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Stephanus 21d
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ἐντεῦθεν οὖν τούτῳ τε ἀπηχθόμην καὶ πολλοῖς τῶν παρόντων· πρὸς ἐμαυτὸν δʼ οὖν ἀπιὼν ἐλογιζόμην ὅτι τούτου μὲν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐγὼ σοφώτερός εἰμι· κινδυνεύει μὲν γὰρ ἡμῶν οὐδέτερος οὐδὲν καλὸν κἀγαθὸν εἰδέναι, ἀλλʼ οὗτος μὲν οἴεταί τι εἰδέναι οὐκ εἰδώς, ἐγὼ δέ, ὥσπερ οὖν οὐκ οἶδα, οὐδὲ οἴομαι· ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι. ἐντεῦθεν ἐπʼ ἄλλον ᾖα τῶν ἐκείνου δοκούντων σοφωτέρων εἶναι καί
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As a result, I became hateful both to him and to many of those present. But as I went away, I reasoned with myself: “I am wiser than this man. For it may well be that neither of us knows anything noble and good; but he thinks he knows something when he does not, whereas I, just as I do not know, do not think that I know. At any rate, I appear to be wiser than he in this one small respect: that what I do not know, I do not think I know.” From there I went to another of those reputed to be wiser than the first, and
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As a result, I became hated both by him and by many of those who were present. But as I went away, I reasoned to myself: “I am wiser than this man. It is likely that neither of us knows anything admirable or worthwhile, but he thinks he knows something when he does not, whereas I, just as I do not know, do not think that I do. It seems, then, that I am wiser than he is by this one small thing: what I do not know, I do not think I know.” From there I went to another of those reputed to be wiser than the first man, and