Plato, Alcibiades 1, section 133e

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[133e] himself, his belongings, and the belongings of his belongings.

Alcibiades
It looks like it.

Socrates
And anyone who is ignorant of his belongings will be similarly ignorant, I suppose, of the belongings of others.

Alcibiades
Quite so.

Socrates
And if ignorant of others' affairs, he will be ignorant also of the affairs of states.

Alcibiades
He must be.

Socrates
Then such a man can never be a statesman.

Alcibiades
No, indeed.

Socrates
No, nor an economist either.

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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