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Stephanus 23b
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τῷ ἐμῷ ὀνόματι, ἐμὲ παράδειγμα ποιούμενος, ὥσπερ ἂν εἰ εἴποι ὅτι οὗτος ὑμῶν, ὦ ἄνθρωποι, σοφώτατός ἐστιν, ὅστις ὥσπερ Σωκράτης ἔγνωκεν ὅτι οὐδενὸς ἄξιός ἐστι τῇ ἀληθείᾳ πρὸς σοφίαν. ταῦτʼ οὖν ἐγὼ μὲν ἔτι καὶ νῦν περιιὼν ζητῶ καὶ ἐρευνῶ κατὰ τὸν θεὸν καὶ τῶν ἀστῶν καὶ ξένων ἄν τινα οἴωμαι σοφὸν εἶναι· καὶ ἐπειδάν μοι μὴ δοκῇ, τῷ θεῷ βοηθῶν ἐνδείκνυμαι ὅτι οὐκ ἔστι σοφός. καὶ ὑπὸ ταύτης τῆς ἀσχολίας οὔτε τι τῶν τῆς πόλεως πρᾶξαί μοι σχολὴ γέγονεν ἄξιον λόγου οὔτε τῶν οἰκείων, ἀλλʼ ἐν
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of my name, making me an example, as if he were to say: “That one among you, human beings, is wisest who, like Socrates, has recognized that in truth he is worth nothing where wisdom is concerned.” And so even now I continue to go about searching and examining, in obedience to the god, any citizen or foreigner whom I think wise; and whenever he does not seem so to me, I come to the god’s aid by showing that the man is not wise. Because of this occupation, I have had no leisure to accomplish anything worth mentioning either in public affairs or in my own private business, but I live in
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of my name, making me an example, as if he were to say: “That one among you, human beings, is wisest who, like Socrates, has recognized that in truth he is worth nothing with respect to wisdom.” So even now I continue to go around searching and investigating in accordance with the god, whenever I think that some citizen or foreigner is wise. And whenever he does not seem so to me, I assist the god by showing that he is not wise. Because of this occupation, I have had no leisure to accomplish anything worth mentioning either in public affairs or in my private affairs, but I live in