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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Gorgias by Plato: CALLICLES: Yes.
SOCRATES: And in the sentence which you have just uttered, the word
'thirsty' implies pain?
CALLICLES: Yes.
SOCRATES: And the word 'drinking' is expressive of pleasure, and of the
satisfaction of the want?
CALLICLES: Yes.
SOCRATES: There is pleasure in drinking?
CALLICLES: Certainly.
SOCRATES: When you are thirsty?
SOCRATES: And in pain?
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