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- Diogenes Laertius. Hicks, R. D., editor. Cambridge, MA.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1925.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-09-24
This section notes Crito of Athens' exceptional devotion to Socrates and his sons' discipleship, and catalogues the titles of his seventeen dialogues collected in a single volume.
Κρίτων Ἀθηναῖος· οὗτος μάλιστα φιλοστοργότατα1 διετέθη πρὸς Σωκράτην, καὶ οὕτως ἐπεμελεῖτο αὐτοῦ, ὥστε μηδέποτʼ ἐλλείπειν τι τῶν πρὸς τὴν χρείαν. καὶ οἱ παῖδες δὲ αὐτοῦ διήκουσαν Σωκράτους, Κριτόβουλος, Ἑρμογένης, Ἐπιγένης, Κτήσιππος. ὁ δʼ οὖν Κρίτων διαλόγους γέγραφεν ἐν ἑνὶ φερομένους βιβλίῳ ἑπτακαίδεκα, τοὺς ὑπογεγραμμένους, Ὅτι οὐκ ἐκ τοῦ μαθεῖν οἱ ἀγαθοί2. Περὶ τοῦ πλέον ἔχειν. Τί τὸ ἐπιτήδειον ἢ Πολιτικός. Περὶ τοῦ καλοῦ. Περὶ τοῦ κακουργεῖν. Περὶ εὐθημοσύνης. Περὶ τοῦ νόμου. Περὶ τοῦ θείου. Περὶ τεχνῶν. Περὶ συνουσίας. Περὶ σοφίας. Πρωταγόρας ἢ Πολιτικός. Περὶ γραμμάτων. Περὶ ποιητικῆς, [περὶ τοῦ καλοῦ]. Περὶ τοῦ μαθεῖν. Περὶ τοῦ γνῶναι ἢ Περὶ ἐπιστήμης. Τί τὸ ἐπίστασθαι.
Crito of Athens. This man was most affectionately disposed toward Socrates, and took such care of him that Socrates never lacked anything needed for his living. His sons too—Critobulus, Hermogenes, Epigenes, and Ctesippus—were pupils of Socrates. At all events, Crito wrote seventeen dialogues, which are preserved in a single volume, listed below: *That the Good are Not So from Learning* *On Having More* *What is the Suitable, or The Statesman* *On the Beautiful* *On Wrongdoing* *On Good Order* *On Law* *On the Divine* *On the Arts* *On Social Intercourse* *On Wisdom* *Protagoras, or The Statesman* *On Letters* *On the Art of Poetry, [On the Beautiful]* *On Learning* *On Knowing, or On Knowledge* *What it is to Know*
- 2.12.121μάλιστα φιλοστοργότατα
The adverb μάλιστα ('most, above all') is pleonastically combined with the superlative adverb φιλοστοργότατα ('most affectionately') to intensify the superlative degree further.
- 2.12.121Ὅτι οὐκ ἐκ τοῦ μαθεῖν οἱ ἀγαθοί
A substantive clause introduced by ὅτι serves as a dialogue title, with the predicate verb εἰσίν omitted ('[That] good men do not come from learning'). This is a conventional phrasing for philosophical titles.