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英語原文
In a few cases Plato has μή with the subjunctive in a cautious question with a negative answer implied. As μὴ ἄλλο τι ᾖ τοῦτο means this may possibly be something else, so the question μὴ ἄλλο τι ᾖ τοῦτο ; means can this possibly be something else ? The four examples given by Weber are:—
Μή τι ἄλλο ᾖ παρὰ ταῦτα ; can there be any other besides these ? Rep. 603C. Ἆρα μὴ ἄλλο τι ᾖ θάνατος ἢ τοῦτο ; is it possible that death can prove to be anything but this ? Paed. 64 C. So μή τι ἄλλο ᾖ ἤ, κ.τ.λ. ; Parm. 163 D. Ἀλλὰ μὴ ἐμὴ περιεργία ᾖ καὶ τὸ ἐρωτῆσαί σε περὶ τούτου ; but can it be that even asking you about this is inquisitiveness on my part ? Sisyph. 387 C (this can be understood positively, it may be that it is, etc.).
In Xen. Mem. iv. 2, 12, the same interrogative construction occurs with μὴ οὐ : μὴ οὖν οὐ δύνωμαι ἐγὼ τῆς δικαιοσύνης ἔργα ἐξηγήσασθαι ; do you suspect that I shall be unable to explain the works of Justice ?
In Plat. Phil. 12 D we have πῶς γὰρ ἡδονή γε ἡδονῇ μὴ οὐχ ὁμοιότατον ἂν εἴη ; for how could one pleasure help being most like another ? Here εἴη ἄν takes the place of ᾖ and πῶς shows that the original force of μή is forgotten.
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