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... replies , " Certainly ; but then you would not believe that they were good workmen except they shewed you some specimen of their work . ' He Socrates then proposes that they shall state 12 who have been their teachers in this art , or ...
... replies , " Certainly ; but then you would not believe that they were good workmen except they shewed you some specimen of their work . ' He Socrates then proposes that they shall state 12 who have been their teachers in this art , or ...
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... reply , but turns to Socrates . " This cou- rageous man of his , " he says , " who knows what is dangerous and what is safe , he will not allow to be a physician , nor even a prophet : I do not know who he can be , except he be some god ...
... reply , but turns to Socrates . " This cou- rageous man of his , " he says , " who knows what is dangerous and what is safe , he will not allow to be a physician , nor even a prophet : I do not know who he can be , except he be some god ...
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... reply seems to me to be , that the result was to bring into view the arguments for and against the doctrine that Courage is a kind of Knowledge . The argument against the doctrine is that so fre- quently occurring in Plato , and is ...
... reply seems to me to be , that the result was to bring into view the arguments for and against the doctrine that Courage is a kind of Knowledge . The argument against the doctrine is that so fre- quently occurring in Plato , and is ...
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... the room came and stood round in a circle ; then I almost lost my self- possession . He asked me , if I knew a cure for the head - ache , and I was hardly able to reply , that I did . " And pray sir what is it ? ' said 48 CHARMIDES .
... the room came and stood round in a circle ; then I almost lost my self- possession . He asked me , if I knew a cure for the head - ache , and I was hardly able to reply , that I did . " And pray sir what is it ? ' said 48 CHARMIDES .
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... reply . But at last he said the Sophrosyne seemed to him to be , Doing everything in an orderly and quiet way : both walking in the streets , and talk- ing , and other things . ' And in short , ' he said , that which you ask about ...
... reply . But at last he said the Sophrosyne seemed to him to be , Doing everything in an orderly and quiet way : both walking in the streets , and talk- ing , and other things . ' And in short , ' he said , that which you ask about ...
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