Much moved by these words, I said: To any one who reflects indeed, your exposition, advancing as it does in this consecutive manner, though plain and unvarnished, bears sufficiently upon it the stamp of correctness and hits the truth. And to those who are expert only in the technical methods of proof a mere demonstration suffices to convince; but as for ourselves, we were agreed58    we were agreed. ὡμολογεῖτο: cf. 201 D, “If on the other hand any one will accept a discussion which is in a naked unsyllogistic form, we will speak upon these points by making our study of them as far as we can follow the chain of Scriptural tradition.” that there is something more trustworthy than any of these artificial conclusions, namely, that which the teachings of Holy Scripture point to: and so I deem that it is necessary to inquire, in addition to what has been said, whether this inspired teaching harmonizes with it all.

_Γ. Ἐγὼ δὲ καὶ σφόδρα περὶ τὰ εἰρημένα διατεθεὶς, Ἀρκεῖ μὲν, ἔφην, παντὶ τῷ γε νοῦν ἔχοντι ψιλῶς οὑτωσὶ καὶ ἀκατασκεύως δι' ἀκολούθου προελθὼν ὁ λόγος, εὖ ἔχειν δόξαι καὶ μηδαμοῦ παρεσφάλθαι τῆς ἀληθείας.
Ἐπεὶ δὲ τοῖς μὲν τὰς τεχνικὰς ἐφόδους μεμελιτηκόσι τῶν ἀποδείξεων, ὁ συλλογισμὸς ἱκανὸς εἰς πίστιν δοκεῖ: ἡμῖν δὲ πάντων τῶν τεχνικῶν συμπερασμάτων ἕξις πιστότερον εἶναι ὡμολογεῖτο τὸ διὰ τῶν ἱερῶν τῆς Γραφῆς διδαγμάτων ἀναφαινόμενον: ζητεῖν οἶμαι δεῖν ἐπὶ τοῖς εἰρημένοις, εἰ ἡ θεόπνευστος διδασκαλία τούτοις συμφέρεται.