CharmidesA literal translation, allowing the simplicity and vigor of the Greek diction to shine through. |
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Alcibiades Apology of Socrates argument assert Athens beautiful beautifully benefit Chaerephon concerning all perceptions counsel Cratylus Delphic oracle dialogue distinguish non-knowledge everything examining oneself Glaucon Gorgias happens harmonics by music healthful by doctoring healthful or housebuilding hearing that hears hearings and non-hearings Heracles Herodotus Hesiod housebuilding by housebuilding incantation justice from non-knowledge kalon kind of knowledge knowl knowledge of knowledge knowledge of non-knowledge learned let us investigate looks mides mind's eye mindedness moderation/sound-mindedness ness non-knowledge of justice non-knowledge won't distinguish non-seeing noticed a kind Odysseus one's own things opine opinion a kind opinion of opinions perception of perceptions perceptions wheth perhaps Phronesis Plato Plato's Charmides poiein Potidaea prattein present Prodicus Protagoras quiet recognizes only knowledge recognizes the healthful recognizing oneself refuted seems someone healthy soul speaking strange thing strongly affirm suppose surely swiftly terrible 168a things things is sound-mindedness Thracian tions perceive translated wishes word Xenophon Zalmoxis Zeus