Opening Theages — Plato in Plato Scroll…
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Plato · W.R.M. Lamb
Demodocus: Socrates, I was wanting to have some private talk with you, if you had time to spare; even if there is some demand, which is not particularly important, on your time, do spare some, nevertheless, for me. Socrates: Why, in any case I happen to have time to spare, and for you, moreover, I have plenty. Well, you are free to say whatever you wish. Demodocus: Then do you mind if we step aside here from the street into the portico of Zeus the Liberator? Socrates: As you think best. [121b] Demodocus: Let us go, then. Socrates, it would seem that all growths follow the same course, both those that grow from the earth, and the animals, including man. In regard to the plants, as you know, we who cultivate the earth find it the easiest part of our work to make all our preparations that are needed before planting, and to do the planting itself; but when the plant begins to grow, …
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