The Apology
    Part
  1 Intro|            are found to result in a perfect work of art, which is the
  2 Text |     probably, who would improve and perfect them in their own proper


Charmides
    Part
  3 Ded  |           exchange, on depositing a perfect and undamaged copy of the
  4 PreF |            the whole, nor perhaps a perfect unity in any single Dialogue.
  5 PreS |      seeking in vain to have a more perfect notion of them. He says (
  6 Text |        naked form: he is absolutely perfect.~And to this they all agreed.~


Cratylus
    Part
  7 Intro|             he mean to imply that a perfect language can only be based
  8 Intro|     imitation; a word is either the perfect expression of a thing, or
  9 Intro|     association with him. He is the perfect and accomplished Sophist
 10 Intro|           in thinking that the most perfect form of language is found
 11 Intro|         found only where there is a perfect correspondence of sound
 12 Intro|              that would be the most perfect state of language.’ These
 13 Intro|            have a natural but not a perfect growth; like other creations
 14 Intro|        process of speech, when most perfect, is least observed by us.
 15 Intro|        language did they completely perfect themselves, because for
 16 Intro|           have taken a long time to perfect the art of writing, and
 17 Intro|             the English language as perfect and as ready for use as
 18 Text |             to this view, he is the perfect and accomplished Sophist,
 19 Text |            he who gives all gives a perfect picture or figure; and he
 20 Text |              this would be the most perfect state of language; as the


Critias
    Part
 21 Text |           all medicines is the most perfect and best. And now having


Crito
    Part
 22 Intro|           This little dialogue is a perfect piece of dialectic, in which


Euthydemus
    Part
 23 Intro|          the Sophists: (1) In their perfect relevancy to the subject
 24 Text |            of heroes, besides being perfect in the use of their bodies,


The First Alcibiades
    Part
 25 Text |         well bred most likely to be perfect in virtue?~ALCIBIADES: Certainly.~
 26 Text |             the proof, although not perfect, be sufficient, we shall
 27 Text |     SOCRATES: But how can we have a perfect knowledge of the things
 28 Text |            in the eye which is most perfect, and which is the instrument


Gorgias
    Part
 29 Intro|             nobly-executed subject, perfect in every part, some fancy
 30 Text |           will be the attainment of perfect truth. Now there is no nobler
 31 Text |            fancy that rhetoric is a perfect thing, and sophistry a thing
 32 Text |         Blessed, and dwell there in perfect happiness out of the reach


Laches
    Part
 33 Intro|      courage; Nicias the other. The perfect image and harmony of both
 34 Text |           produced, would he not be perfect, and wanting in no virtue,


Laws
    Book
 35 1    |             and may be truly called perfect justice. Whereas, that virtue
 36 1    |            and must he who would be perfect in valour fight against
 37 1    |             eye of man until he was perfect; or trusting to the force
 38 2    |             contained in them, is a perfect man. Now I mean by education
 39 2    |      general to have all the senses perfect; or, again, to be a tyrant
 40 2    |        animal at birth is mature or perfect in intelligence; and in
 41 4    |          from such a tyranny into a perfect form of government takes
 42 5    |            proclaimed the great and perfect citizen, and bear away the
 43 5    |             allow the legislator to perfect his design, and when it
 44 6    |   indulgence are infractions of the perfect and strict rule of justice.
 45 6    |             the same time acquire a perfect knowledge of every locality.
 46 6    |             appointment of offices. Perfect unity and exactness, extending
 47 6    |          correct them, until all is perfect; and from that time there
 48 7    |    legislator ought to be whole and perfect, and not half a man only;
 49 7    |              but the acquisition of perfect beauty or quickness in writinig,
 50 7    |            which true law can alone perfect, as our hope is. Do not
 51 7    |          and dishonourable. And the perfect citizen ought to seek to
 52 8    |            law holds, and is a most perfect safeguard, so that no open
 53 10   |           right, and speak the most perfect and absolute truth, when
 54 10   |     asserting that any but the most perfect soul or souls carries round
 55 10   | acknowledged that they are good and perfect?~Cleinias. Assuredly.~Athenian.
 56 10   |             their skill, finish and perfect their works, small as well
 57 10   |          and better place, which is perfect in holiness; but when she
 58 10   |     shepherds, or the best and most perfect masters; for they in like
 59 12   |             of the man who would be perfect) seeks for reputation with,
 60 12   |            city will never continue perfect any more than if the examination
 61 12   |            we have provided for the perfect and lasting continuance
 62 12   |             of the country is to be perfect, we ought to have some institution,
 63 12   |       workman or guardian, if he be perfect in every respect, ought
 64 12   |           of the land, might become perfect guardians, such as we have


