"What a sottish and stupid people," said Socrates, "are they, without sense or understanding, that make no account either of grammar or poetry, and only busy themselves in studying the genealogies and successions of their kings, the foundations, rises, and declensions of states, and such tales of a tub!" After which, having made Hippias from one step to another acknowledge the excellency of their form of public administration, and the felicity and virtue of their private life, he leaves him to guess at the conclusion he makes of the inutilities of his pedantic arts.
Kitto joanen ote da, nik hainbestetan, honenbat gerra zibiletan, honenbat gudutan, itsasoz eta lehorrez, salbatu ahal izan dudan neure buruari oldarturik? Nik munduko bake orokorra ezarri eta gero, barkatua izanen da, deliberatu delarik ez soilik nire hiltzea baizik eta sakrifikatzea ere?" Asmoa baitzen hiltzea, sakrifizio egiten ari zenean.