Speech in the Senate, May 31, 1872.
Socrates. Then whom do you call the good?
Alcibiades. I mean by the good those who are able to rule in the city.
Socrates. Not, surely, over horses?
Alcibiades. Certainly not.
Socrates. But over men?
Alcibiades. Yes.
Plato, Dialogues: First Alcibiades. Tr. Jowett, Vol. IV. p. 545.