The Apology
    Part
  1 Text |          Against these, too, I must try to make a defence:—Let their
  2 Text |    compounded a riddle, thinking to try me? He said to himself:—
  3 Text |      Arginusae; and you proposed to try them in a body, contrary


Charmides
    Part
  4 Text |      methods to the whole body, and try to treat and heal the whole
  5 Text |        other sciences, and then you try to discover some respect


Cratylus
    Part
  6 Intro|       escaped my memory, or I would try more conclusions of the
  7 Intro|       expressions of a wish; let us try gods and demi-gods. Gods
  8 Intro|        place of one another when we try to become emancipated from
  9 Intro|            to our knowledge. We may try to grasp the infinity of
 10 Text |             cannot; and I would not try even if I could, because
 11 Text |     sufficiently answered, and they try to satisfy me with one derivation
 12 Text |          you mean?~SOCRATES: I will try to explain. You are aware


Crito
    Part
 13 Text |             I ought or ought not to try and escape without the consent
 14 Text |     consider my first position, and try how you can best answer


Euthydemus
    Part
 15 Intro|           modern one, and we vainly try to bridge the gulf between
 16 Text |           therefore, Crito, I shall try and persuade some old men
 17 Text |            the exhibition, and only try to persuade the youth whom
 18 Text |     everybody ought by all means to try and make himself as wise
 19 Text |           and you individually will try to love her?~Certainly,
 20 Text |         only of philosophy herself. Try and examine her well and


Euthyphro
    Part
 21 Text |     EUTHYPHRO: I am never likely to try their temper in this way.~


The First Alcibiades
    Part
 22 Text |      understand you.~SOCRATES: Then try to do as I do; for the answer
 23 Text |            Well, then, consider and try to explain what is the meaning
 24 Text |           can persuade individuals, try conclusions upon me, and
 25 Text |             SOCRATES: Then you must try to look your best.~ALCIBIADES:


Gorgias
    Part
 26 Intro|          the mode of procedure, and try them after death, having
 27 Intro|            surround them. They must try to be what they would fain
 28 Text |          politics.~SOCRATES: I will try, then, to explain my notion
 29 Text |         Socrates.~SOCRATES: I shall try to make you agree with me,
 30 Text |           as well as deed, I should try to prevent his being punished,
 31 Text |         perhaps we had better first try to distinguish them, as
 32 Text |      harmony and order in the soul? Try and discover a name for
 33 Text |           and citizens? Must we not try and make them as good as


Laches
    Part
 34 Text |        understand.~SOCRATES: Let me try to make my meaning plainer
 35 Text |             And now, Laches, do you try and tell me in like manner,
 36 Text |          let us proceed a step, and try to arrive at a similar agreement


Laws
    Book
 37 1    |             Crete.~Athenian. I will try to criticize you and myself,
 38 1    |          Likely enough; then let me try to be your instructor: You
 39 1    |         Athenian. Very good; I will try to find a way of explaining
 40 1    |           my meaning, and you shall try to have the gift of understanding
 41 2    |            were a lawgiver, I would try to make the poets and all
 42 2    |      childhood, the legislator will try to purge away the darkness
 43 2    |            them.~Cleinias. Will you try to be a little plainer?~
 44 3    |     recovered under Darius? Shall I try to divine?~Cleinias. The
 45 4    |          you mean?~Athenian. Let us try to amuse ourselves, old
 46 4    |             you the listeners, will try to estimate all that relates
 47 6    |         such matters, but we should try to charm the spirits of
 48 7    |        Athenian. Must we not, then, try in every possible way to
 49 7    |      acquired by us. And now do you try to explain to us your whole
 50 7    |           of which we are ignorant? Try and explain the nature of
 51 8    |             true.~Athenian. Shall I try and find some sort of persuasive
 52 9    |         hear them tell and yourself try to repeat after them, that
 53 9    |            to the judges elected to try the cause, on the appeal
 54 9    |      opinion of the magistrates who try the cause shall be provided
 55 9    |          the kinsmen appoint, shall try the cause, and let the beast
 56 12   |           with his judges and would try a third time, let him carry


Lysis
    Part
 57 Text |              Certainly, he replied.~Try, then, to remember the words,
 58 Text |             to him—or rather let me try another way of putting the


Meno
    Part
 59 Intro|           of figure and colour, and try to define them.’ Meno confesses
 60 Intro|            It would be a mistake to try and reconcile these differing
 61 Text |             virtue has been proven, try and remember what you and
 62 Text |     SOCRATES: No wonder; but I will try to get nearer if I can,
 63 Text |            give the name of figure? Try and answer. Suppose that
 64 Text |         Meno? I wish that you would try; the attempt will be good
 65 Text |              SOCRATES: Well, I will try and explain to you what
 66 Text |             easy matter, but I will try to please you to the utmost
 67 Text |             feet.~SOCRATES: And now try and tell me the length of
 68 Text |            BOY: It ought.~SOCRATES: Try and see if you can tell
 69 Text |            would rather not reckon, try and show me the line.~BOY:
 70 Text |     Wherefore be of good cheer, and try to recollect what you do
 71 Text |            virtue?~SOCRATES: I will try and tell you why, Meno.
 72 Text |           to look to ourselves, and try to find some one who will


Parmenides
    Part
 73 Text |              partakes of being, and try to imagine it apart from


Phaedo
    Part
 74 Intro|             naked eye might as well try to see the furthest star
 75 Text |      nothing at all to do, and will try to gratify your wish. To
 76 Text |           said Simmias.~Then I must try to make a more successful
 77 Text |             in Homeric fashion, and try the mettle of your words.
 78 Text |             lay claim to it. I will try to make this clearer by
 79 Text |           And so fare you well, and try to bear lightly what must


