Dialogue

 1 Craty|        dialogue hardly derives any light from Plato’s other writings,
 2 Craty|           his prancing steeds, the light admixture of quotations
 3 Craty|  Hephaestus, again, is the lord of light—o tou phaeos istor. This
 4 Craty| contraction of selaenoneoaeia, the light (selas) which is ever old
 5 Craty|          and throws some degree of light upon a dark corner of the
 6 Craty|            knowledge.~The greatest light is thrown upon the nature
 7 Craty|      observation, but only the dim light which makes such observation
 8 Craty|        nous elthon diekosmese: the light of reason lighted up all
 9 Craty|           however great may be the light which language throws upon
10 Craty|           be said to have thrown a light upon all other sciences
11 Craty|            brings back the dawning light from one end of the earth
12 Craty|         look? Consider this in the light of the previous instances:
13 Craty|            of names can be no such light matter as you fancy, or
14 Craty|          you fancy, or the work of light or chance persons; and Cratylus
15 Craty|        Cymindis—do you deem that a light matter? Or about Batieia
16 Craty|            of the princely lord of light (Phaeos istora)?~HERMOGENES:
17 Craty|         that the moon receives her light from the sun.~HERMOGENES:
18 Craty|       selas (brightness) and phos (light) have much the same meaning?~
19 Craty|    HERMOGENES: Yes.~SOCRATES: This light about the moon is always
20 Craty|         revolution always adds new light, and there is the old light
21 Craty|        light, and there is the old light of the previous month.~HERMOGENES:
22 Craty|         SOCRATES: And as she has a light which is always old and
23 Craty|               that which brings to light the plants and growths of
24 Craty|       discover for yourself by the light of the previous examples,—
25 Craty|            imeirousi) and love the light which comes after the darkness,
26 Craty|           bad sense, viewed in the light of their etymologies will