Plato, Greater Hippias, section 284e

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[284e]

Hippias
Speaking accurately, Socrates, that is true; however, men are not accustomed to think so.

Socrates
The men who know, Hippias, or those who do not know?

Hippias
The many.

Socrates
Are these, the many, those who know the truth?

Hippias
Certainly not.

Socrates
But surely those who know, think that in truth for all men that which is more beneficial is more lawful than that which is less beneficial; or do you not agree?

Hippias
Yes, I agree that they think it is so in truth.

Socrates
Well, it actually is as those who know think it is, is it not?

Hippias
Certainly.

Socrates
But or the Lacedaemonians, as you say,

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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