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1、ALCIBIADESIIALCIBIADESIIPlatonicImitatorTranslatedbyBenjaminJowett1ALCIBIADESIIAPPENDIXII.ThetwodialogueswhicharetranslatedinthesecondappendixarenotmentionedbyAristotle,orbyanyearlyauthority,andhavenoclaimtobeascribedtoPlato.TheyareexamplesofPlatonicdialogues
2、tobeassignedprobablytothesecondorthirdgenerationafterPlato,whenhiswritingswerewellknownatAthensandAlexandria.Theyexhibitconsiderableoriginality,andareremarkableforcontainingseveralthoughtsofthesortwhichwesupposetobemodernratherthanancient,andwhichthereforehav
3、eapeculiarinterestforus.TheSecondAlcibiadesshowsthatthedifficultiesaboutprayerwhichhaveperplexedChristiantheologianswerenotunknownamongthefollowersofPlato.TheEryxiaswasdoubtedbytheancientsthemselves:yetitmayclaimthedistinctionofbeing,amongallGreekorRomanwriti
4、ngs,theonewhichanticipatesinthemoststrikingmannerthemodernscienceofpoliticaleconomyandgivesanabstractformtosomeofitsprincipaldoctrines.ForthetranslationofthesetwodialoguesIamindebtedtomyfriendandsecretary,Mr.Knight.ThattheDialoguewhichgoesbythenameoftheSecond
5、AlcibiadesisagenuinewritingofPlatowillnotbemaintainedbyanymoderncritic,andwashardlybelievedbytheancientsthemselves.Thedialecticispoorandweak.Thereisnopoweroverlanguage,orbeautyofstyle;andthereisacertainabruptnessandagroikiaintheconversation,whichisveryun-Plat
6、onic.Thebestpassageisprobablythataboutthepoets:--theremarkthatthepoet,whoisofareserveddisposition,isuncommonlydifficulttounderstand,andtheridiculousinterpretationofHomer,areentirelyinthespiritofPlato(compareProtag;Ion;Apol.).Thecharactersareill-drawn.Socrates
7、assumesthe'superiorperson'andpreachestoomuch,whileAlcibiadesisstupidandheavy-in-hand.TherearetracesofStoicinfluenceinthegeneraltoneandphraseologyoftheDialogue(compareoposmeleseitis...kaka:otipasaphronmainetai):andthewriterseemstohavebeenacquaintedwiththe'Laws
8、'ofPlato(compareLaws).AnincidentfromtheSymposiumisratherclumsilyintroduced,andtwosomewhathackneyedquotations(Symp.,Gorg.)recur.Thereferencetothedeathof2ALCIBIADESIIArchelausashavingoccurr
