Plato's Republic 1.340a
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ναὶ μὰ Δί᾽ , ἔφη , ὦ Σώκρατες , ὁ Πολέμαρχος , σαφέστατά γε .
ἐὰν σύ γ᾽ , ἔφη , αὐτῷ μαρτυρήσῃς , ὁ Κλειτοφῶν ὑπολαβών .
καὶ τί , ἔφη , δεῖται μάρτυρος ; αὐτὸς γὰρ Θρασύμαχος ὁμολογεῖ τοὺς μὲν ἄρχοντας ἐνίοτε ἑαυτοῖς κακὰ προστάττειν , τοῖς δὲ δίκαιον εἶναι ταῦτα ποιεῖν .
τὸ γὰρ τὰ κελευόμενα ποιεῖν , ὦ Πολέμαρχε , ὑπὸ τῶν ἀρχόντων δίκαιον εἶναι ἔθετο Θρασύμαχος .
καὶ γὰρ τὸ τοῦ κρείττονος , ὦ Κλειτοφῶν , συμφέρον δίκαιον εἶναι ἔθετο .
ἐὰν σύ γ᾽ , ἔφη , αὐτῷ μαρτυρήσῃς , ὁ Κλειτοφῶν ὑπολαβών .
καὶ τί , ἔφη , δεῖται μάρτυρος ; αὐτὸς γὰρ Θρασύμαχος ὁμολογεῖ τοὺς μὲν ἄρχοντας ἐνίοτε ἑαυτοῖς κακὰ προστάττειν , τοῖς δὲ δίκαιον εἶναι ταῦτα ποιεῖν .
τὸ γὰρ τὰ κελευόμενα ποιεῖν , ὦ Πολέμαρχε , ὑπὸ τῶν ἀρχόντων δίκαιον εἶναι ἔθετο Θρασύμαχος .
καὶ γὰρ τὸ τοῦ κρείττονος , ὦ Κλειτοφῶν , συμφέρον δίκαιον εἶναι ἔθετο .
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If you at least bear witness to him , Cleitophon said , interrupting .
And what , he said , is the need for a witness ; for Thrasymachus himself admitted that the rulers sometimes command bad ( things ) for themselves , but it is just for the ( people ) to obey these ( commands ) .
Yes Polemarchus , Thrasymachus proposed that it is just to obey the orders of the rulers .
Yes Cleitophon , for he also proposed that the advantages of the stronger is just .
If you at least bear witness to him , Cleitophon said , interrupting .
And what , he said , is the need for a witness ; for Thrasymachus himself admitted that the rulers sometimes command bad ( things ) for themselves , but it is just for the ( people ) to obey these ( commands ) .
Yes Polemarchus , Thrasymachus proposed that it is just to obey the orders of the rulers .
Yes Cleitophon , for he also proposed that the advantages of the stronger is just .