Plato, Alcibiades 1, section 116c

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[116c]

Socrates
Hence we have seen again that noble and good are the same thing.

Alcibiades
Apparently.

Socrates
Then whatever we find to be noble we shall find also to be good, by this argument at least.

Alcibiades
We must.

Socrates
Well then, are good things expedient or not?

Alcibiades
Expedient.

Socrates
And do you remember what our admissions were about just things?

Alcibiades
I think we said that those who do just things must do noble things.

Socrates
And that those who do noble things must do good things?

Alcibiades
Yes.

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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