Plato's Republic 1.330δ
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πάνυ μὲν οὖν , ἦν δ᾽ ἐγώ . ἀλλά μοι ἔτι τοσόνδε εἰπέ : τί μέγιστον οἴει ἀγαθὸν ἀπολελαυκέναι τοῦ πολλὴν οὐσίαν κεκτῆσθαι ;
ὅ , ἦ δ᾽ ὅς , ἴσως οὐκ ἂν πολλοὺς πείσαιμι λέγων . εὖ γὰρ ἴσθι , ἔφη , ὦ Σώκρατες , ὅτι , ἐπειδάν τις ἐγγὺς ᾖ τοῦ οἴεσθαι τελευτήσειν , εἰσέρχεται αὐτῷ δέος καὶ φροντὶς περὶ ὧν ἔμπροσθεν οὐκ εἰσῄει .
ὅ , ἦ δ᾽ ὅς , ἴσως οὐκ ἂν πολλοὺς πείσαιμι λέγων . εὖ γὰρ ἴσθι , ἔφη , ὦ Σώκρατες , ὅτι , ἐπειδάν τις ἐγγὺς ᾖ τοῦ οἴεσθαι τελευτήσειν , εἰσέρχεται αὐτῷ δέος καὶ φροντὶς περὶ ὧν ἔμπροσθεν οὐκ εἰσῄει .
Indeed
I
certainly
am
.
But
tell
me
something
else
:
What
do
you
think
is
the
greatest
good
you
'
ve
received
from
being
very
wealthy
?
What I have to say probably wouldn ' t persuade most people . But you know , he said , O Socrates , that when someone thinks his end is near , he becomes frightened and concerned about things he didn ' t fear before .
What I have to say probably wouldn ' t persuade most people . But you know , he said , O Socrates , that when someone thinks his end is near , he becomes frightened and concerned about things he didn ' t fear before .