Single Idea 123

[catalogued under 25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 1. Grounds of equality]

Full Idea

Callicles: It's because most people are second-rate that they are happy for things to be distributed equally.

Gist of Idea

Do most people like equality because they are second-rate?

Source

Plato (Gorgias [c.378 BCE], 483c)

Book Reference

Plato: 'Gorgias', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [OUP World's Classics 1994], p.66