115a
Σωκράτης:
μαντικὸς γὰρ εἶ. καί μοι λέγε: τῶν δικαίων φῂς ἔνια μὲν συμφέρειν, ἔνια δ' οὔ;
Ἀλκιβιάδης:
ναί.
Σωκράτης:
τί δέ; τὰ μὲν καλὰ αὐτῶν εἶναι, τὰ δ' οὔ;
Ἀλκιβιάδης:
πῶς τοῦτο ἐρωτᾷς;
Σωκράτης:
εἴ τις ἤδη σοι ἔδοξεν αἰσχρὰ μέν, δίκαια δὲ πράττειν;
Ἀλκιβιάδης:
οὐκ ἔμοιγε.
Σωκράτης:
ἀλλὰ πάντα τὰ δίκαια καὶ καλά;
Ἀλκιβιάδης:
ναί.
Σωκράτης:
τί δ' αὖ τὰ καλά; πότερον πάντα ἀγαθά, ἢ τὰ μέν, τὰ δ' οὔ;
Ἀλκιβιάδης:
οἴομαι ἔγωγε, ὦ Σώκρατες, ἔνια τῶν καλῶν κακὰ εἶναι.
Σωκράτης:
ἦ καὶ αἰσχρὰ ἀγαθά;
Ἀλκιβιάδης:
ναί.
115a
Socrates:
You are quite a prophet! Now tell me, do you consider some just things to be expedient, and others not?
Alcibiades:
Yes.
Socrates:
And again, some noble, and some not?
Alcibiades:
What do you mean by that question?
Socrates:
I would ask whether anyone ever seemed to you to be doing what was base and yet just.
Alcibiades:
Never.
Socrates:
Well, are all just things noble?
Alcibiades:
Yes.
Socrates:
And what of noble things, in their turn? Are they all good, or some only, while others are not?
Alcibiades:
In my opinion, Socrates, some noble things are evil.
Socrates:
And some base things are good?
Alcibiades:
Yes.