Xenophon, Memorabilia, Edgar Carew Marchant (Translator), 4.5.8

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[8]
And is it not likely that self-control causes actions the opposite of those that are due to incontinence?
Certainly.
Then is not the cause of the opposite actions presumably a very great blessing?
Yes, presumably.
Consequently we may presume, Euthydemus, that self-control is a very great blessing to a man?
We may presume so, Socrates.

Memorabilia. Xenophon. Edgar Carew Marchant (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1923.

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Memorabilia (English) (Xenophon in Seven Volumes, Vol. 4. Marchant, Edgar Cardew, editor, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1923.)

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Ἀπομνημονεύματα Perseus (Xenophon. Opera omnia, Vol. 2. Marchant, Edgar Cardew, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1921.) — 4.5.8 focus

[8] οὐδέν, ἔφη. οὐκοῦν τὴν ἐγκράτειαν τῶν ἐναντίων ἢ τὴν ἀκρασίαν εἰκὸς τοῖς ἀνθρώποις αἰτίαν εἶναι; πάνυ μὲν οὖν, ἔφη. οὐκοῦν καὶ τῶν ἐναντίων τὸ αἴτιον εἰκὸς ἄριστον εἶναι; εἰκὸς γάρ, ἔφη. ἔοικεν ἄρʼ, ἔφη, ὦ Εὐθύδημε, ἄριστον ἀνθρώπῳ ἐγκράτεια εἶναι;

Xenophon Memorabilia 4.5.8

Edgar Carew Marchant (Translator)

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