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Stephanus 33a
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ἀνθρώπων οὐδείς. ἀλλʼ ἐγὼ διὰ παντὸς τοῦ βίου δημοσίᾳ τε εἴ πού τι ἔπραξα τοιοῦτος φανοῦμαι, καὶ ἰδίᾳ ὁ αὐτὸς οὗτος, οὐδενὶ πώποτε συγχωρήσας οὐδὲν παρὰ τὸ δίκαιον οὔτε ἄλλῳ οὔτε τούτων οὐδενὶ οὓς δὴ διαβάλλοντες ἐμέ φασιν ἐμοὺς μαθητὰς εἶναι. ἐγὼ δὲ διδάσκαλος μὲν οὐδενὸς πώποτʼ ἐγενόμην· εἰ δέ τίς μου λέγοντος καὶ τὰ ἐμαυτοῦ πράττοντος ἐπιθυμοῖ ἀκούειν, εἴτε νεώτερος εἴτε πρεσβύτερος, οὐδενὶ πώποτε ἐφθόνησα, οὐδὲ χρήματα μὲν λαμβάνων διαλέγομαι
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.
human being. But throughout my whole life, if I have ever performed any public action, I shall be found to have been such a man; and in private life I have been the very same, never conceding anything contrary to justice to anyone at all—neither to anyone else nor to any of those whom my slanderers call my pupils. I have never been anyone’s teacher. But if anyone, young or old, desires to listen while I speak and go about my own affairs, I have never denied him the opportunity; nor do I converse only when I receive money
Mouseia
Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from all 125 Ancient Greek Stephanus sections.
human being. But throughout my whole life, whenever I have done anything in public, I will be shown to have been this kind of man, and the same in private: I have never conceded anything contrary to justice to anyone, neither to anyone else nor to any of those whom my slanderers call my students. I have never been anyone’s teacher. But if anyone, whether younger or older, wants to listen while I am speaking and going about my own affairs, I have never denied him the opportunity. Nor do I converse only when I receive money