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Platonis Opera, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1903. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg024.local001","excerpt":"ΜΕΝ. ἔχεις μοι εἰπεῖν, ὦ Σώκρατες, ἆρα διδακτὸν ἡ ἀρετή; ἢ οὐ διδακτὸν ἀλλʼ ἀσκητόν; ἢ οὔτε ἀσκητὸν οὔτε μαθητόν, ἀλλὰ φύσει παραγίγνεται τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἢ ἄλλῳ τινὶ τρόπῳ; ΣΩ. ὦ Μένων, πρὸ τοῦ μὲν Θετταλοὶ εὐδόκιμοι ἦσαν ἐν τοῖς Ἕλλησιν καὶ ἐθαυμάζοντο ἐφʼ ἱππικῇ τε καὶ πλούτῳ, νῦν δέ, ὡς ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ, καὶ ἐπὶ σοφίᾳ, καὶ οὐχ ἥκιστα οἱ τοῦ σοῦ ἑταίρου Ἀριστίππου πολῖται Λαρισαῖοι. τούτου δὲ ὑμῖν αἴτιός ἐστι Γοργίας· ἀφικόμενος γὰρ εἰς τὴν πόλιν ἐραστὰς ἐπὶ σοφίᾳ εἴληφεν Ἀλευαδῶν τε τοὺς πρώτους, ὧν ὁ σὸς ἐραστής ἐστιν Ἀρίστιππος, καὶ τῶν ἄλλων Θετταλῶν. καὶ δὴ καὶ τοῦτο τὸ ἔθος ὑμᾶς εἴθικεν, ἀφόβως τε καὶ μεγαλοπρεπῶς ἀποκρίνεσθαι ἐάν τίς τι ἔρηται, ὥσπερ εἰκὸς τοὺς εἰδότας, ἅτε καὶ αὐτὸς παρέχων αὑτὸν ἐρωτᾶν τῶν Ἑλλήνων τῷ βουλομένῳ ὅτι ἄν τις βούληται, καὶ οὐδενὶ ὅτῳ οὐκ ἀποκρινόμενος.","divisions":[{"label":"§ 70","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg024.local001/#tlg0059-tlg024-local001-70"},{"label":"§ 71","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg024.local001/#tlg0059-tlg024-local001-71"},{"label":"§ 72","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg024.local001/#tlg0059-tlg024-local001-72"},{"label":"§ 73","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg024.local001/#tlg0059-tlg024-local001-73"},{"label":"§ 74","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg024.local001/#tlg0059-tlg024-local001-74"},{"label":"§ 75","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg024.local001/#tlg0059-tlg024-local001-75"},{"label":"§ 76","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg024.local001/#tlg0059-tlg024-local001-76"},{"label":"§ 77","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg024.local001/#tlg0059-tlg024-local001-77"},{"label":"§ 78","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg024.local001/#tlg0059-tlg024-local001-78"},{"label":"§ 79","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg024.local001/#tlg0059-tlg024-local001-79"},{"label":"§ 80","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg024.local001/#tlg0059-tlg024-local001-80"},{"label":"§ 81","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg024.local001/#tlg0059-tlg024-local001-81"},{"label":"§ 82","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg024.local001/#tlg0059-tlg024-local001-82"},{"label":"§ 83","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg024.local001/#tlg0059-tlg024-local001-83"},{"label":"§ 84","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg024.local001/#tlg0059-tlg024-local001-84"},{"label":"§ 85","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg024.local001/#tlg0059-tlg024-local001-85"},{"label":"§ 86","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg024.local001/#tlg0059-tlg024-local001-86"},{"label":"§ 87","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg024.local001/#tlg0059-tlg024-local001-87"},{"label":"§ 88","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg024.local001/#tlg0059-tlg024-local001-88"},{"label":"§ 89","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg024.local001/#tlg0059-tlg024-local001-89"},{"label":"§ 90","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg024.local001/#tlg0059-tlg024-local001-90"},{"label":"§ 91","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg024.local001/#tlg0059-tlg024-local001-91"},{"label":"§ 92","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg024.local001/#tlg0059-tlg024-local001-92"},{"label":"§ 93","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg024.local001/#tlg0059-tlg024-local001-93"},{"label":"§ 94","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg024.local001/#tlg0059-tlg024-local001-94"},{"label":"§ 95","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg024.local001/#tlg0059-tlg024-local001-95"},{"label":"§ 96","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg024.local001/#tlg0059-tlg024-local001-96"},{"label":"§ 97","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg024.local001/#tlg0059-tlg024-local001-97"},{"label":"§ 98","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg024.local001/#tlg0059-tlg024-local001-98"},{"label":"§ 99","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg024.local001/#tlg0059-tlg024-local001-99"},{"label":"§ 100","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg024.local001/#tlg0059-tlg024-local001-100"}],"formats":{"html":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059.tlg024.local001/","json":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/api/works/tlg0059.tlg024.local001.json","compressedReadingDocument":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0059/tlg024/local001.json.gz"}}