1 Xen.Mem. iv. 7. 3 ff. attributes to Socrates a similar utilitarian view of science.
2 For ἡδὺς εἶ cf. 337 D, Euthydem. 300 A, Gorg. 491 Eἥδιστε, Rep. 348 Cγλυκὺς εἶ, Hipp. Maj. 288 B.
3 Cf. on 499 D-E, p. 66, note a.
4 Again Plato anticipates much modern controversy.
5 Cf. Xen.Symp. 1. 4ἐκκεκαθαρμένοις τὰς ψυχάς, and Phaedo 67 B-C.
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