[348d]
“No, but goodness of judgement.” “Do you
also, Thrasymachus, regard the unjust as intelligent and good?”
“Yes, if they are capable of complete injustice,” he
said, “and are able to subject to themselves cities and tribes of
men. But you probably suppose that I mean those who take purses. There is
profit to be sure even in that sort of thing,” he said,
“if it goes undetected. But such things are not worth taking into
the account,
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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