Thesauros Edebiyat Felsefe Ἀλκιβιάδης αʹ

Ἀλκιβιάδης αʹ

Ἀλκιβιάδης αʹ Plato
134 Soc. And so you will act aright and well?
134 Alc. Yes.
134 Soc. Well now, if you act in this way, I am ready to warrant that you must be happy.
134 Alc. And I can rely on your warranty.
134 Soc. But if you act unjustly, with your eyes on the godless and dark, the probability is that your acts will resemble these through your ignorance of yourselves.
134 Alc. That is probable.
135 Soc. For if a man, my dear Alcibiades, is at liberty to do what he pleases, but is lacking in mind, what is the probable result to him personally, or to the state as well? For instance, if he is sick and at liberty to do what he pleases—without a medical mind, but with a despot’s power which prevents anyone from even reproving him—what will be the result? Will not his health, in all likelihood, be shattered?
135 Alc. That is true.
135 Soc. Again, in a ship, if a man were at liberty to do what he chose, but were devoid of mind and excellence in navigation, do you perceive what must happen to him and his fellow-sailors?
135 Alc. I do: they must all perish.
135 Soc. And in just the same way, if a state, or any office or authority, is lacking in excellence or virtue, it will be overtaken by failure?
135 Alc. It must.
135 Soc. Then it is not despotic power, my admirable Alcibiades, that you ought to secure either to yourself or to the state, if you would be happy, but virtue.
135 Alc. That is true.
135 Soc. And before getting virtue, to be governed by a superior is better than to govern, for a man as well as a child.
135 Alc. Apparently.
135 Soc. And the better is also nobler?
135 Alc. Yes.
135 Soc. And the nobler more becoming?
135 Alc. Of course.
135 Soc. Then it becomes a bad man to be a slave, since it is better.
135 Alc. Yes.
135 Soc. So vice is a thing that becomes a slave.
135 Alc. Apparently.
135 Soc. And virtue becomes a free man.
135 Alc. Yes.
135 Soc. And we should shun, my good friend, all slavishness?
135 Alc. Most certainly, Socrates.
135 Soc. And do you now perceive how you stand? Are you on the side of the free, or not?
135 Alc. I think I perceive only too clearly.

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