Plato, Lesser Hippias, section 365e

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[365e]

Socrates
They are, then, powerful, according to you, and wily, are they not?

Hippias
Yes.

Socrates
But are they wily and deceivers by reason of simplicity and folly, or by reason of shrewdness and a sort of intelligence?

Hippias
By shrewdness, most assuredly, and intelligence.

Socrates
They are intelligent, then, as it seems.

Hippias
Yes, by Zeus, too much so.

Socrates
And being intelligent, do they know what they are doing, or do they not know?

Hippias
Yes, they know very well; that is why they do harm.

Socrates
And knowing these things which they know, are they ignorant, or wise?

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 9 translated by W.R.M. Lamb. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1925.

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