Section 139

SOCRATES. When I had said these things, the intellectual lover, who had previously claimed that the philosopher must learn many things and be a pentathlete, was put to shame and remained silent. He realized that his definition of philosophy had been thoroughly refuted. But the other lover, the athletic one who had spoken ill of philosophy, now rejoiced and praised my words. And the other people present also expressed their approval of the argument. Thus, the intellectual lover was silenced, and the athletic one felt vindicated, though perhaps neither fully understood the true depths of the philosophy we had just discussed.

Τμῆμα 139

ἔπειτά γε δήπου ἐάντε οἱ φίλοι αὐτῷ διαίτας ἐπιτρέπωσιν, ἐάντε ἡ πόλις τι προστάττῃ διακρίνειν ἢ δικάζειν, αἰσχρὸν ἐν τούτοις, ὦ ἑταῖρε, δεύτερον φαίνεσθαι ἢ τρίτον καὶ μὴ οὐχ ἡγεῖσθαι;

δοκεῖ μοι.

πολλοῦ ἄρα δεῖ ἡμῖν, ὦ βέλτιστε, τὸ φιλοσοφεῖν πολυμαθία τε εἶναι καὶ ἡ περὶ τὰς τέχνας πραγματεία.

εἰπόντος δʼ ἐμοῦ ταῦτα ὁ μὲν σοφὸς αἰσχυνθεὶς τοῖς προειρημένοις ἐσίγησεν, ὁ δὲ ἀμαθὴς ἔφη ἐκείνως εἶναι· καὶ οἱ ἄλλοι ἐπῄνεσαν τὰ εἰρημένα.