Home >  Constructions   

φέρε δή, ἐὰν τὸ ὑπὸ τοῦ ὑγιεινοῦ μὲν βέλτιον γιγνόμενον, ὑπὸ τοῦ νοσώδους δὲ διαφθειρόμενον διολέσωμεν πειθόμενοι μὴ τῇ τῶν ἐπαϊόντων δόξῃ, ἆρα βιωτὸν ἡμῖν ἐστιν διεφθαρμένου αὐτοῦ;
Tell me then, if we destroy that part of us which is improved with health and destroyed with disease, is life worth living once that part is destroyed?
Plato Crito 47d

Further examples of constructions illustrated by this sentence: