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And what of the man who is such a keen man of business that he has no leisure for anything but the selfish pursuit of gain?
We must avoid him too, I think. There is no profit in knowing him.
And what of the quarrelsome person who is willing to provide his friends with plenty of enemies?
We must shun him too, of course.
Suppose that a man is free from all these faults, but stoops to receive kindness with no thought of returning it?
There is no profit in him either. But what are the qualities for which we shall try to win a man’s friendship, Socrates?
The opposite of these, I suppose.
And what of the man who is such a keen man of business that he has no leisure for anything but the selfish pursuit of gain?
We must avoid him too, I think. There is no profit in knowing him.
And what of the quarrelsome person who is willing to provide his friends with plenty of enemies?
We must shun him too, of course.
Suppose that a man is free from all these faults, but stoops to receive kindness with no thought of returning it?
There is no profit in him either. But what are the qualities for which we shall try to win a man’s friendship, Socrates?
The opposite of these, I suppose.
Memorabilia. Xenophon. Edgar Carew Marchant (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1923.
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