  Nevertheless, so far as this argument shows, the success or happiness of  appropriately ruled non-philosophers is just as real as that of philosophers. Judged exclusively by the capacity to do what one wants  and the presence or absence of regret, frustration, and fear,  philosophers are not better off than very fortunate non-philosophers.  (The non-philosophers have to be so fortunate that they do not even  recognize any risk to their good fortune. Otherwise, they would fear  a change in their luck.) The philosopher’s success is more secure  than the non-philosopher’s, but if it is also better as success than the  non-philosopher’s, Socrates’ first argument does not show that it is. (See also Kenny 1969 and Kraut 1992.)