Power as a good

PolusWell, isn’t that having great power?

SocratesNo—not according to Polus, at any rate.

PolusI don’t say so? On the contrary, I do!

SocratesBy the—no, you don’t: you said that having great power is a good for the one who has it.

PolusYes, and I do say so.

SocratesThen do you think it a good thing if someone without sense does whatever seems best to him? And is that what you call having great power?

PolusNo, I don’t.