In this work, Socrates notes that a ruler whose policies have immediate benefit but harm future generations is no better than a charioteer who only succeeds at his first race.
In this work, Socrates notes that a ruler whose policies have immediate benefit but harm future generations is no better than a charioteer who only succeeds at his first race. Socrates earlier escapes charges that practicing philosophy is disgraceful for adults by claiming he shares the three necessary qualities of knowledge, good-will, and outspokenness with his accuser Callicles. The characters in this work agree that doing wrong and escaping punishment is the worst offense and that tyrants actually have little power because they do what they must. Socrates spends much of this debate arguing with the student Polus, and argues against living with unrestrained desires by using the metaphor of the leaky jar. Socrates also tells of a myth in which Zeus orders that souls be judged without their clothes, and labels its title character's profession as mere flattery. For 10 points, name this Plato work titled after a Sophist.
In this work, Socrates notes that a ruler whose policies have immediate benefit but harm future generations is no better than a charioteer who only succeeds at his first race.
{Gorgias}