Lysis
    Part
 65 Text |             what a noble and really perfect love you have found! I wish


Menexenus
    Part
 66 Text |      suffered. After this there was perfect peace, and the city had


Meno
    Part
 67 Intro|     existence because they are more perfect than the sensible forms
 68 Intro|          reach the highest and most perfect conception, which Plato
 69 Text |             ought to live always in perfect holiness. ‘For in the ninth


Parmenides
    Part
 70 Intro|              but of an absolute and perfect whole or one. And if the
 71 Intro|             that they seldom give a perfect representation of our meaning.
 72 Text |       admitted.~And if God has this perfect authority, and perfect knowledge,
 73 Text |         this perfect authority, and perfect knowledge, his authority
 74 Text |             call a whole, being one perfect unity framed out of all—
 75 Text |            than the one must be one perfect whole, having parts.~Certainly.~
 76 Text |            of not-being in order to perfect its own being; for the truest


Phaedo
    Part
 77 Intro|     existence, who is because he is perfect, and to whom our ideas of
 78 Intro|          the Divine Being, although perfect himself, has placed us in
 79 Intro|    incomparable value. But if he is perfect, he must will that all rational
 80 Intro|            own minds the ideal of a perfect Being; when we see how the
 81 Intro|             that we may be all made perfect in one.’ These precious
 82 Intro|          Socrates would say, is not perfect, but agrees in as far as
 83 Intro|     concealing art’ is nowhere more perfect than in those writings of
 84 Text |             they fall short of this perfect equality in a measure?~Yes,
 85 Text |             invisible, incorporeal, perfect, divine, existing in the
 86 Text |          say that the simile is not perfect— for I am very far from
 87 Text |       neither is there any noble or perfect growth, but caverns only,


Phaedrus
    Part
 88 Intro|           the way of philosophy, or perfect love of the unseen, is total
 89 Text |          prophecy (mantike) is more perfect and august than augury,
 90 Text |         divers forms appearing—when perfect and fully winged she soars
 91 Text |           ever being initiated into perfect mysteries and alone becomes
 92 Text |             and alone becomes truly perfect. But, as he forgets earthly
 93 Text |          and not till then, he is a perfect master of his art; but if


Philebus
    Part
 94 Intro|    determine the composition of the perfect life. First, we admit the
 95 Intro|           nor can we expect to find perfect clearness or order in the
 96 Intro|              for the good should be perfect and sufficient. But is the
 97 Intro|             is the life of pleasure perfect and sufficient, when deprived
 98 Intro|       symmetrical and beautiful and perfect.~Third, mind and wisdom.~
 99 Intro|            received a standard more perfect in idea than the societies
100 Intro|           these? Granting that in a perfect state of the world my own
101 Text |            sound is infinite are we perfect in the art of speech, but
102 Text |             my dear friend, you are perfect; and you may be said to
103 Text |         they?~SOCRATES: Is the good perfect or imperfect?~PROTARCHUS:
104 Text |     imperfect?~PROTARCHUS: The most perfect, Socrates, of all things.~
105 Text |           wanting to you if you had perfect pleasure?~PROTARCHUS: Certainly
106 Text |            have been sufficient and perfect and eligible for every living
107 Text |    aforesaid introduce a limit, and perfect the whole frame of music?~
108 Text |             all things has the most perfect sufficiency, and is never
109 Text |            more?~SOCRATES: Then the perfect and universally eligible
110 Text |           general, and likewise the perfect knowledge, if that may be,
111 Text |           desires to see a fair and perfect mixture, and to find in
112 Text |       symmetrical and beautiful and perfect or sufficient, and all which


