Plato, Gorgias, section 488e

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[488e]

Socrates
And so of the better? For the superior are far better, by your account.

Callicles
Yes.

Socrates
And so their ordinances are by nature “fair,” since they are superior who made them?

Callicles
I agree.

Socrates
Then is it the opinion of the many that—as you also said a moment ago—justice means having an equal share, and it is fouler to wrong

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 3 translated by W.R.M. Lamb. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1967.

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