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τοιαῦτα ἔφαμεν εἶναί τινας ἐπιθυμίας;
Πρώταρχος:
σφόδρα γε.
Σωκράτης:
πρὸς τί ποτε ἄρα ταὐτὸν βλέψαντες οὕτω πολὺ διαφέροντα ταῦθ' ἑνὶ προσαγορεύομεν ὀνόματι;
Πρώταρχος:
μὰ Δί' οὐ ῥᾴδιον ἴσως εἰπεῖν, ὦ Σώκρατες, ἀλλ' ὅμως λεκτέον.
Σωκράτης:
ἐκεῖθεν δὴ ἐκ τῶν αὐτῶν πάλιν ἀναλάβωμεν.
Πρώταρχος:
πόθεν δή;
Σωκράτης:
διψῇ γέ που λέγομεν ἑκάστοτέ τι;
Πρώταρχος:
πῶς δ' οὔ;
Σωκράτης:
τοῦτο δέ γ' ἐστὶ κενοῦται;
Πρώταρχος:
τί μήν;
Σωκράτης:
ἆρ' οὖν τὸ δίψος ἐστὶν ἐπιθυμία;
Πρώταρχος:
ναί, πώματός γε.
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and the like were desires?
Protarchus:
They are, decidedly.
Socrates:
What sort of identity have we in view when we call these, which are so different, by one name?
Protarchus:
By Zeus, Socrates, that question may not be easy to answer, yet it must be answered.
Socrates:
Let us, then, begin again at that point with the same examples.
Protarchus:
At what point?
Socrates:
We say of a thing on any particular occasion, “it's thirsty,” do we not?
Protarchus:
Of course.
Socrates:
And that means being empty?
Protarchus:
Certainly.
Socrates:
And is thirst, then, a desire?
Protarchus:
Yes, of drink.