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Well, said Socrates, I may assume, I take it, that you know what things are good and what are evil?
Of course, for if I don’t know so much as that, I must be worse than a slave.
Come then, state them for my benefit.
Well, that’s a simple matter. First health in itself is, I suppose, a good, sickness an evil. Next the various causes of these two conditions — meat, drink, habits — are good or evil according as they promote health or sickness.
Well, said Socrates, I may assume, I take it, that you know what things are good and what are evil?
Of course, for if I don’t know so much as that, I must be worse than a slave.
Come then, state them for my benefit.
Well, that’s a simple matter. First health in itself is, I suppose, a good, sickness an evil. Next the various causes of these two conditions — meat, drink, habits — are good or evil according as they promote health or sickness.
Memorabilia. Xenophon. Edgar Carew Marchant (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1923.
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