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Anoaoria 2qkpat0ys,
Are you aware , friend Melitus , that you are censuring Anaxagoras * while animadverting upon these subjects , and taking it for granted that the persons present are ignorant of literature , and do not know that , the works of Anaxagoras of Clazomenia are full of such ideas ? And that the young men learn these notions respecting myself from pamphlets , which they are permitted to purchase , even though they
cost so much as a drachma , ' ! ' in order to ridicule Socrates should he lay claim to them , particularly if they are foolish . By Jupiter ! can it be possible , that you should credit the slanderous assertion that I believe not in the existence of a God ? O Jove , it cannot be ! In my opinion , Melitus , neither yourself nor what you assert are to be credited . He appears to me , Athenians , to be altogether an overbearing , impudent fellowone who has wholldrawn
, y up this indictment of his own accord , to indulge some youthful officiousness and impertinence . Or , as if he would put together a riddle to try whether the wise Socrates could comprehend him speaking a paradox ; first asserting a charge clothed iri all the fictitious language of rhetoric , and then coolly contradicting himself . ' endeavouring to bamboozle both me and the rest of his audience . For he certainly throughout his orationand in my cross-examination of himnow
contra-, , dicts the allegation of his indictment , wherein it is stated ; " Socrates acts illegally by not believing in the gods , " and yet he verbaly allows that I do believe in the gods , but that they are other and strange gods . ' Surely , now , this is playing the fool with us . But 1 wish you , Athenians , to look at the manner in which it
appears to my judgment these grave charges are sustained ; and , do you , Melitus , reply to my interrogatories . Yet , let none of you , as I particularly requested in the threshold of this business , be startled or surprised , if , in my customary style , I examine him in syllogistic order .. ' ); Melitus , is there any man , do you think , believes in the existence of what pertains to mankind , and yet is sceptical in the existence of men ? Fray let him answer for himself , Athenians , and do not arm
him by any private suggestions , to direct him one way or the other . Or , do you know any person , who does not believe that there are such animals as horses , and yet confesses , that there are what pertains to a horse ? Or do you not think there are musicians , § and yet there are instruments and books which can only belong to such persons ! Surely , there can be none , most virtuous of men , who entertain such ridiculously inconsistent notions ' . You see , unless you answer for yourself , I am obliged to answer for
you . liut , pray answer me tins time . 1 s there any person who believes in works which partake of the nature of demons , anil yet disbelieves the existence of demons ? No ; there is not , 1 should imagine . How gratified I feel , it your condescension in making this reply , because you have scarcel y ever opened your lips , except when prompted by your colleagues . Now ha"e you not at one time or other , asserted that I believe in , and instruct others in , works of a demonlike nature ? Therefore , by your own shewing , I do believe in demons . And , you have also sworn so in your indictment . Then , if I believe in the works of demons , it follows as a necessary
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Anoaoria 2qkpat0ys,
Are you aware , friend Melitus , that you are censuring Anaxagoras * while animadverting upon these subjects , and taking it for granted that the persons present are ignorant of literature , and do not know that , the works of Anaxagoras of Clazomenia are full of such ideas ? And that the young men learn these notions respecting myself from pamphlets , which they are permitted to purchase , even though they
cost so much as a drachma , ' ! ' in order to ridicule Socrates should he lay claim to them , particularly if they are foolish . By Jupiter ! can it be possible , that you should credit the slanderous assertion that I believe not in the existence of a God ? O Jove , it cannot be ! In my opinion , Melitus , neither yourself nor what you assert are to be credited . He appears to me , Athenians , to be altogether an overbearing , impudent fellowone who has wholldrawn
, y up this indictment of his own accord , to indulge some youthful officiousness and impertinence . Or , as if he would put together a riddle to try whether the wise Socrates could comprehend him speaking a paradox ; first asserting a charge clothed iri all the fictitious language of rhetoric , and then coolly contradicting himself . ' endeavouring to bamboozle both me and the rest of his audience . For he certainly throughout his orationand in my cross-examination of himnow
contra-, , dicts the allegation of his indictment , wherein it is stated ; " Socrates acts illegally by not believing in the gods , " and yet he verbaly allows that I do believe in the gods , but that they are other and strange gods . ' Surely , now , this is playing the fool with us . But 1 wish you , Athenians , to look at the manner in which it
appears to my judgment these grave charges are sustained ; and , do you , Melitus , reply to my interrogatories . Yet , let none of you , as I particularly requested in the threshold of this business , be startled or surprised , if , in my customary style , I examine him in syllogistic order .. ' ); Melitus , is there any man , do you think , believes in the existence of what pertains to mankind , and yet is sceptical in the existence of men ? Fray let him answer for himself , Athenians , and do not arm
him by any private suggestions , to direct him one way or the other . Or , do you know any person , who does not believe that there are such animals as horses , and yet confesses , that there are what pertains to a horse ? Or do you not think there are musicians , § and yet there are instruments and books which can only belong to such persons ! Surely , there can be none , most virtuous of men , who entertain such ridiculously inconsistent notions ' . You see , unless you answer for yourself , I am obliged to answer for
you . liut , pray answer me tins time . 1 s there any person who believes in works which partake of the nature of demons , anil yet disbelieves the existence of demons ? No ; there is not , 1 should imagine . How gratified I feel , it your condescension in making this reply , because you have scarcel y ever opened your lips , except when prompted by your colleagues . Now ha"e you not at one time or other , asserted that I believe in , and instruct others in , works of a demonlike nature ? Therefore , by your own shewing , I do believe in demons . And , you have also sworn so in your indictment . Then , if I believe in the works of demons , it follows as a necessary