Plato, Alcibiades 1, section 111d

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[111d]

Socrates
Then naturally they will be good teachers of these matters.

Alcibiades
Yes.

Socrates
And if we should wish to provide anyone with knowledge of them, we should be right in sending him to be taught by “the many” that you speak of?

Alcibiades
Certainly.

Socrates
But what if we wished to know not only what men were like or what horses were like, but which of them were good runners or not? Would the many still suffice to teach us this?

Alcibiades
No, indeed.

Socrates
And you have ample proof that they do not know this,

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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