[345c]
But,
as it is, you see, Thrasymachus—let us return to the previous
examples—you see that while you began by taking the physician in
the true sense of the word, you did not think fit afterwards to be
consistent and maintain with precision the notion of the true shepherd, but
you apparently think that he herds his sheep in his quality of shepherd not
with regard to what is best for the sheep but as if he were a banqueter
about to be feasted with regard to the good cheer or again with a view to
the sale of them
Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vols. 5 & 6 translated by Paul Shorey. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1969.
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