“Then, do the good attain their object?”

“It seems so.”

“But if the bad were to attain the good which is their object, they could not be bad?”

“No.”

“Then, since both seek good, but while the one sort attain it, the other attain it not, is there any doubt that the good are endued with power, while they who are bad are weak?”

“If any doubt it, he is incapable of reflecting on the nature of things, or the consequences involved in reasoning.”