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Stephanus 23a
Stephanus 23a of 125. Read it here for reference, or continue through the entire work without leaving the reader.
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πολλαὶ μὲν ἀπέχθειαί μοι γεγόνασι καὶ οἷαι χαλεπώταται καὶ βαρύταται, ὥστε πολλὰς διαβολὰς ἀπʼ αὐτῶν γεγονέναι, ὄνομα δὲ τοῦτο λέγεσθαι, σοφὸς εἶναι· οἴονται γάρ με ἑκάστοτε οἱ παρόντες ταῦτα αὐτὸν εἶναι σοφὸν ἃ ἂν ἄλλον ἐξελέγξω. τὸ δὲ κινδυνεύει, ὦ ἄνδρες, τῷ ὄντι ὁ θεὸς σοφὸς εἶναι, καὶ ἐν τῷ χρησμῷ τούτῳ τοῦτο λέγειν, ὅτι ἡ ἀνθρωπίνη σοφία ὀλίγου τινὸς ἀξία ἐστὶν καὶ οὐδενός. καὶ φαίνεται τοῦτον λέγειν τὸν Σωκράτη, προσκεχρῆσθαι δὲ
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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.
many hatreds have arisen against me, and of the most bitter and burdensome kind, so that many slanders have sprung from them, and I have acquired this reputation of being wise. For on each occasion those present suppose that I myself am wise in the matters in which I expose another man’s ignorance. But the truth is likely this, gentlemen: it is the god who is wise, and in this oracle he means that human wisdom is worth little or nothing. And he appears to mention this man Socrates, but merely to have made use
Mouseia
Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from all 125 Ancient Greek Stephanus sections.
I have incurred many hatreds, of the harshest and most burdensome kind, and many slanders have arisen from them, including this reputation of being wise. For on each occasion those present suppose that I myself am wise in the matters in which I refute someone else. But the truth is likely to be, gentlemen, that the god is wise, and that in this oracle he is saying that human wisdom is worth little or nothing. He appears to be speaking of this man Socrates, but merely to have made use