A History of Ancient Greek Literature
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Plato goes back from the slain traitor Char- mides to the Charmides of 430 ; a boy full of promise and of all the ordinary qualities that men praise — nobly born, very handsome, docile, modest, eager to learn. Socrates affects to treat him for a headache ; but you cannot treat the head without the body, nor the body without the soul. Is his soul in health ? Has he ^ Alleged epitaph of Critias. 404 AND 399 297 aQ)(f)poavvT) ? In the result, of course, it appears that no one knows what this healt...h of soul is. Charmides seems to be full of cyw^poavvq ; his friends are sure of it ; but his hold must be precarious of a thing which he does not really know. " The sorrow of it is to think how you, being so fair in shape, and besides that so sober in soul, will perhaps have no help in life from that Soberness. " He determines to come to Socrates and try with him to learn the real nature of it. Critias agrees ; but Critias himself is an influence as well as Socrates, and ^^ when Critias intends to make some attempt and is in the mood for violence, no man living can withstand him!' In 399 came the event which shadowed all Plato's life, the execution of Socrates.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Plato goes back from the slain traitor Char- mides to the Charmides of 430 ; a boy full of promise and of all the ordinary qualities that men praise — nobly born, very handsome, docile, modest, eager to learn. Socrates affects to treat him for a headache ; but you cannot treat the head without the body, nor the body without the soul. Is his soul in health ? Has he ^ Alleged epitaph of Critias. 404 AND 399 297 aQ)(f)poavvT) ? In the result, of course, it appears that no one knows what this healt...h of soul is. Charmides seems to be full of cyw^poavvq ; his friends are sure of it ; but his hold must be precarious of a thing which he does not really know. " The sorrow of it is to think how you, being so fair in shape, and besides that so sober in soul, will perhaps have no help in life from that Soberness. " He determines to come to Socrates and try with him to learn the real nature of it. Critias agrees ; but Critias himself is an influence as well as Socrates, and ^^ when Critias intends to make some attempt and is in the mood for violence, no man living can withstand him!' In 399 came the event which shadowed all Plato's life, the execution of Socrates.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Murray Gilbert to read onlineMoreLess
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