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That is reasonable.Athenian
And pretty well everyone speaks of one man being “superior,” another “inferior,” to pleasure or to passion; and they are so.Clinias
Most certainly.Athenian
But we have never heard it said that one man is “superior,” another “inferior,” to ignorance.1
1 i.e. ignorance is not regarded as an active force (like passion or pleasure) capable of opposing reason and tyrannizing over the soul.
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