[545a]
“We have.” “Must
we not, then, next after this, survey the inferior types, the man who is
contentious and covetous of honor,1 corresponding
to the Laconian constitution, and the oligarchical man in turn, and the
democratic and the tyrant, in order that,2 after observing the most unjust of
all, we may oppose him to the most just, and complete our inquiry as to the
relation of pure justice and pure injustice in respect of the happiness and
unhappiness of the possessor, so that we may either follow the counsel of
Thrasymachus and pursue injustice
Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vols. 5 & 6 translated by Paul Shorey. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1969.
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