Plato's Republic 1.342ε
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ὡμολόγηται .
οὐκ ἄρα ὅ γε τοιοῦτος κυβερνήτης τε καὶ ἄρχων τὸ τῷ κυβερνήτῃ συμφέρον σκέψεταί τε καὶ προστάξει , ἀλλὰ τὸ τῷ ναύτῃ τε καὶ ἀρχομένῳ .
συνέφησε μόγις .
οὐκοῦν , ἦν δ᾽ ἐγώ , ὦ Θρασύμαχε , οὐδὲ ἄλλος οὐδεὶς ἐν οὐδεμιᾷ ἀρχῇ , καθ᾽ ὅσον ἄρχων ἐστίν , τὸ αὑτῷ συμφέρον σκοπεῖ οὐδ᾽ ἐπιτάττει , ἀλλὰ τὸ τῷ ἀρχομένῳ καὶ ᾧ ἂν αὐτὸς δημιουργῇ , καὶ πρὸς ἐκεῖνο βλέπων καὶ τὸ ἐκείνῳ συμφέρον καὶ πρέπον , καὶ λέγει ἃ λέγει καὶ ποιεῖ ἃ ποιεῖ ἅπαντα .
οὐκ ἄρα ὅ γε τοιοῦτος κυβερνήτης τε καὶ ἄρχων τὸ τῷ κυβερνήτῃ συμφέρον σκέψεταί τε καὶ προστάξει , ἀλλὰ τὸ τῷ ναύτῃ τε καὶ ἀρχομένῳ .
συνέφησε μόγις .
οὐκοῦν , ἦν δ᾽ ἐγώ , ὦ Θρασύμαχε , οὐδὲ ἄλλος οὐδεὶς ἐν οὐδεμιᾷ ἀρχῇ , καθ᾽ ὅσον ἄρχων ἐστίν , τὸ αὑτῷ συμφέρον σκοπεῖ οὐδ᾽ ἐπιτάττει , ἀλλὰ τὸ τῷ ἀρχομένῳ καὶ ᾧ ἂν αὐτὸς δημιουργῇ , καὶ πρὸς ἐκεῖνο βλέπων καὶ τὸ ἐκείνῳ συμφέρον καὶ πρέπον , καὶ λέγει ἃ λέγει καὶ ποιεῖ ἃ ποιεῖ ἅπαντα .
That
was
agreed
.
So a steersman and a ruler such as this will not consider and enjoin the advantage of the steersman , but that of the sailor whose ruler he is .
He assented reluctantly .
Then , I said , O Thrasymachus , nobody at all in any ruling position , insofar as he is a ruler , considers nor enjoins his own advantage , but that of whom he rules and for whom he does his craft , and it is by looking to that , and to what is advantageous and seemly , that he says all that he says and does all that he does .
So a steersman and a ruler such as this will not consider and enjoin the advantage of the steersman , but that of the sailor whose ruler he is .
He assented reluctantly .
Then , I said , O Thrasymachus , nobody at all in any ruling position , insofar as he is a ruler , considers nor enjoins his own advantage , but that of whom he rules and for whom he does his craft , and it is by looking to that , and to what is advantageous and seemly , that he says all that he says and does all that he does .