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1、ALCIBIADESIIALCIBIADESIIPlatonicImitatorTranslatedbyBenjaminJowett1ALCIBIADESIIAPPENDIXII.ThetwodialogueswhicharetranslatedinthesecondappendixarenotmentionedbyAristotle,orbyanyearlyauthority,andhavenoclaimtobeascribedtoPlato.TheyareexamplesofPlatonicdialoguestobeassignedprobably
2、tothesecondorthirdgenerationafterPlato,whenhiswritingswerewellknownatAthensandAlexandria.Theyexhibitconsiderableoriginality,andareremarkableforcontainingseveralthoughtsofthesortwhichwesupposetobemodernratherthanancient,andwhichthereforehaveapeculiarinterestforus.TheSecondAlcibia
3、desshowsthatthedifficultiesaboutprayerwhichhaveperplexedChristiantheologianswerenotunknownamongthefollowersofPlato.TheEryxiaswasdoubtedbytheancientsthemselves:yetitmayclaimthedistinctionofbeing,amongallGreekorRomanwritings,theonewhichanticipatesinthemoststrikingmannerthemodernsc
4、ienceofpoliticaleconomyandgivesanabstractformtosomeofitsprincipaldoctrines.ForthetranslationofthesetwodialoguesIamindebtedtomyfriendandsecretary,Mr.Knight.ThattheDialoguewhichgoesbythenameoftheSecondAlcibiadesisagenuinewritingofPlatowillnotbemaintainedbyanymoderncritic,andwashar
5、dlybelievedbytheancientsthemselves.Thedialecticispoorandweak.Thereisnopoweroverlanguage,orbeautyofstyle;andthereisacertainabruptnessandagroikiaintheconversation,whichisveryun-Platonic.Thebestpassageisprobablythataboutthepoets:--theremarkthatthepoet,whoisofareserveddisposition,is
6、uncommonlydifficulttounderstand,andtheridiculousinterpretationofHomer,areentirelyinthespiritofPlato(compareProtag;Ion;Apol.).Thecharactersareill-drawn.Socratesassumesthe'superiorperson'andpreachestoomuch,whileAlcibiadesisstupidandheavy-in-hand.TherearetracesofStoicinfluenceinthe
7、generaltoneandphraseologyoftheDialogue(compareoposmeleseitis...kaka:otipasaphronmainetai):andthewriterseemstohavebeenacquaintedwiththe'Laws'ofPlato(compareLaws).AnincidentfromtheSymposiumisratherclumsilyintroduced,andtwosomewhathackneyedquotations(Symp.,Gorg.)recur.Thereferencet
8、othedeathof2ALCIBIADESIIArchelausashavingoccurr
