Section 15

καὶ γὰρ αὖ κἀκεῖνο ἑώρων, οἶμαι, ὡς ἐξ ἴσου καταστήσονται τοῖς ὀρθῶς φιλοσοφοῦσιν, οὐδέ τις ὁ δικάσων καὶ διακρινῶν τὰ τοιαῦτα ἔσται, ἢν μόνον τὰ ἔξω ᾖ ὅμοια. ἀρχὴν γὰρ οὐδὲ τὸν ἔλεγχον δέχονται, ἢν ἔρηταί τις οὑτωσὶ κοσμίως καὶ κατὰ βραχύ, ἀλλʼ εὐθὺς βοῶσιν καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν ἀκρόπολιν τὴν ἑαυτῶν ἀναφεύγουσι, τὴν λοιδορίαν, καὶ πρόχειρον τὸ ξύλον. καὶ ἢν μὲν τὰ ἔργα ζητῇς, οἱ λόγοι πολλοί, ἢν δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν λόγων κρίνειν ἐθέλῃς, τὸν βίον ἀξιοῦσι σκοπεῖν.