In observing the wisdom of Socrates, and many circumstances of his condemnation, I should dare to believe that he in some sort himself purposely, by collusion, contributed to it, seeing that, at the age of seventy years, he might fear to suffer the lofty motions of his mind to be cramped and his wonted lustre obscured.
Sokratesen zuhurtzia eta kondenaren gorabehera askoren ikustean, ausartuko nintzateke sinestera inola ere berak eman ziola bere burua, zina hautsiz, bere nahiaz, hain laster, hirurogeita hamar urteko adinean, jasan behar izanez bere gogoaren ibilera aberatsen gogortzea eta bere ohiko argitasunaren itsutzea.