Phaedrus: (as Lysias, cont.)
it is easy to know
if they speak the true
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ῥᾴδιον γνῶναι εἰ ἀληθῆ λέγουσιν
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ἀληθής or alethes is usually translated as “true” but means literally unconcealed or unhidden (a - lethos “concealment”) —
if they speak (the) unhidden
the idea that what is true is what is unhidden is well-matched by Heraclitus fragment B123 —
φύσις κρύπτεσθαι φιλεῖ
nature loves to hide
which is another memorable triple-shot
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