...it to him, and try to convince him that their having honor would be far more extraordinary. I will. Say to him, that, in deeming the best votaries of...who will not use them, and not to themselves. The pilot should not humbly beg the sailors to be commanded by him, — that is not the order of nature...

...describes the true philosopher in his relation to the state; for you understand already. Certainly. I will. Say to him, that, in deeming the best votaries of...who will not use them, and not to themselves. The pilot should not humbly beg the sailors to be commanded by him—that is not the order of nature; neither...

...thought. He becomes defiant and warns Adeimantus that he must "attribute the uselessness" of philosophers "to the fault of those who will not use them, and not to themselves. The pilot should not humbly beg the sailors to be commanded by him — that is not the order of nature."...

...reminded of the proletarians " who cared little for the commonwealth so long as they had their bread." We have here simply another characteristic of a highly...either that Socrates did not wholly despair of his fe'iow-citizens. Moreover, he served them in his own way as an active teacher and was conscious of...

...Republic when Socrates stalks out after warning Adeimanthis to attribute the uselessness of philosophers "to the fault of those who will not use them, and not to themselves." Lippmann comments: "Thus, in the first great encounter between reason and politics, the strategy of...