| 426BCE | fragments/reports |
| B8 | p.274 | 1558 | Clearly the gods ignore human affairs, or they would have given us justice |
| Full Idea: The gods pay no attention to human affairs; if they did, they would not have ignored justice, which is the greatest good for men; for we see that men do not act with justice. | |||
| From: Thrasymachus (fragments/reports [c.426 BCE], B8), quoted by Hermias - Notes on Plato's 'Phaedrus' 239.22 |