[cornelis]

You sound like a converted Thrasymachus.

[epigone73]

Very close. Had ambitions once -- not for tyranny, you understand.

A wise teacher set my feet on the path of righteousness and noble obscurity, saving me from a fate worse than death.

Republic trivia:

why does Socrate suddenly re-integrate thrasymachus after having silenced him for so long? Al-farabi knew why, but do you?