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Soc.: But would you say that the good are the same as the bad?

Alc.: Certainly not.

Soc.: Then whom do you call the good?

Alc.: I mean by the good those who are able to rule in the city.

Soc.: Not, surely, over horses?

Alc.: Certainly not.

Soc.: But over men?

Alc.: Yes.

Soc.: When they are sick?

Alc.: No.

Soc.: Or on a voyage?

Alc.: No.

Soc.: Or reaping the harvest?

Alc.: No.

Soc.: When they are doing something or nothing?

Alc.: When they are doing something, I should say.

Soc.: I wish that you would explain to me what this something is.

Alc.: When they are having dealings with one another, and using one another's services, as we citizens do in our daily life.

Soc.: Those of whom you speak are ruling over men who are using the services of other men?

Alc.: Yes.

Soc.: Are they ruling over the signal - men who give the time to the rowers?

Alc.: No; they are not.

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