Opening Timaeus — Plato in Plato Scroll…
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Plato · David Horan
One, two, three… But my dear Timaeus, where is the fourth of our banqueters from yesterday who will now provide the feast? Some illness has befallen him, Socrates, for he would not have missed this gathering deliberately. Then you and your friends here have the task of supplying the part of the absentee. Entirely so, and indeed we shall do our best not to be found wanting, since it would not be right if those of us who are left did not repay you lavishly when we were entertained with such fitting hospitality yesterday. Now, do you remember what I assigned you to speak about and what the topics were? We remember some of them, but since you are here you will remind us of the others. Better still, if it's not a problem for you, go over them again briefly from the beginning so that we can be more sure of them. So be it. I believe the discussions I was involved in yesterday were mainly …
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