Are You a Philosopher, Brasimachus?

I was panic stricken at his words, and could not look at him without trembling. If we were seeking for a piece of gold, you would not imagine that we were knocking under to one another and so losing our chance of finding it. And now i will not have you say that justice is duty or advantage, or profit or gain or interest. For this sort of nonsense will not do for me. I must have clearness and accuracy. He replied with a bitter laugh. That's your ironical style. Did i not foresee? Have i not already told you that whatever he was asked, he would refuse to answer and try irony or any other shuffle in order that he might avoid answering