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οὐ τὰ μὲν ὀξέως καὶ ταχὺ γιγνόμενα τὰ τοῦ καλοῦ ἐστιν, τὰ δὲ βραδέα μόγις τε καὶ ἡσυχῇ τὰ τοῦ αἰσχροῦ;φαίνεται.φαίνεται ἄρα ἡμῖν, ἔφην ἐγώ, κατά γε τὸ σῶμα οὐ τὸ ἡσύχιον, ἀλλὰ τὸ τάχιστον καὶ ὀξύτατον κάλλιστον ὄν. ἦ γάρ;πάνυ γε.ἡ δέ γε σωφροσύνη καλόν τι ἦν;ναί.οὐ τοίνυν κατά γε τὸ σῶμα ἡ ἡσυχιότης ἂν ἀλλ᾽ ἡ ταχυτὴς σωφρονέστερον εἴη, ἐπειδὴ καλὸν ἡ σωφροσύνη.ἔοικεν, ἔφη.
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Plato. Platonis Opera, ed. John Burnet. Oxford University Press. 1903.
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