Callicles went on to say that "good" men are filled with virtue and goodness, in a sense pleasure- whereas "bad" men are filled with cowardice and pain. Socrates countered this by stating the obvious that the lowliest thief and the most magnificent king feel pleasure and pain in roughly equal proportions. Because of this definition, "good" men are not always pleasant and "bad" men are not always aggravated, and Socrates dismissed it. ...

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