柏拉图作品集·政治家篇(英文) ［古希腊］柏拉图.pdf

柏拉图作品集 政治家篇(英文) [古希腊]柏拉图 著 辽宁电子图书有限责任公司 辽宁电子图书有限责任公司 12千字 2002121 200212 1 ISBN L-YY-0185 2 360 BC STATESMAN by Plato translated by Benjamin Jowett STATESMAN PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE: THEODORUS; SOCRATES; THE ELEATIC STRANGER; THE YOUNGER SOCRATES Socrates. I owe you many thanks, indeed, Theodorus, for the acquaintance both of Theaetetus and of the Stranger. Theodorus. And in a little while, Socrates, you will owe me threetimes as many, when they have completed for you the delineation of the Statesman and of the Philosopher, as well as of the Sophist. Soc. Sophist, statesman, philosopher! O my dear Theodorus, do my ears truly witness that this is the estimate formed of them by the great calculator and geometrician? Theod. What do you mean, Socrates? Soc. I mean that you rate them all at the same value, whereas they are really separated by an interval, which no geometrical ratio can express. 1 Theod. By Ammon, the god of Cyrene, Socrates, that is a very fair hit; and shows that you have not forgotten your geometry. I will retaliate on you at some other time, but I must now ask the Stranger, who will not, I hope, tire of his goodness to us, to proceed either with the Statesman or with the Philosopher, whichever he prefers. Stranger. That is