Cle。Certainlynot：norissuchanotiontobeendured，andhewhoholdsthisopinionmaybefairlysingledoutandcharacterizedasofallimpiousmenthewickedestandmostimpious。
Ath。Thenarethethreeassertions-thattheGodsexist，andthattheytakecareofmen，andthattheycanneverbepersuadedtodoinjustice，nowsufficientlydemonstrated？Maywesaythattheyare？
Cle。Youhaveourentireassenttoyourwords。
Ath。IhavespokenwithvehemencebecauseIamzealousagainstevilmen；andIwilltelldearCleinias，whyIamso。Iwouldnothavethewickedthinkthat，havingthesuperiorityinargument，theymaydoastheypleaseandactaccordingtotheirvariousimaginationsabouttheGods；andthiszealhasledmetospeaktoovehemently；butifwehaveatallsucceededinpersuadingthementohatethemselvesandlovetheiropposites，thepreludeofourlawsaboutimpietywillnothavebeenspokeninvain。
Cle。Soletushope；andevenifwehavefailed，thestyleofourargumentwillnotdiscreditthelawgiver。