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Stephanus 27e
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ἂν ἄτοπον εἴη ὥσπερ ἂν εἴ τις ἵππων μὲν παῖδας ἡγοῖτο ἢ καὶ ὄνων, τοὺς ἡμιόνους, ἵππους δὲ καὶ ὄνους μὴ ἡγοῖτο εἶναι. ἀλλʼ, ὦ Μέλητε, οὐκ ἔστιν ὅπως σὺ ταῦτα οὐχὶ ἀποπειρώμενος ἡμῶν ἐγράψω τὴν γραφὴν ταύτην ἢ ἀπορῶν ὅτι ἐγκαλοῖς ἐμοὶ ἀληθὲς ἀδίκημα· ὅπως δὲ σύ τινα πείθοις ἂν καὶ σμικρὸν νοῦν ἔχοντα ἀνθρώπων, ὡς οὐ τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἔστιν καὶ δαιμόνια καὶ θεῖα ἡγεῖσθαι, καὶ αὖ τοῦ αὐτοῦ μήτε
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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.
absurd as believing in the offspring of horses or donkeys—the mules—but not believing that horses and donkeys exist. No, Meletus, there is no possible explanation except that you filed this indictment either to test us or because you were at a loss to find any genuine wrongdoing with which to charge me. But there is no conceivable way you could persuade any human being with even a little sense that it is not for the same person to believe both in spiritual and divine things, and, conversely, for the same person to believe in neither
Mouseia
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absurd as believing that the offspring of horses and donkeys—mules—exist, but not believing that horses and donkeys exist. No, Meletus, there is no possible way you could have filed this indictment except either to test us or because you were at a loss to find a genuine offense to charge me with. But there is no way you could persuade any human being with even a little intelligence that one and the same person can believe in things involving divine beings and gods, and at the same time believe in neither