Plato, Alcibiades 2, section 143e

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[143e]

Socrates
Nor would anyone else, I imagine.

Alcibiades
No.

Socrates
Then it seems that ignorance of what is best, and to be ignorant of the best, is a bad thing.

Alcibiades
I agree.

Socrates
And not only for the person himself, but for everyone else?

Alcibiades
Yes.

Socrates
Then let us consider this further case. Suppose it should quite suddenly occur to your mind that you had better take a dagger and go to the door of Pericles, your own guardian and friend,

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 8 translated by W.R.M. Lamb. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1955.

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