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Stephanus 26c
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τουτοισί. ἐγὼ γὰρ οὐ δύναμαι μαθεῖν πότερον λέγεις διδάσκειν με νομίζειν εἶναί τινας θεούς—καὶ αὐτὸς ἄρα νομίζω εἶναι θεοὺς καὶ οὐκ εἰμὶ τὸ παράπαν ἄθεος οὐδὲ ταύτῃ ἀδικῶ —οὐ μέντοι οὕσπερ γε ἡ πόλις ἀλλὰ ἑτέρους, καὶ τοῦτʼ ἔστιν ὅ μοι ἐγκαλεῖς, ὅτι ἑτέρους, ἢ παντάπασί με φῂς οὔτε αὐτὸν νομίζειν θεοὺς τούς τε ἄλλους ταῦτα διδάσκειν.ταῦτα λέγω, ὡς τὸ παράπαν οὐ νομίζεις θεούς.
Mouseia
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.
here. For I cannot determine whether you mean that I teach people to believe that certain gods exist—in which case I myself do believe that gods exist, am not altogether an atheist, and do no wrong in that respect—though they are not the same gods as those recognized by the city, but others, and this difference is what you charge against me; or whether you say that I myself believe in no gods at all and teach others the same.
I say that you do not believe in gods at all.
Mouseia
Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from all 125 Ancient Greek Stephanus sections.
For I cannot understand whether you mean that I teach people to believe that certain gods exist—in which case I myself do believe that gods exist, am not an atheist at all, and am not guilty in that respect—though not the same gods as the city believes in, but others, and that this is your charge against me, that they are different; or whether you mean that I do not believe in gods at all myself and teach other people the same thing.
That is what I mean: you do not believe in gods at all.