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Book I Chapter 59 · I.59.3.2
Ancient Greek
p. 16983.2
Τί δαί; οὐ καὶ σὺ ἡγῇ, ἔφην ἐγώ, τῶν μὲν ἀγαθῶν ἀκουσίως στέρεσθαι τοὺς ἀνθρώπους, τῶν δὲ κακῶν ἑκουσίως; ἢ οὐ τὸ μὲν ἐψεῦσθαι τῆς ἀληθείας κακόν, τὸ δὲ ἀληθεύειν ἀγαθόν; ἢ οὐ τὸ τὰ ὄντα δοξάζειν ἀληθεύειν δοκεῖ σοι εἶναι;
Ἀλλ᾽, ἦ δ᾽ ὅς, ὀρθῶς λέγεις, καί μοι δοκοῦσιν ἄκοντες ἀληθοῦς δόξης στερίσκεσθαι.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 59
p. 16993.2 · Truth as a good
“Well, then,” I said, “do you not also think that people are deprived of good things unwillingly, but of bad things willingly? Or is being deceived about the truth not bad, and holding to the truth good? Or does believing things as they are not seem to you to be holding to the truth?”
“Yes,” he said, “you are right; and it seems to me that people are deprived of true belief against their will.”2065
Socrates
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