Dialogue

 1 Euthyd|         wisdom, about which you ask, Crito, they are wonderful—
 2 Euthyd|      would superior beings, and ask you to pardon the impiety
 3 Euthyd|      his friends often come and ask him questions and argue
 4 Euthyd|    wisdom: and I must therefore ask you and your disciples to
 5 Euthyd|  questions which I am afraid to ask, and which ought not to
 6 Euthyd|       forgive me therefore if I ask a very stupid question:
 7 Euthyd|         And now, I said, I will ask my stupid question: If there
 8 Euthyd|     that I do.~Then why did you ask me what sense my words had?~
 9 Euthyd| subordinate arts, and I were to ask you a similar question about
10 Euthyd|       too bad for him; he would ask them if they knew the foulest
11 Euthyd|       me.~Answer then, he said.~Ask, I said, and I will answer.~
12 Euthyd|        nevertheless, and not to ask again.~Why, you surely have
13 Euthyd|       if the question which you ask in one sense is understood
14 Euthyd|        therefore do as you say; ask your questions once more,
15 Euthyd|         question; for I did not ask you, he said, with what
16 Euthyd|      favours of you; but let me ask: Would you be able to know
17 Euthyd|       are your brothers.~Let me ask you one little question
18 Euthyd|        but the question which I ask is whether all things are