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Stephanus 23d
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καὶ λέγουσιν ὡς Σωκράτης τίς ἐστι μιαρώτατος καὶ διαφθείρει τοὺς νέους· καὶ ἐπειδάν τις αὐτοὺς ἐρωτᾷ ὅτι ποιῶν καὶ ὅτι διδάσκων, ἔχουσι μὲν οὐδὲν εἰπεῖν ἀλλʼ ἀγνοοῦσιν, ἵνα δὲ μὴ δοκῶσιν ἀπορεῖν, τὰ κατὰ πάντων τῶν φιλοσοφούντων πρόχειρα ταῦτα λέγουσιν, ὅτι τὰ μετέωρα καὶ τὰ ὑπὸ γῆς καὶ θεοὺς μὴ νομίζειν καὶ τὸν ἥττω λόγον κρείττω ποιεῖν. τὰ γὰρ ἀληθῆ οἴομαι οὐκ ἂν ἐθέλοιεν λέγειν, ὅτι κατάδηλοι γίγνονται προσποιούμενοι μὲν εἰδέναι, εἰδότες δὲ οὐδέν. ἅτε οὖν οἶμαι φιλότιμοι
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and say that there is a certain Socrates, a most abominable man, who corrupts the young. And whenever someone asks them what he does or what he teaches to corrupt them, they have nothing to say, because they do not know. But so that they may not appear at a loss, they repeat the accusations readily available against all who pursue philosophy: that he studies things in the heavens and beneath the earth, does not acknowledge the gods, and makes the weaker argument the stronger. For I imagine they would be unwilling to tell the truth: that they are plainly exposed as pretending to know when they know nothing. And so, being, I suppose, ambitious,
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and say that there is a certain utterly vile Socrates who corrupts the young. And whenever someone asks them what he does or what he teaches to corrupt them, they have nothing to say because they do not know. But so that they will not appear at a loss, they repeat the accusations readily available against all philosophers: “things in the sky and beneath the earth,” “not believing in the gods,” and “making the weaker argument stronger.” For I think they would not want to tell the truth: that they are plainly exposed as pretending to know when they know nothing. So, since they are, I think, ambitious,