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
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
are
commanded
to
perform
.
"
"
Yes
,
by
Zeus
,
Socrates
,
"
said
Polemarchus
,
"
nothing
could
be
more
conclusive
.
"
"
Of
course
,
"
said
Cleitophon
,
breaking
in
,
"
if
you
are
his
witness
.
"
1
"
What
need
is
there
of
a
witness
?
"
Polemarchus
said
.
"
Thrasymachus
himself
admits
that
the
rulers
sometimes
enjoin
what
is
evil
for
themselves
and
yet
says
that
it
is
just
for
the
subjects
to
do
this
.
"
"
That
,
Polemarchus
,
is
because
Thrasymachus
laid
it
down
that
it
is
just
to
obey
the
orders2
of
the
rulers
.
"
"
Yes
,
Cleitophon
,
but
he
also
took
the
position
that
the
advantage
of
the
stronger
is
just
.