Plato, Alcibiades 2, section 146c

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[146c] both to the city and to himself?

Alcibiades
Certainly.

Socrates
But if, I suppose, he does the contrary, he will not be so either to the city or to himself?

Alcibiades
No, indeed.

Socrates
Well then, do you still take the same view now as before, or do you think differently?

Alcibiades
No, I take the same view.

Socrates
And you said you called the many unwise, and the few wise?

Alcibiades
I did.

Socrates
So now we repeat our statement that the many have missed getting the best because in most cases, I conceive, they have put their trust in opinion apart from intelligence.

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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