The Apology
    Part
  1 Text |      know that I have no wisdom, small or great. What then can
  2 Text |         no care at all, great or small, about the matter. But still
  3 Text |   judgment; and there will be no small pleasure, as I think, in


Charmides
    Part
  4 PreS |        in his extant writings:—a small matter truly; but what a
  5 Text |        said. Just answer me that small question. Do you mean a


Cratylus
    Part
  6 Intro|        made in words, and even a small change will alter their
  7 Intro|        is the number of words so small in which the sound is an
  8 Text |      names,—in this there can be small blame.~HERMOGENES: I think,
  9 Text |         anything at all, however small, to our knowledge, take
 10 Text |      according to which you call small great and great small—that,
 11 Text |       call small great and great small—that, they would say, makes


Critias
    Part
 12 Intro|        of Carthage and Rome. The small number of the primitive
 13 Intro|     Timaeus.)~In contrasting the small Greek city numbering about
 14 Text |        called, as in the case of small islands, all the richer
 15 Text |        and has left only the few small streams which still exist
 16 Text |         fight on foot carrying a small shield, and having a charioteer


Crito
    Part
 17 Text |        of orphans, there will be small thanks to you. No man should


Euthydemus
    Part
 18 Text |          Cleinias, wise not in a small but in a large way of wisdom,


The First Alcibiades
    Part
 19 Pre  |        But there still remains a small portion of which we are


Gorgias
    Part
 20 Intro|          from above. It is not a small part of human evils which
 21 Intro|       and Aegina charging only a small payment for saving men from
 22 Text |         may be useful, but is of small if of any use to him who
 23 Text |      years. But when I hear some small creature carefully articulating
 24 Text |         that great cities attack small ones in accordance with


Laches
    Part
 25 Text |      some may be thought to be a small matter;—he will make a better
 26 Text |      wise in what? In all things small as well as great? For example,


Laws
    Book
 27 1    |       long discourse out of very small materials. For drinking
 28 2    |         means.~Athenian. If very small children are to determine
 29 2    |        he be great and strong or small and weak, and whether he
 30 3    |     would only be hill shepherds—small sparks of the human race
 31 3    |         as I was saying, of that small part of them which existed
 32 3    |         cities, whether great or small; and similarly in families?
 33 3    |        True.~Athenian. There was small credit to us, Cleinias,
 34 3    |       that they can gain ever so small an advantage for themselves,
 35 4    |    ruling element is numerically small, and at the same time very
 36 4    |         requiring that all laws, small and great alike, should
 37 5    |       her glory and honour for a small piece of gold; but all the
 38 5    |       the clements of either are small and few and feeble, and
 39 5    |      place, do not disparage the small and modest proportions of
 40 6    |          the five wardens decide small matters on their own authority;
 41 6    |          or has any way great or small by which he can teach a
 42 6    |        whatever number, large or small, and at whatever time the
 43 7    |         transgressing the law in small matters. The result is that
 44 7    |        nothing, whether great or small, of what are called laws
 45 7    |          which is far from being small or insignificant, but is
 46 8    |          In the next place, many small injuries done by neighbours
 47 8    |         sojourner’s tax, however small, except good conduct, nor
 48 9    |         a hurt, whether great or small, is not an injury at all;
 49 9    |       one commits any injustice, small or great, the law will admonish
 50 9    |   himself decide about, of them, small or great, is next to impossible.~
 51 10   |     better. It is a matter of no small consequence, in some way
 52 10   |         such criminal means from small beginnings attaining to
 53 10   |          the Gods care about the small as well as about the great.
 54 10   |     great matters and no care of small ones? Reflect; he who acts
 55 10   |          that the neglect of the small matters is of no consequence
 56 10   |         to these things great or small, which a God or some inferior
 57 10   |        that they have no care of small matters: there are three
 58 10   |         are to the Gods great or small—in either case it would
 59 10   |        in seeing and hearing the small than the great, but more
 60 10   |     class, if they neglected the small and regarded only the great;—
 61 10   |         and perfect their works, small as well as great, by one
 62 10   |         of you. If you say:—I am small and will creep into the
 63 10   |        to heaven, you are not so small or so high but that you
 64 10   |         and evil deeds, and from small beginnings had grown great,
 65 11   |   legislators, and takes up, not small matter which he has not
 66 11   |     equally to matters great and small:—If a man happens to leave
 67 11   |    Cleinias, the class of men is small—they must have been rarely
 68 12   |       men, is that in return for small sacrifice and a few flattering
 69 12   |      such spots, either large or small, but they shall occupy that
 70 12   |          Cleinias. It will be no small matter if we can only discover


