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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: which happened only a few days ago are enough to refute you, and to prove
that many men who do wrong are happy.
SOCRATES: What events?
POLUS: You see, I presume, that Archelaus the son of Perdiccas is now the
ruler of Macedonia?
SOCRATES: At any rate I hear that he is.
POLUS: And do you think that he is happy or miserable?
SOCRATES: I cannot say, Polus, for I have never had any acquaintance with
him.
POLUS: And cannot you tell at once, and without having an acquaintance
with him, whether a man is happy?
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