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This then is injustice; and on the other hand when the trader,

the auxiliary, and the guardian each do their own business, that

is justice, and will make the city just.

I agree with you.

We will not, I said, be over-positive as yet; but if, on trial,

this conception of justice be verified in the individual as well

as in the State, there will be no longer any room for doubt; if

it be not verified, we must have a fresh enquiry. First let us

complete the old investigation, which we began, as you remember,

under the impression that, if we could previously examine justice

on the larger scale, there would be less difficulty in discerning

her in the individual. That larger example appeared to be the

State, and accordingly we constructed as good a one as we could,

knowing well that in the good State justice would be found. Let

the discovery which we made be now applied to the individual-if

they agree, we shall be satisfied; or, if there be a difference

in the individual, we will come back to the State and have

another trial of the theory.