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Πολιτικός. ed. John Burnet. Platonis Opera, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1905. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.local001","excerpt":"ΣΩ. ἦ πολλὴν χάριν ὀφείλω σοι τῆς Θεαιτήτου γνωρίσεως, ὦ Θεόδωρε, ἅμα καὶ τῆς τοῦ ξένου. ΘΕΟ. τάχα δέ γε, ὦ Σώκρατες, ὀφειλήσεις ταύτης τριπλασίαν· ἐπειδὰν τόν τε πολιτικὸν ἀπεργάσωνταί σοι καὶ τὸν φιλόσοφον. ΣΩ. εἶεν· οὕτω τοῦτο, ὦ φίλε Θεόδωρε, φήσομεν ἀκηκοότες εἶναι τοῦ περὶ λογισμοὺς καὶ τὰ γεωμετρικὰ κρατίστου; ΘΕΟ. πῶς, ὦ Σώκρατες; ΣΩ. τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἕκαστον θέντος τῆς ἴσης ἀξίας, οἳ τῇ τιμῇ πλέον ἀλλήλων ἀφεστᾶσιν ἢ κατὰ τὴν ἀναλογίαν τὴν τῆς ὑμετέρας τέχνης. ΘΕΟ. εὖ γε νὴ τὸν ἡμέτερον θεόν, ὦ Σώκρατες, τὸν Ἄμμωνα, καὶ δικαίως, καὶ πάνυ μὲν οὖν μνημονικῶς ἐπέπληξάς μοι τὸ περὶ τοὺς λογισμοὺς ἁμάρτημα. καὶ σὲ μὲν ἀντὶ τούτων εἰς αὖθις μέτειμι· σὺ δʼ ἡμῖν, ὦ ξένε, μηδαμῶς ἀποκάμῃς χαριζόμενος, ἀλλʼ ἑξῆς, εἴτε τὸν πολιτικὸν ἄνδρα πρότερον εἴτε τὸν φιλόσοφον προαιρῇ, προελόμενος διέξελθε. ΞΕ. ταῦτʼ, ὦ Θεόδωρε, ποιητέον· ἐπείπερ ἅπαξ γε ἐγκεχειρήκαμεν, καὶ οὐκ ἀποστατέον πρὶν ἂν αὐτῶν…","divisions":[{"label":"§ 257","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg008.local001/#tlg0059-tlg008-local001-257"},{"label":"§ 258","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg008.local001/#tlg0059-tlg008-local001-258"},{"label":"§ 259","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg008.local001/#tlg0059-tlg008-local001-259"},{"label":"§ 260","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg008.local001/#tlg0059-tlg008-local001-260"},{"label":"§ 261","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg008.local001/#tlg0059-tlg008-local001-261"},{"label":"§ 262","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg008.local001/#tlg0059-tlg008-local001-262"},{"label":"§ 263","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg008.local001/#tlg0059-tlg008-local001-263"},{"label":"§ 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