[350c]
“But the just man will not overreach his like but only his
unlike?” “Yes.” “Then the just man
is like the wise and good, and the unjust is like the bad and the
ignoramus.” “It seems likely.” “But
furthermore we agreed that such is each as that to which he is
like.” “Yes, we did.” “Then the just
man has turned out1 on our
hands to be good and wise and the unjust man bad and
ignorant.”Thrasymachus made all
these admissions
1 Cf. 334 A.
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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