Phdr greκαίτοι πῶς εἰκός ἐστι τοιοῦτον πρᾶγμα προέσθαι (231d) τοιαύτην ἔχοντι συμφοράν, ἣν οὐδ᾽ ἂν ἐπιχειρήσειεν οὐδεὶς ἔμπειρος ὢν ἀποτρέπειν; καὶ γὰρ αὐτοὶ ὁμολογοῦσι νοσεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ σωφρονεῖν, καὶ εἰδέναι ὅτι κακῶς φρονοῦσιν, ἀλλ᾽ οὐ δύνασθαι αὑτῶν κρατεῖν: ὥστε πῶς ἂν εὖ φρονήσαντες ταῦτα καλῶς ἔχειν ἡγήσαιντο περὶ ὧν οὕτω διακείμενοι βουλεύονται;
Phdr lat p. 180bac si recentiores iusserint, superiores hostiliter insequuntur
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. Atqui quanam ratione decet tale quid illi concedere, qui ea calamitate affectus est, quam nunquam expertus quisquam concesserit? Enimuero et ipsi insanire potius quam sapere confitentur, et nosse praeterea insaniam suam, sed continere se minime posse. At vero que sapiunt, quonam pacto eorum qui sic affecti sunt, consilia voluntatesque probabunt?
1. hostiliter insequuntur: B malis afficiunt
Phdr engAnd how, in a matter of such infinite importance, can a man be right in trusting himself to one who is afflicted with a malady which no experienced person would attempt to cure, for the patient himself admits that he is not in his right mind, and acknowledges that he is wrong in his mind, but says that he is unable to control himself? And if he came to his right mind, would he ever imagine that the desires were good which he conceived when in his wrong mind?
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