακότων. καί μοι δοκεῖ θεὸς μὲν ἁνὴρ οὐδαμῶς εἶναι, θεῖος μήν· πάντας γὰρ ἐγὼ τοὺς φιλοσόφους τοιούτους προσαγορεύω. ΣΩ. καὶ καλῶς γε, ὦ φίλε. τοῦτο μέντοι κινδυνεύει τὸ γένος οὐ πολύ τι ῥᾷον ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν…","divisions":[{"label":"§ 216","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg007.local001/#tlg0059-tlg007-local001-216"},{"label":"§ 217","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg007.local001/#tlg0059-tlg007-local001-217"},{"label":"§ 218","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg007.local001/#tlg0059-tlg007-local001-218"},{"label":"§ 219","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg007.local001/#tlg0059-tlg007-local001-219"},{"label":"§ 220","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg007.local001/#tlg0059-tlg007-local001-220"},{"label":"§ 221","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg007.local001/#tlg0059-tlg007-local001-221"},{"label":"§ 222","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg007.local001/#tlg0059-tlg007-local001-222"},{"label":"§ 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