So far, then, we think we have sufficiently adduced (the opinions of) these; wherefore, inasmuch as we have adequately gone in review through the tenets of physical speculators, it seems to remain that we now turn to Socrates and Plato, who gave especial preference to moral philosophy.
[17] Ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ἱκανῶς δοκοῦμεν παρατεθεικέναι: διὸ δοκεῖ λοιπὸν αὐτάρκως διαδραμόντων ἡμῶν τὰ τοῖς φυσικοῖς δόξαντα ἀναδραμεῖν ἐπὶ Σωκράτην καὶ Πλάτωνα, οἳ τὸ ἠθικὸν μάλιστα προετίμησαν.