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Stephanus 25e
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ἑαυτῶν, οἱ δὲ ἀγαθοὶ ἀγαθόν, ἐγὼ δὲ δὴ εἰς τοσοῦτον ἀμαθίας ἥκω ὥστε καὶ τοῦτʼ ἀγνοῶ, ὅτι ἐάν τινα μοχθηρὸν ποιήσω τῶν συνόντων, κινδυνεύσω κακόν τι λαβεῖν ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ, ὥστε τοῦτο τὸ τοσοῦτον κακὸν ἑκὼν ποιῶ, ὡς φῂς σύ; ταῦτα ἐγώ σοι οὐ πείθομαι, ὦ Μέλητε, οἶμαι δὲ οὐδὲ ἄλλον ἀνθρώπων οὐδένα· ἀλλʼ ἢ οὐ διαφθείρω, ἢ εἰ διαφθείρω,
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to them, while good people do them good, whereas I have reached such a depth of ignorance that I do not even know this: that if I make one of my associates wicked, I shall run the risk of suffering some harm at his hands? And so, according to you, I deliberately commit this very great evil? I do not believe you, Meletus, and I think no other human being does either. No: either I do not corrupt them, or, if I do,
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while good people do them good, but I have reached such a depth of ignorance that I do not even know this: that if I make one of the people around me wicked, I will run the risk of suffering some harm from him? And so I intentionally do this great evil, as you claim? I do not believe you, Meletus, and I don’t think any other human being does either. Either I do not corrupt the young, or, if I do corrupt them,