Nothingintheworld，Isaid；andifyouaresodisposedIwillaskandyoushallanswer。
Proceed。
ThenIwillrepeatthequestionwhichIaskedbefore，inorderthatourexaminationoftherelativenatureofjusticeandinjusticemaybecarriedonregularly。Astatementwasmadethatinjusticeisstrongerandmorepowerfulthanjustice，butnowjustice，havingbeenidentifiedwithwisdomandvirtue，iseasilyshowntobestrongerthaninjustice，ifinjusticeisignorance；thiscannolongerbequestionedbyanyone。ButIwanttoviewthematter，Thrasymachus，inadifferentway：Youwouldnotdenythatastatemaybeunjustandmaybeunjustlyattemptingtoenslaveotherstates，ormayhavealreadyenslavedthem，andmaybeholdingmanyoftheminsubjection？
True，hereplied；andIwilladdthebestandperfectlyunjuststatewillbemostlikelytodoso。
Iknow，Isaid，thatsuchwasyourposition；butwhatIwouldfurtherconsideris，whetherthispowerwhichispossessedbythesuperiorstatecanexistorbeexercisedwithoutjustice。