Plato, Meno 84d
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Plato, Meno 84d Ancient Greek
Plato, Meno
φύλαττε δὲ ἄν που εὕρῃς με διδάσκοντα καὶ διεξιόντα αὐτῷ, ἀλλὰ μὴ τὰς τούτου δόξας ἀνερωτῶντα.λέγε γάρ μοι σύ· οὐ τὸ μὲν τετράπουν τοῦτο ἡμῖν ἐστι χωρίον; μανθάνεις; ἔγωγε. ἕτερον δὲ αὐτῷ προσθεῖμεν ἂν τουτὶ ἴσον; ναί. καὶ τρίτον τόδε ἴσον ἑκατέρῳ τούτων; ναί. οὐκοῦν προσαναπληρωσαίμεθʼ ἂν τὸ ἐν τῇ γωνίᾳ τόδε; πάνυ γε. ἄλλο τι οὖν γένοιτʼ ἂν τέτταρα ἴσα χωρία
and do not teach him; and be on the watch to see if at any point you find me teaching him or expounding to him, instead of questioning him on his opinions. Tell me, boy: here we have a square of four feet, have we not? You understand? Yes. And here we add another square equal to it? Yes. And here a third, equal to either of them? Yes. Now shall we fill up this vacant space in the corner? By all means. So here we must have four equal spaces?
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