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[273a] paying no attention to truth; for this method, if pursued throughout the whole speech, provides us with the entire art.

Phaedrus
You have stated just what those say who pretend to possess the art of speech, Socrates. I remember that we touched upon this matter briefly before,1 but the professional rhetoricians think it is of great importance.

Socrates
Well, there is Tisias whom you have studied carefully; now let Tisias himself


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    • Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 3.5.2
    • Sir Richard C. Jebb, The Attic Orators from Antiphon to Isaeos, Introduction
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