Plato, Gorgias, section 499a

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[499a] We say that the wise and brave man is good, do we not?

Callicles
Yes.

Socrates
And that the foolish and cowardly is bad?

Callicles
Certainly.

Socrates
And again, that he who enjoys is good?

Callicles
Yes.

Socrates
And that he who feels pain is bad?

Callicles
Necessarily.

Socrates
And that the good and the bad feel enjoyment and pain in a like manner, or perhaps the bad rather more?

Callicles
Yes.

Socrates
Then is the bad man made bad or good in a like manner to the good man,

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 3 translated by W.R.M. Lamb. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1967.

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