Protagoras
    Part
113 Intro|             of Simonides, is a most perfect piece of art. There are
114 Text |          their places behind him in perfect order.~After him, as Homer


The Republic
    Book
115 1    |          true-that is to say, while perfect and unimpaired. Take the
116 1    |             answer me. You say that perfect injustice is more gainful
117 1    |      injustice is more gainful than perfect justice? ~Yes, that is what
118 2    |             we must assume the most perfect injustice; there is to be
119 2    |             of God are in every way perfect? ~Of course they are. ~Then
120 3    |          and not thinking ourselves perfect in the art of reading until
121 4    |         that a single boxer who was perfect in his art would easily
122 4    |              if rightly ordered, is perfect. ~That is most certain. ~
123 4    |            most certain. ~And being perfect, is therefore wise and valiant
124 4    |         were just now describing as perfect guardians. ~And what is
125 4    |          more. ~The illustration is perfect, he replied; and in our
126 5    |             model system to be more perfect men, or the cobblers whose
127 5    |          not creating an ideal of a perfect State? ~To be sure. ~And
128 6    |      original to repair, and having perfect vision of the other world
129 6    |         which is to have a full and perfect participation of being? ~
130 6    |             upon him, he has become perfect in all this, he calls his
131 6    |             because I knew that the perfect State would be eyed with
132 6    |             me dare to say-that the perfect guardian must be a philosopher. ~
133 6    |         wanted to see them in their perfect beauty must take a longer
134 7    |          other senses; do they give perfect intimations of such matters?
135 7    |       although the fairest and most perfect of visible things, must
136 7    |         Creator of them in the most perfect manner? But he will never
137 7    |         being. Enough, then, of the perfect State, and of the man who
138 8    |          the conclusion that in the perfect State wives and children
139 8    |             which is contained in a perfect number, but the period of
140 8    |         being less by one (than the perfect square which includes the
141 8    |              sc. 50) or less by two perfect squares of irrational diameters (
142 8    |           between oligarchy and the perfect State, will partly follow
143 8    |           in outline only; the more perfect execution was not required,
144 9    |           by his seducers is termed perfect liberty; and his father


The Sophist
    Part
145 Intro|             how can we imagine that perfect being is a mere everlasting
146 Intro|        demanded a more abstract and perfect conception, such as one
147 Text |           mind are not present with perfect being? Can we imagine that
148 Text |             say that both inhere in perfect being, but that it has no
149 Text |          not able to apprehend with perfect clearness the notions of


The Statesman
    Part
150 Intro|            of the Sophist, is quite perfect.’~...~The principal subjects
151 Intro|         internal evidence, viz. the perfect coherence of the tale, though
152 Intro|             pattern. We do not find perfect consistency in his philosophy;
153 Intro|           Stoic spoke of a wise man perfect in virtue, who was fancifully
154 Intro|           He presents the idea of a perfect government, but except the
155 Intro|          law with the wisdom of the perfect ruler.~Laws should be just,
156 Intro|            attempted to decide with perfect justice the cases that were
157 Text |        movement: this is due to its perfect balance, to its vast size,
158 Text |             we can expect to have a perfect description of the statesman
159 Text |          the imitation would be the perfect truth, and an imitation
160 Text |           happy ruler of a true and perfect State.~YOUNG SOCRATES: To
161 Text |           to have acquired the most perfect knowledge.~YOUNG SOCRATES:
162 Text |             we were looking for the perfect State, as we showed before.
163 Text |            of the Sophist, is quite perfect.~THE END~      >


