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ὥσπερ ἐπὶ τέλει ὤν: not ‘just as you are reaching the goal’ (Jowett), but ‘as if you were at the end.’ Jowett practically omits ὥσπερ in his translation.
The Republic of Plato. James Adam. 1902. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press.
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