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Stephanus 21c
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ἐνταῦθα εἴπερ που ἐλέγξων τὸ μαντεῖον καὶ ἀποφανῶν τῷ χρησμῷ ὅτι οὑτοσὶ ἐμοῦ σοφώτερός ἐστι, σὺ δʼ ἐμὲ ἔφησθα. διασκοπῶν οὖν τοῦτον—ὀνόματι γὰρ οὐδὲν δέομαι λέγειν, ἦν δέ τις τῶν πολιτικῶν πρὸς ὃν ἐγὼ σκοπῶν τοιοῦτόν τι ἔπαθον, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, καὶ διαλεγόμενος αὐτῷ—ἔδοξέ μοι οὗτος ὁ ἀνὴρ δοκεῖν μὲν εἶναι σοφὸς ἄλλοις τε πολλοῖς ἀνθρώποις καὶ μάλιστα ἑαυτῷ, εἶναι δʼ οὔ· κἄπειτα ἐπειρώμην αὐτῷ δεικνύναι ὅτι οἴοιτο μὲν εἶναι σοφός, εἴη δʼ οὔ.
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Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Musean translation, made directly from the complete Ancient Greek text across all 125 Stephanus sections for fidelity, philosophical precision, Socratic voice, legal clarity, and structure.
refute the oracle and declare to the prophecy, “This man is wiser than I am, though you said that I was.” So I examined this man—I have no need to mention his name; he was one of our politicians, and it was while examining him and conversing with him that I had the following experience, men of Athens. It seemed to me that this man was thought wise by many other people, and most of all by himself, but that he was not. I then tried to show him that he thought himself wise, but was not.
Mouseia
Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from all 125 Ancient Greek Stephanus sections.
I would refute the oracle and show its pronouncement, “This man is wiser than I am, but you said that I was.” So I examined this man—I do not need to mention his name, but he was one of our politicians, and it was while examining him and conversing with him that I had the following experience, men of Athens. It seemed to me that this man appeared wise to many other people, and especially to himself, but that he was not. I then tried to show him that he thought he was wise but was not.