, thanks, but as far as I remember, the heroes of the story were nameless. But I will add to my list to read the stories of Nasruddin in addition to the writings of Plato.

, thank you very much for your reply. Your sources are very similar to my story, but my memory tells me that it was slightly different.

I remember that the action took place in a certain city or region. The tyrant ruled this region. The tyrant and the beggar did not meet tet-a-tet, but both were citizens of this region; there was no war. The tyrant held feasts or killed his political enemies, generally did evil, but did not feel guilty and thought that he was doing justice and felt happiness. The beggar was a righteous man and did not act like that, but he felt unhappy from the injustice around. And at the end of this story, a question was asked: how to live a person's life, or what a quality life: a tyrant who does not know the evil he is doing, or an honest person, but a beggar.

I remember that since the story ended with a question, it must have been Socrates' favorite method (maieutics) or Plato or.... I remember that this story was in some ancient Greek philosophical work that I read on some website.