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Question
Translate the following sentence into your mother tongue.
The third question according to Socrates is - is it useful?
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Solution
सॉक्रेटिसच्या म्हणण्यानुसार तिसरा प्रश्न विचारा - हे उपयुक्त आहे का?
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