The Apology
    Part
  1 Text |             I will ask you then to assume with me, as I was saying,
  2 Text |          must; and therefore I may assume that your silence gives


Charmides
    Part
  3 PreS |          either to the Sophist, or assume that the Parmenides, the
  4 Text |       Critias, if you like, let us assume that there is this science
  5 Text |          perceive, he said.~May we assume then, I said, that wisdom,
  6 Text |             Let us, if you please, assume the possibility of this
  7 Text |          use? For, however much we assume that wisdom is a science


Cratylus
    Part
  8 Intro|      Cratylus we have no reason to assume that Socrates is either
  9 Intro|            degree. But we must not assume that we have in this way
 10 Text |         far, Cratylus (for I shall assume that your silence gives


Euthydemus
    Part
 11 Text |         which we are seeking—May I assume this to be your ingenious


Gorgias
    Part
 12 Text |            SOCRATES: Shall we then assume two sorts of persuasion,—
 13 Text |            shall refute me. We may assume the existence of bodies
 14 Text |       unjust, and yet happy? May I assume this to be your opinion?~
 15 Text |       understand you to say, I may assume that some pleasures are


Ion
    Part
 16 Text |       SOCRATES: Then, Ion, I shall assume the nobler alternative;


Laws
    Book
 17 4    |        nature?~Cleinias. You would assume, as you say, a tyrant who
 18 6    |            ought.~Athenian. Let us assume, then, that there ought
 19 6    |            they may. And if we may assume that our whole discussion
 20 7    |            means.~Athenian. Let us assume, then, as a first principle
 21 7    |        hardly ask again, but shall assume that you agree with me.~
 22 9    |         the practice of virtue. To assume that in such a state there
 23 9    |            And, therefore, we must assume that these homicides are
 24 10   |       shall we say or do?—Shall we assume that some one is accusing
 25 10   |        Very true.~Athenian. Let us assume that there is a motion able
 26 10   |     Granted.~Athenian. And we will assume that which moves other,
 27 10   |     contrary of all this. Shall we assume so much, or do we still
 28 12   |   perfectly, Cleinias; and we must assume, as the argument iniplies,


Lysis
    Part
 29 Text |            inclined to think so: I assume that there are three principles—


Meno
    Part
 30 Intro|       under an hypothesis. He will assume that if virtue is knowledge,
 31 Intro|          him. The forms which they assume are numerous, and if taken
 32 Intro|       logical character which they assume in the Sophist and Philebus,
 33 Text |            and therefore I wish to assume a hypothesis before I tell


Parmenides
    Part
 34 Intro|            know, whether you would assume an idea of likeness in the
 35 Intro|             Socrates is willing to assume ideas or principles of the
 36 Intro|            In the first case, they assume that Plato means to show
 37 Intro|           others.~2.a. But, again, assume the opposite hypothesis,
 38 Text |            in which you are led to assume one idea of each kind is
 39 Text |     participation in being, either assume or lose being?~Impossible.~
 40 Text |             cannot have or lose or assume being in any way?~True.~


Phaedo
    Part
 41 Intro|          prevented it?’ Even if we assume that the inequalities of
 42 Intro|          the other hand constantly assume the continued existence
 43 Text |        every one, and first of all assume that there is an absolute
 44 Text |      principle, you would go on to assume a higher principle, and


Philebus
    Part
 45 Intro|            of pleasure or pain. We assume, then, that there are three
 46 Text |         both our arguments. Let us assume, then, that there are many
 47 Text |        Certainly.~SOCRATES: Let us assume these two principles, and
 48 Text |          me know whether I may not assume as a note of the infinite—~
 49 Text |        Good.~SOCRATES: Let us next assume that in the soul herself
 50 Text |        Very true.~SOCRATES: We may assume then that there are three
 51 Text |           will answer.~SOCRATES: I assume that there are two natures,


