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ἔχοι ταύτην τὴν τέχνην καὶ οὕτως ἐμμελῶς διδάσκει. ἐγὼ γοῦν καὶ αὐτὸς ἐκαλλυνόμην τε καὶ ἡβρυνόμην ἂν εἰ ἠπιστάμην ταῦτα· ἀλλʼ οὐ γὰρ ἐπίσταμαι, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι.ὑπολάβοι ἂν οὖν τις ὑμῶν ἴσως· ἀλλʼ, ὦ Σώκρατες, τὸ σὸν τί ἐστι πρᾶγμα; πόθεν αἱ διαβολαί σοι αὗται γεγόνασιν; οὐ γὰρ δήπου σοῦ γε οὐδὲν τῶν ἄλλων περιττότερον πραγματευομένου ἔπειτα τοσαύτη φήμη τε καὶ λόγος γέγονεν, εἰ μή τι ἔπραττες ἀλλοῖον ἢ οἱ πολλοί. λέγε οὖν ἡμῖν τί
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possesses this art and teaches it for so moderate a fee. I myself would certainly take pride and glory in it if I possessed such knowledge; but I do not possess it, men of Athens.Perhaps, then, one of you might reply: “But Socrates, what is your occupation? Where have these slanders against you come from? Surely, if you had not been doing something more unusual than other men, so great a reputation and so much talk would never have arisen, unless you were doing something different from most people. Tell us, then, what
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and taught it at so reasonable a price. I myself would certainly be proud and carry myself grandly if I knew such things—but I do not know them, men of Athens.Perhaps one of you might respond: “But Socrates, what is this activity of yours? Where have these slanders against you come from? Surely this great reputation and all this talk did not arise while you were doing nothing more unusual than other people, unless you were doing something different from most people. So tell us what