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ἐστιν ἃ ἔφαμεν αὐτὴν ἁμαρτήματα ἔχειν;πρῶτον μέν, ἔφην, τοῦτο αὐτό, ὅρος αὐτῆς οἷός ἐστιν. ἄθρει γάρ, εἰ νεῶν οὕτω τις ποιοῖτο κυβερνήτας, ἀπὸ τιμημάτων, τῷ δὲ πένητι, εἰ καὶ κυβερνητικώτερος εἴη, μὴ ἐπιτρέποι—πονηράν, ἦ δ᾽ ὅς, τὴν ναυτιλίαν αὐτοὺς ναυτίλλεσθαι.οὐκοῦν καὶ περὶ ἄλλου οὕτως ὁτουοῦν ἤ τινος ἀρχῆς;οἶμαι ἔγωγε.πλὴν πόλεως; ἦν δ᾽ ἐγώ: ἢ καὶ πόλεως πέρι;πολύ γ᾽, ἔφη, μάλιστα, ὅσῳ χαλεπωτάτη καὶ μεγίστη ἡ ἀρχή.
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