Lysis
    Part
 71 Intro|     reveal’ the secrets great or small which an unfortunate mistake


Menexenus
    Part
 72 Pre  |        But there still remains a small portion of which we are


Meno
    Part
 73 Text |           indeed; there would be small reason in that. Yet once
 74 Text |         and some of them are too small or too large?~MENO: True.~


Parmenides
    Part
 75 Intro|   exquisite mosaic, of which the small pieces are with the utmost
 76 Intro|       and really occupies a very small space in the entire works
 77 Intro|     transferred to them; or that small or equal objects are small
 78 Intro|       small or equal objects are small or equal because they are
 79 Intro|         neither great things nor small, and he will think less
 80 Intro|         however great or however small, is equally one. But can
 81 Intro|  smallness there will be nothing small. Neither will greatness;
 82 Intro|    greater;—and there will be no small in relation to which it
 83 Intro|        there will be no great or small in objects, but greatness
 84 Intro|        and infinite; and however small a fraction you separate
 85 Intro|       equality implies great and small, and equality lies between
 86 Intro|  equality lies between great and small, and therefore the one which
 87 Text |        thing, if possessing some small portion of equality less
 88 Text |        this is but a part of the small, and therefore the absolutely
 89 Text |         therefore the absolutely small is greater; if the absolutely
 90 Text |       greater; if the absolutely small be greater, that to which
 91 Text |         to which the part of the small is added will be smaller
 92 Text |        yet you only understand a small part of the difficulty which
 93 Text |         nothing that is, however small or however great, is devoid
 94 Text |       any part, whether great or small, or whatever may be the
 95 Text |      that space of time, however small, the other would be in the
 96 Text |       nor will there be anything small but actual smallness.~True.~
 97 Text |        is; and this too when the small itself is not there, which
 98 Text |          and in the passage from small to great and equal and back
 99 Text |        again, it will be neither small nor great, nor equal, nor
100 Text |         comparison with the many small fractions which are contained


Phaedo
    Part
101 Intro|          great, smallness of the small, and so on of other things.
102 Intro|        not really great and also small, but only when compared
103 Intro|    attribute of smallness remain small, and cannot become great:
104 Intro|        earth is only one of many small hollows, wherein collect
105 Intro|       are ever flowing; of these small portions find their way
106 Text |          the very large and very small, that nothing is more uncommon
107 Text |        than a very large or very small man; and this applies generally
108 Text |   extremes, whether of great and small, or swift and slow, or fair
109 Text |      bulk becomes larger and the small man great. Was not that
110 Text |     reason of the head, which is small. You would be afraid to
111 Text |           and is also said to be small, because he is in a mean
112 Text |          never be great and also small, but that greatness in us
113 Text |    concrete will never admit the small or admit of being exceeded:
114 Text |        as I was, and am the same small person. And as the idea
115 Text |  condescend ever to be or become small, in like manner the smallness
116 Text |    Pillars of Heracles inhabit a small portion only about the sea,


Phaedrus
    Part
117 Intro|         of opinion that there is small danger of this; the politicians
118 Text |       but my own master; nor for small causes taking violent dislikes,
119 Text |         were true, we should set small value on sons, or fathers,
120 Text |        matters, great as well as small, good and bad alike, and
121 Text |       the difference is large or small?~PHAEDRUS: When the difference
122 Text |           When the difference is small.~SOCRATES: And you will
123 Text |         very long speech about a small matter, and a short speech


