Τοῦτο γὰρ δή ἐστι [?] ἢ ὑπ᾽ ἄλλου [?], [?] ἀπὸ τῶνδε τῶν καλῶν ἐκείνου ἕνεκα τοῦ καλοῦ ἀεὶ [?], ὥσπερ ἐπαναβαθμοῖς [?], ἀπὸ ἑνὸς ἐπὶ δύο καὶ ἀπὸ [?] ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ καλὰ [?], καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν καλῶν σωμάτων ἐπὶ τὰ καλὰ [?], καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν καλῶν ἐπιτηδευμάτων ἐπὶ τὰ καλὰ [?], καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν μαθημάτων ἐπ᾽ ἐκεῖνο [?] [?], ὅ ἐστιν οὐκ ἄλλου ἢ αὐτοῦ ἐκείνου τοῦ καλοῦ [?], καὶ [?] αὐτὸ [?] ὃ ἔστι καλόν. Ἐνταῦθα τοῦ βίου, ὦ φίλε Σώκρατες, ἔφη ἡ Μαντινικὴ [?], εἴπερ που ἄλλοθι, [?] ἀνθρώπῳ, [?] αὐτὸ τὸ καλόν.