The Symposium
    Part
164 Intro|           the Symposium is the most perfect in form, and may be truly
165 Intro|         felt, but satisfied, in the perfect beauty of eternal knowledge,
166 Intro|            at last we arrive at the perfect vision of beauty, not relative
167 Text |        beautiful, and delicate, and perfect, and blessed; but the principle


Theaetetus
    Part
168 Intro|            arts of flattery, and is perfect in the practice of crooked
169 Intro|            not of men, but of gods, perfect and all sufficing:—like
170 Intro|           We admit that there is no perfect or ideal Psychology. It
171 Text |        would task the powers of men perfect in every way?~THEAETETUS:
172 Text |           any way unrighteous—he is perfect righteousness; and he of
173 Text |              if the motion is to be perfect.~SOCRATES: If they only
174 Text |          what follows: must not the perfect arithmetician know all numbers,
175 Text |         knowledge are the same, the perfect judge could not have judged
176 Text |             more indispensable to a perfect knowledge of any subject;
177 Text |             explanation is the most perfect form of knowledge.~THEAETETUS:
178 Text |             what we fancied to be a perfect definition of knowledge


Timaeus
    Part
179 Intro|             sense. He contrasts the perfect movements of the heavenly
180 Intro|            enabled him to produce a perfect work of art. Hence there
181 Intro|             but no comprehensive or perfect vision. There are isolated
182 Intro|          question...The form of the perfect animal was a whole, and
183 Intro|           that the animal should be perfect and one, leaving no remnants
184 Intro|             a God in the image of a perfect body, having intercourse
185 Intro|        there is moreover a cycle or perfect year at the completion of
186 Intro|           circle, which is the most perfect figure and the figure of
187 Intro|          has education is whole and perfect and escapes the worst disease,
188 Intro|         made the all-sufficient and perfect creature, using the secondary
189 Intro|         Intellectual, being the one perfect only-begotten heaven.~Section
190 Intro|           fixed stars only the most perfect motion—that which is on
191 Intro|        latter respect they are more perfect than the wandering stars,
192 Intro|         described as being the most perfect or intelligent. Yet Plato
193 Intro|          are found to coincide in a perfect number, i.e. a number which
194 Intro|             irreconcilable with the perfect revolution of twenty-four
195 Intro|           was deemed to be the most perfect. Plato, like Anaxagoras,
196 Text |        would seem likely to be most perfect.~TIMAEUS: Yes, Socrates;
197 Text |          shall receive in my turn a perfect and splendid feast of reason.
198 Text |        necessarily be made fair and perfect; but when he looks to the
199 Text |          pattern, it is not fair or perfect. Was the heaven then or
200 Text |           like the fairest and most perfect of intelligible beings,
201 Text |         might be solitary, like the perfect animal, the creator made
202 Text |             be as far as possible a perfect whole and of perfect parts:
203 Text |     possible a perfect whole and of perfect parts: secondly, that it
204 Text |         entire, and being therefore perfect and not liable to old age
205 Text |           from the centre, the most perfect and the most like itself
206 Text |           centre, a body entire and perfect, and formed out of perfect
207 Text |          perfect, and formed out of perfect bodies. And in the centre
208 Text |       difficulty in seeing that the perfect number of time fulfils the
209 Text |          number of time fulfils the perfect year when all the eight
210 Text |             like as possible to the perfect and intelligible animal.~
211 Text |             contain, if it is to be perfect. On the other hand, if they
212 Text |           fulness and health of the perfect man, and escapes the worst
213 Text |             self-sufficing and most perfect God, using the necessary
214 Text |          the divinity within him in perfect order, he will be perfectly
215 Text |          them should attain to that perfect life which the gods have
216 Text |       greatest, best, fairest, most perfect—the one only-begotten heaven.~