Philebus
    Part
124 Intro|         great and the infinitely small, but he would have equally
125 Intro| attributes, such as ‘great’ and ‘small,’ ‘light’ and ‘heavy,’ or
126 Text |       opposing them as great and small, light and heavy, and in
127 Text |          is it?~SOCRATES: Only a small fraction of any one of them
128 Text |    SOCRATES: And is not our fire small and weak and mean? But the
129 Text |       pleasure or pain, great or small?~PROTARCHUS: Certainly not.~
130 Text |       pleasure, whether great or small, was thought to be necessary
131 Text | qualities, for they are great or small, and have various degrees
132 Text | sufficient to prove to us that a small pleasure or a small amount
133 Text |       that a small pleasure or a small amount of pleasure, if pure
134 Text |         large things or two very small things. The party who are


Protagoras
    Part
135 Text |         a protection, and others small, whose nature was to fly
136 Text |        Yet I have still one very small difficulty which I am sure
137 Text |          and holiness have but a small degree of likeness?~Certainly
138 Text |       their food, except in very small quantities, just enough
139 Text |       choice of things great and small? But the art of measurement


The Republic
    Book
140 1    |          stronger" are added. ~A small addition, you must allow,
141 1    |        allow, he said. ~Great or small, never mind about that:
142 1    |         the way of man's life so small a matter in your eyes-to
143 2    |     whether just or unjust, at a small cost; with magic arts and
144 2    |         asked by someone to read small letters from a distance;
145 2    |        neither will it be a very small State which contains all
146 2    |          inhabitants will be too small now, and not enough? ~Quite
147 3    |          occupy a space large or small, but everywhere eager to
148 3    |         slighting them either in small things or great, but believing
149 3    |       for what?-in order to gain small points not worth mentioning,
150 4    |         indeed any city, however small, is in fact divided into
151 4    |      accounted neither large nor small, but one and self-sufficing. ~
152 4    |           But there is, I think, small wisdom in legislating about
153 4    |   quantity of drink will also be small: but thirst pure and simple
154 5    |          either too large or too small. ~Certainly, he replied. ~
155 5    |      ignorance? ~Both; and in no small degree. ~And also to be
156 5    |      true. ~And things great and small, heavy and light, as they
157 6    |         in that direction; but a small man never was the doer of
158 6    |         philosophy will be but a small remnant: perchance some
159 6    |         Those who belong to this small class have tasted how sweet
160 6    |      attain perfection until the small class of philosophers whom
161 6    |         beyond other bonds by no small difference of nature; for
162 7    |       eye certainly did see both small and great, but only in a
163 7    |         the process, and look at small and great as separate and
164 7    |          is great?" and "What is small?" ~Exactly so. ~And thus
165 7    |  indirect effects, which are not small. ~Of what kind? he said. ~
166 8    |         which is united, however small, cannot be moved. ~Very
167 8    |         fashion he fights with a small part only of his resources,
168 9    |      witness and take bribes. ~A small catalogue of evils, even
169 9    |        number. ~Yes, I said; but small and great are comparative
170 9    |         enslaved; and there is a small ruling part, which is also
171 10   |          he lightly touches on a small part of them, and that part
172 10   |          other cities, great and small, have been similarly benefited
173 10   |          when seen near, appears small when seen at a distance? ~


The Second Alcibiades
    Part
174 Text |       this seemed in your eyes a small and mean thing, should add


The Seventh Letter
    Part
175 Text |        your treatment of me is a small matter. But philosophy-whose
176 Text |     Dionysios put him on board a small boat and expelled him from
177 Text |        with disaster. It is only small and mean natures that are
178 Text |        about by me and was of no small importance to their political
179 Text |         or anyone else, great or small, has written a treatise
180 Text |    towards me, for it will be no small amount; but I have more
181 Text |        To you I promised nothing small or great.” “By the gods,”
182 Text |           was just in time, by a small fraction of a day, in making
183 Text |      State which rules over many small ones, he unjustly appropriates
184 Text |     State the possessions of the small ones. For neither a Dion


The Sophist
    Part
185 Intro|        in a short time, and at a small cost. For all imitation
186 Intro|     heavy, or great which is not small.’ And he extends this relativity
187 Intro|          as well as to great and small. In like manner he acknowledges
188 Intro|         is truly great and truly small. Though the just and good
189 Text |       sorts of diving, and other small matters, may be omitted;
190 Text |       teach them to another at a small cost, and in a short time,
191 Text |        so that the great appears small to them, and the easy difficult,
192 Text |          gone through but a very small portion of them, and they
193 Text |         other same, or the great small, or the like unlike; and
194 Text |       STRANGER: There is another small matter.~THEAETETUS: What


