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1、360BCSTATESMANbyPlatotranslatedbyBenjaminJowettSTATESMANPERSONSOFTHEDIALOGUE:THEODORUS;SOCRATES;THEELEATICSTRANGER;THEYOUNGERSOCRATESSocrates.Ioweyoumanythanks,indeed,Theodorus,fortheacquaintancebothofTheaetetusandoftheStranger.Theodorus.Andinalittlewhile,Socrates
2、,youwillowemethreetimesasmany,whentheyhavecompletedforyouthedelineationoftheStatesmanandofthePhilosopher,aswellasoftheSophist.Soc.Sophist,statesman,philosopher!OmydearTheodorus,domyearstrulywitnessthatthisistheestimateformedofthembythegreatcalculatorandgeometricia
3、n?Theod.Whatdoyoumean,Socrates?Soc.Imeanthatyouratethemallatthesamevalue,whereastheyarereallyseparatedbyaninterval,whichnogeometricalratiocanexpress.Theod.ByAmmon,thegodofCyrene,Socrates,thatisaveryfairhit;andshowsthatyouhavenotforgottenyourgeometry.Iwillretaliate
4、onyouatsomeothertime,butImustnowasktheStranger,whowillnot,Ihope,tireofhisgoodnesstous,toproceedeitherwiththeStatesmanorwiththePhilosopher,whicheverheprefers.Stranger.Thatismyduty,Theodorus;havingbegunImustgoon,andnotleavetheworkunfinished.ButwhatshallbedonewithThe
5、aetetus?Theod.Inwhatrespect?Str.Shallwerelievehim,andtakehiscompanion,theYoungSocrates,insteadofhim?Whatdoyouadvise?Theod.Yes,givetheotheraturn,asyoupropose.Theyoungalwaysdobetterwhentheyhaveintervalsofrest.Soc.Ithink,Stranger,thatbothofthemmaybesaidtobeinsomewayr
6、elatedtome;fortheone,asyouaffirm,hasthecutofmyuglyface,theotheriscalledbymyname.Andweshouldalwaysbeonthelook-outtorecognizeakinsmanbythestyleofhisconversation.ImyselfwasdiscoursingwithTheaetetusyesterday,andIhavejustbeenlisteningtohisanswers;mynamesakeIhavenotyete
7、xamined,butImust.Anothertimewill,doforme;to-daylethimansweryou.Str.Verygood.YoungSocrates,doyouhearwhattheelderSocratesisproposing?YoungSocrates.Ido.Str.Anddoyouagreetohisproposal?Y.Soc.Certainly.Str.Asyoudonotobject,stilllesscanI.AftertheSophist,then,Ithinkthatth
8、eStatesmannaturallyfollowsnextintheorderofenquiry.Andpleasetosay,whetherhe,too,shouldberankedamongthosewhohavescience.Y.Soc.Yes.Str.Thenthesciencesmustb