Protagoras
    Part
 52 Text |           I am.~But you should not assume, Hippocrates, that the instruction
 53 Text |          then, Protagoras, we will assume this; and now supposing
 54 Text |        please I please; and let us assume, if you will I, that justice


The Republic
    Book
 55 1    |         her natural power? ~Let us assume that she retains her power. ~
 56 2    |       perfectly unjust man we must assume the most perfect injustice;
 57 3    |          Impossible. ~Then we must assume a control over the narrators
 58 3    |            such a person, and will assume his likeness, if at all,
 59 4    |        Likely enough. ~Then we may assume that our athletes will be
 60 4    |          of the individual; we may assume that he has the same three
 61 4    |            they are untrue, let us assume their absurdity, and go
 62 4    |       Clearly. ~Then we may fairly assume that they are two, and that
 63 4    |             he said, we may fairly assume them to be different. ~Then
 64 6    |           be less angry. ~Shall we assume that they are not only less
 65 6    |           and the kindred sciences assume the odd, and the even, and
 66 7    |           be true or false, let us assume all this, and proceed at
 67 8    |            to us. ~Yes, and we may assume that they answer truly. ~
 68 9    |            fair proposal. ~Shall I assume that we ourselves are able
 69 9    |       figure. ~How do you mean? ~I assume, I said, that the tyrant
 70 10   | individuals have a common name, we assume them to have also a corresponding
 71 10   |       horrors. But will you let me assume, without reciting them,


The Sophist
    Part
 72 Intro|         but for the present let us assume the resemblance of the two,
 73 Intro|            of the argument, we may assume them to be better than they
 74 Intro|          of them at once. Shall we assume (1) that being and rest
 75 Intro|           being. Therefore we must assume a fifth principle, which
 76 Text |        selling.~THEAETETUS: Let us assume that.~STRANGER: Next, we
 77 Text |       things. Nevertheless, let us assume that the Sophists are the
 78 Text |          anything to anything, and assume that they do not mingle,
 79 Text |        Very good, and first let us assume them to say that nothing
 80 Text |    existent.~THEAETETUS: So we may assume.~STRANGER: Every class,


The Statesman
    Part
 81 Text |             YOUNG SOCRATES: Let us assume these two divisions of science,
 82 Text |         Certainly.~STRANGER: If we assume the greater to exist only
 83 Text |        however, that we may fairly assume something of this sort—~
 84 Text |         must be made.~STRANGER: To assume that one part of virtue


The Symposium
    Part
 85 Text |     Socrates, said Agathon:—Let us assume that what you say is true.~


Theaetetus
    Part
 86 Intro|             if I have knowledge we assume a disputed term; for knowledge
 87 Intro|     suicidal to philosophy than to assume that all the truth which
 88 Intro|        more doubtful. It begins to assume the language and claim the
 89 Intro|            the mind most naturally assume.~We may preface the enquiry
 90 Intro|     proceeds. For example, we must assume ideas before we can analyze
 91 Text |            the gods?—for you would assume the measure of Protagoras
 92 Text |         your opinion to me; let us assume, as he argues, that this
 93 Text |            is greater still; for I assume you to be speaking of numbers
 94 Text |     Exactly.~SOCRATES: Then may we assume, Theaetetus, that to-day,
 95 Text |           indeed.~SOCRATES: Let us assume then, as we now say, that


Timaeus
    Part
 96 Intro|           of something; and we may assume that words are akin to the
 97 Intro|      scalene). These we may fairly assume to be the original elements
 98 Intro|          to the sensations we must assume the existence of body and
 99 Intro|            on its axis. Whether we assume the earth to be stationary
100 Text |            and the original we may assume that words are akin to the
101 Text | probability with demonstration, we assume to be the original elements
102 Text |           for which reason we must assume first one or the other and
103 Text |      originates. We may in general assume sound to be a blow which
104 Text |           by investigation. Let us assume thus much.~The creation