Lesser Hippias
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SOCRATES: Who, then, Hippias, is discovered to be false at calculation?Is he not the good man? For the good man is the able man, and he is thetrue man.
HIPPIAS: That is evident.
SOCRATES: Do you not see, then, that the same man is false and also trueabout the same matters? And the true man is not a whit better than thefalse; for indeed he is the same with him and not the very opposite, asyou were just now imagining.
HIPPIAS: Not in that instance, clearly.
SOCRATES: Shall we examine other instan...ces?
HIPPIAS: Certainly, if you are disposed.
SOCRATES: Are you not also skilled in geometry?
HIPPIAS: I am.
SOCRATES: Well, and does not the same hold in that science also? Isnot the same person best able to speak falsely or to speak truly aboutdiagrams; and he is--the geometrician?
HIPPIAS: Yes.
SOCRATES: He and no one else is good at it?
HIPPIAS: Yes, he and no one else.
SOCRATES: Then the good and wise geometer has this double power in thehighest degree; and if there be a man who is false about diagrams thegood man will be he, for he is able to be false; whereas the bad isunable, and for this reason is not false, as has been admitted.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
SOCRATES: Who, then, Hippias, is discovered to be false at calculation?Is he not the good man? For the good man is the able man, and he is thetrue man.
HIPPIAS: That is evident.
SOCRATES: Do you not see, then, that the same man is false and also trueabout the same matters? And the true man is not a whit better than thefalse; for indeed he is the same with him and not the very opposite, asyou were just now imagining.
HIPPIAS: Not in that instance, clearly.
SOCRATES: Shall we examine other instan...ces?
HIPPIAS: Certainly, if you are disposed.
SOCRATES: Are you not also skilled in geometry?
HIPPIAS: I am.
SOCRATES: Well, and does not the same hold in that science also? Isnot the same person best able to speak falsely or to speak truly aboutdiagrams; and he is--the geometrician?
HIPPIAS: Yes.
SOCRATES: He and no one else is good at it?
HIPPIAS: Yes, he and no one else.
SOCRATES: Then the good and wise geometer has this double power in thehighest degree; and if there be a man who is false about diagrams thegood man will be he, for he is able to be false; whereas the bad isunable, and for this reason is not false, as has been admitted.
What to read after Lesser Hippias?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Plato to read onlineMoreLess
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