Phaedrus
    Part
 80 Intro|  professions to which he refers and try them by his standard. Is
 81 Intro|          that a man of sense should try to please not his fellow-servants,
 82 Text |            intentional ones I shall try to prevent; and these are
 83 Text |          soul divine and human, and try to ascertain the truth about
 84 Text |           And I wish that you would try and remember whether you
 85 Text |             man of sense should not try to please his fellow-servants (


Philebus
    Part
 86 Intro|     principle of human life. We may try them in this comparison
 87 Text |             That you and I must now try to indicate some state and
 88 Text |           SOCRATES: Yes, and I will try to meet your wish; but,
 89 Text |              Socrates; but will you try to be a little plainer?~
 90 Text |              And now, O Protarchus, try to divide this into three.~
 91 Text |            and I hope that you will try to make your meaning clearer.~


Protagoras
    Part
 92 Text |       nature or chance; they do not try to punish or to prevent
 93 Text |         that he would make fun, and try if you could maintain your
 94 Text |        keeping to ourselves, let us try the mettle of one another


The Republic
    Book
 95 1    |         would refuse to answer, and try irony or any other shuffle,
 96 1    |             are right or not I will try to discover. But let me
 97 1    |            I am such a madman as to try and cheat Thrasymachus?
 98 1    |        convinced me. ~Then shall we try to find some way of convincing
 99 1    |         question? Does the just man try to gain any advantage over
100 1    |          which he is. ~And would he try to go beyond just action? ~
101 1    |            think it just, and would try to gain the advantage; but
102 3    |           And then, I said, we must try them with enchantments-that
103 4    |             anybody advises them to try. ~Such cases are very common,
104 4    |        difficulty. ~Then let us now try and determine whether they
105 5    |            And must not we swim and try to reach the shore-we will
106 5    |           Yes, certainly. ~Shall we try to find a common basis by
107 5    |          any of our guardians shall try to be happy in such a manner
108 5    |            at your request, I am to try and show how and under what
109 5    |          you are right. ~I ought to try, I said, since you offer
110 6    |            other qualities, we must try to find a naturally well-proportioned
111 6    |       cities; explain it to him and try to convince him that their
112 6    |      meaning, he said. ~Then I will try again; you will understand
113 7    |           meaning? he said. ~I will try, I said; and I wish you
114 8    |         into the tyrant's soul, and try to arrive at a satisfactory
115 9    |          not give way, then he will try first of all to cheat and


The Seventh Letter
    Part
116 Text |         that, if ever anyone was to try to carry out in practice
117 Text |        habits of daily life, and to try with better auspices to
118 Text |             and with Heaven’s help, try to bring your efforts to
119 Text |            But in subjects where we try to compel a man to give


The Sophist
    Part
120 Intro|          approaching him, we should try our hand upon some more
121 Text |            the latter; but you must try and tell me the name of
122 Text |          true.~STRANGER: Suppose we try and give to each of these
123 Text |           can. And therefore let us try another track in our pursuit
124 Text |         what I am going to say, and try to divide further the first
125 Text |       STRANGER: Quite right; I will try and remember the fifth myself.
126 Text |         not-being; but come, let us try the experiment with you.~
127 Text |           my father Parmenides, and try to prove by main force that


The Statesman
    Part
128 Intro|            be of this class. Let us try once more: There are diviners
129 Intro|       corruptor of youth; and if he try to persuade others to investigate
130 Intro|       whoever, having skill, should try to improve them, would act
131 Text |              YOUNG SOCRATES: I will try;—there appears to me to
132 Text |     entirely explain myself, I will try, as we proceed, to make
133 Text |         sort of error which we must try to avoid.~YOUNG SOCRATES:
134 Text |             define them; for if you try to invent names for them,
135 Text |        understand.~STRANGER: I will try to make the thought, which
136 Text |              Let us now reflect and try to gather from what has
137 Text |             let us draw nearer, and try the claims of some who have


The Symposium
    Part
138 Text |       deserving of praise, and then try to hymn the praiseworthy
139 Text |       natures; and therefore I must try to distinguish the characters
140 Text |       happiness of the race. I will try to describe his power to
141 Text |        measure of my ability I must try to do my best. In the first
142 Text |          being persuaded of them, I try to persuade others, that


Theaetetus
    Part
143 Intro|             wise man, and we should try to understand him. In order
144 Intro|             is too old and stiff to try a fall with him, and therefore
145 Intro|          not let me depart unless I try a fall with you.’~Yes, that
146 Intro|             know all things? Let us try another answer in the sphere
147 Text | comprehended them all in one class, try and bring the many sorts
148 Text |            to talk nonsense. Let us try to understand him: the same
149 Text |             Then attend, and I will try to finish the story. The
150 Text |          let some more supple youth try a fall with you, and do
151 Text |          you.~SOCRATES: Then I will try to explain myself: just
152 Text |            he has been compelled to try a fall with you in argument.~
153 Text |           passion. Please, then, to try a fall with me, whereby
154 Text |           them to pull us over, and try to get away from the others.
155 Text |          can be allowed; but I must try by my art of midwifery to
156 Text |         hereafter disproved, I must try to find another.~SOCRATES:
157 Text |    imperfectly and at a distance, I try to assign the right impression
158 Text |         true; let us go forward and try.~SOCRATES: The trail soon


Timaeus
    Part
159 Text |           back to the beginning and try to speak of each thing and