The Statesman
    Part
195 Intro|       compared to the ruler of a small state. Hence we conclude
196 Intro|    statesman. Further, there are small things, such as coins, seals,
197 Text |   household may be compared to a small state:—will they differ
198 Text |      better not cut off a single small portion which is not a species,
199 Text |          should not chip off too small a piece, my friend; the
200 Text |   speedier way, which cuts off a small portion and leaves a large;
201 Text |          set the great above the small, but always arrives in her
202 Text |        the animals, the evil was small, and great the good which
203 Text |          full glory; and at last small was the good, and great
204 Text |          one was the result. The small creatures which had almost
205 Text |       expect to arrive even at a small portion of truth and to
206 Text |          example in general in a small and particular instance;
207 Text |          model is there which is small, and yet has any analogy
208 Text |       suppose that the great and small exist and are discerned
209 Text | difficulty in fixing the mind on small matters than on great.~YOUNG
210 Text |          State, whether great or small, may be regarded by us as
211 Text |         playthings, nourishment; small things, which may be included
212 Text |   government is to be found in a small body, or in an individual,


The Symposium
    Part
213 Intro|  authority of Theopompus). (5) A small matter: there appears to
214 Text |          could be fluttered at a small party of friends.~Do you
215 Text |   Socrates; but there is yet one small question which I would fain
216 Text |          will despise and deem a small thing, and will become a


Theaetetus
    Part
217 Intro|    relative; nothing is great or small, or heavy or light, or one,
218 Intro|    portion of any science may be small, as in mathematics or ethics,
219 Intro|         a language of ‘large and small letters’ (Republic), slightly
220 Intro|        of musical notes? Yet how small a part of speech or of music
221 Intro|        sciences, it rests upon a small number of facts; and when
222 Text |       the nature of knowledge so small a matter, as just now said?
223 Text |       any name, such as great or small, heavy or light, for the
224 Text |     light, for the great will be small and the heavy light—there
225 Text |         in deed; but his soul is small and unrighteous. His condition,
226 Text |          or not? at any rate, no small war is raging about it,
227 Text |         not a few.~THEODORUS: No small, war, indeed, for in Ionia
228 Text |         from the rest, others in small groups, others solitary,


Timaeus
    Part
229 Intro|        The liquid is composed of small and unequal particles, the
230 Intro|       mingled with it a fine and small portion of earth which comes
231 Intro|         you more easily detach a small portion than a large. There
232 Intro|     particles, entering into the small veins of the tongue which
233 Intro|        out of disorder, having a small grain of experience mingled
234 Intro|  triangles of Plato in being too small to be visible. But though
235 Intro| introduction is a mosaic work of small touches which, partly by
236 Intro|        dialogue and making a few small additions. It does not allude
237 Text |        city are descended from a small seed or remnant of them
238 Text |        every enterprise, whether small or great, always call upon
239 Text |         but with little pegs too small to be visible, making up
240 Text |        we have been saying, with small exception, the works of
241 Text |       another, a great number of small bodies being combined into
242 Text |       bodies are broken up, many small bodies will spring up out
243 Text |    figures; or, again, when many small bodies are dissolved into
244 Text |       imagine all these to be so small that no single particle
245 Text |       two of fire. Again, when a small body of fire is contained
246 Text |         overcome and cut up into small pieces, two and a half parts
247 Text |     continues. Again, when a few small particles, enclosed in many
248 Text |        and attack them (i.e. the small particles), the latter continue
249 Text |       larger. And thus, when the small parts are placed side by
250 Text |          kind is composed of the small and unequal particles of
251 Text |          gold, and it contains a small and fine portion of earth,
252 Text |       which cuts our bodies into small pieces (Kepmatizei), and
253 Text |          That which yields has a small base; but that which rests
254 Text |         particles enter into the small veins which are the testing
255 Text |          of sound is loud, and a small body of sound the reverse.
256 Text |           and dividing them into small portions and guiding them
257 Text |         invisible owing to their small size, but when collected
258 Text |      reflect that when a weak or small frame is the vehicle of
259 Text |          the soul is united to a small and weak intelligence, then