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Book I Chapter 59 · I.59.heading–I.59.1.1
Ancient Greek
p. 1690Κεφάλαιον ΝΘʹ
Περὶ δόξης.
1.1
Πλάτωνος ἐκ τοῦ Σοφιστοῦ.
Τί δὲ δή; διάνοιά τε καὶ δόξα καὶ φαντασία, μῶν οὐκ ἤδη δῆλον ὅτι ταῦτά γε ψευδῆ τε καὶ ἀληθῆ πάνθ᾽ ἡμῶν ἐν ταῖς ψυχαῖς ἐγγίγνεται; Ὧδ᾽ εἴσει ῥᾷον, ⟨ἂν⟩ πρῶτον λάβῃς αὐτά, τί ποτ᾽ ἔστι καὶ τί διαφέρουσιν ἕκαστα ἀλλήλων.
Δίδου μόνον.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 59
p. 1691Chapter 59 · Belief
On belief.2057
1.1 · Truth and falsity in the soul
Plato, from the Sophist.
“What, then? As for thought, belief, and appearance, is it not already clear that all these arise in our souls as both false and true? You will understand this more easily ⟨if⟩ you first grasp what they are and how each differs from the others.”
“Just explain them.”2058
Socrates
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