Stephan Borgehammar Brushing Up My Greek a Bit

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Me to Stephan Borgehammar

9/27/2022 at 1:34 PM

peri pleistou, Critias (in English as I ask to get your answer/s to my blog)

Am I right or is Athina right?

Me:
For the most, that which is to be made is not to live, but to live well.
(Me, not noted alternative) :
That which is to be made for the most is not to live, but to live well.
Athina:
One should not live to gain more things but to live well.

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Ha det så godt!
Hans Georg Lundahl

Answered twice

II a and II b

II a

Stephan Borgehammar to Me

9/27/2022 at 10:01 PM

Re: peri pleistou, Critias (in English as I ask to get your answer/s to my blog)

I checked a few places where Plato writes περί πλείστου ποιείν and it seems to mean “value most highly”. So I would translate: “To live should not be valued most highly, but to live well.”

Bästa hälsningar,
Stephan

III a

Me to Stephan Borgehammar

9/28/2022 at 11:47 AM

Re: peri pleistou, Critias (in English as I ask to get your answer/s to my blog)

Thank you!

II b

Stephan Borgehammar to Me

9/27/2022 at 10:03 PM

Re: peri pleistou, Critias (in English as I ask to get your answer/s to my blog)

PS: A similar English expression is “to make the most of”.

Idem

III b

Me to Stephan Borgehammar

9/28/2022 at 11:48 AM

Re: peri pleistou, Critias (in English as I ask to get your answer/s to my blog)

Ah, not bad!

The kind of thing I miss with too little sleep!

Thank you again!/HGL