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For what should a man live, if not for the pleasures of discourse? — Plato

Philosophical dialogue · Dialogue · Philosophical literature

For what should a man live, if not for the pleasures of discourse?

In the original Greek

ἐρωτᾷς εἰ δεόμεθα; τίνος μὲν οὖν ἕνεκα κἄν τις ὡς εἰπεῖν ζῴη, ἀλλ᾽ ἢ τῶν τοιούτων ἡδονῶν ἕνεκα

Plato
Phaedrus · 370 BC
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Provenance
Current citation
Socrates. Quoted in "Phaedrus." Plato: Lysis; Symposium; Phaedrus, written by Plato, translated by Christopher Emlyn-Jones and William Preddy. Harvard University Press, 2022, sect. 258e.
Original citation
Socrates. Quoted in Φαῖδρος [Phaedrus], written by Plato. c. 370 BC, section 258e.

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