Thesauros Literature Philosophy Ἀλκιβιάδης αʹ

Ἀλκιβιάδης αʹ

Ἀλκιβιάδης αʹ Plato

107–108

Socrates
Soc. Well, on what sort of affairs of their own do you mean that they will be deliberating?
Alcibiades
Alc. On war, Socrates, or on peace, or on any other of the state’s affairs.
Socrates
Soc. Do you mean that they will be deliberating with whom they ought to make peace, and on whom they ought to make war, and in what manner?
Alcibiades
Alc. Yes. 30
Socrates
Soc. And on whom it is better to do so, ought they not?
Alcibiades
Alc. Yes.
Socrates
Soc. And at such time as it is better?
Alcibiades
Alc. Certainly.
Socrates
Soc. And for so long as they had better? 35
Alcibiades
Alc. Yes.
Socrates
Soc. Now if the Athenians should deliberate with whom they should wrestle close, and with whom only at arm’s length, and in what manner, would you or the wrestling-master be the better adviser?
Alcibiades
Alc. The wrestling-master, I presume.
Socrates
Soc. And can you tell me what the wrestling-master would have in view when he advised as to the persons with whom they ought or ought not to wrestle close, and when and in what manner? What I mean is something like this: ought they not to wrestle close with those with whom it is better to do so?
Alcibiades
Alc. Yes. 40
Socrates
Soc. And so far as is better, too?
Alcibiades
Alc. So far.
Socrates
Soc. And at such time also as is better?
Alcibiades
Alc. Certainly.
Socrates
Soc. But again, when one sings, one has sometimes to accompany the song with harping and stepping? 5
Alcibiades
Alc. Yes, one has.

nav.navigate

nav.identity

common.settings

common.language
TR EN
common.theme