Plato : ALCIBIADES (I) Persons of the dialogue: Socrates - Alcibiades Translated by Benjamin Jowett - 50 Pages - Greek fonts Search Plato's works / Plato Anthology / The Greek Word Library = Note by Elpenor

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Soc.: And are you now conscious of your own state? And do you know whether you are a freeman or not?

Alc.: I think that I am very conscious indeed of my own state.

Soc.: And do you know how to escape out of a state which I do not even like to name to my beauty?

Alc.: Yes, I do.

Soc.: How?

Alc.: By your help, Socrates.

Soc.: That is not well said, Alcibiades.

Alc.: What ought I to have said?

Soc.: By the help of God.

Alc.: I agree; and I further say, that our relations are likely to be reversed. From this day forward, I must and will follow you as you have followed me; I will be the disciple, and you shall be my master.

Soc.: O that is rare! My love breeds another love: and so like the stork I shall be cherished by the bird whom I have hatched.

Alc.: Strange, but true; and henceforward I shall begin to think about justice.

Soc.: And I hope that you will persist; although I have fears, not because I doubt you; but I see the power of the state, which may be too much for both of us.

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