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master would care to keep�拭 �For who would care to have in his house a
fellow with so slight a disposition to work and so strong a propensity to
extravagance�拭 �Suppose we stop and consider that very point�此 �how do
masters deal with that sort of domestic�拭�If I am not mistaken�察�they chastise
his wantonness by starvation�察 �they balk his thieving tendencies by bars
and bolts where there is anything to steal�察�they hinder him from running
away by bonds and imprisonment�察�they drive the sluggishness out of him
with the lash。 Is it not so�拭�Or how do you proceed when you discover the
like tendency in one of your domestics�拭�
��18�А�Or�察 �Well foiled� ─ �A masterly fall� �my prince of wrestlers。;
��19�А �For these mythical highway robbers�察 �see Diod。 iv。 59�察 �and for
Sciron in particular�察�Plut。 ;Theseus�察─�10。
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��20�А�Or�察 �where so many suffer wrong。;
Ar。 I correct them with all the plagues�察�till I force them to serve me
properly。 But�察�Socrates�察�to return to your pupil educated in the royal art�撮�21�А�
which�察�if I mistake not�察�you hold to be happiness�此�how�察�may I ask�察�will he
be better off than others who lie in evil case�察�in spite of themselves�察�simply
because they suffer perforce�察�but in his case the hunger and the thirst�察�the
cold shivers and the lying awake at nights�察 �with all the changes he will
ring on pain�察 �are of his own choosing�拭 �For my part I cannot see what
difference it makes�察 �provided it is one and the same bare back which
receives the stripes�察 �whether the whipping be self´appointed or unasked
for�察 �nor indeed does it concern my body in general�察 �provided it be my
body�察�whether I am beleaguered by a whole armament of such evils��22�А�of
my own will or against my willexcept only for the folly which attaches
to self´ appointed suffering。
��21�А �Cf。 below�察 �IV。 ii。 11�察 �Plat。 ;Statesm。; 259 B�察 �Euthyd。; 291 C�察�
K。 Joel�察 �op。 cit。 p。 387 foll。 ;Aristippus anticipates Adeimantus;
�─�Rep。; 419���察�W。 L。 Newman�察�op。 cit。 i。 395。
��22�А�Cf。 ;suffers the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune。;
Soc。 What�察�Aristippus�察 �does it not seem to you that�察 �as regards such
matters�察 �there is all the difference between voluntary and involuntary
suffering�察 �in that he who starves of his own accord can eat when he
chooses�察�and he who thirsts of his own free will can drink�察�and so for the
rest�察 �but he who suffers in these ways perforce cannot desist from the
suffering when the humour takes him�拭 �Again�察 �he who suffers hardship
voluntarily�察�gaily confronts his troubles�察�being buoyed on hope��23��just as
a hunter in pursuit of wild beasts�察 �through hope of capturing his quarry�察�
finds toil a pleasureand these are but prizes of little worth in return for
their labours�察�but what shall we say of their reward who toil to obtain to
themselves good friends�察 �or to subdue their enemies�察 �or that through
strength of body and soul they may administer their households well�察�
befriend their friends�察�and benefit the land which gave them birth�拭�Must
we not suppose that these too will take their sorrows lightly�察 �looking to
these high ends�拭 �Must we not suppose that they too will gaily confront
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existence�察�who have to support them not only their conscious virtue�察�but
the praise and admiration of the world�殖�24�А �And once more�察 �habits of
indolence�察�along with the fleeting pleasures of the moment�察�are incapable�察�
as gymnastic trainers say�察 �of setting up��25�А �a good habit of body�察 �or of
implanting in the soul any knowledge worthy of account�察 �whereas by
painstaking endeavour in the pursuit of high and noble deeds�察�as good men
tell us�察�through endurance we shall in the end attain the goal。 So Hesiod
somewhere says�今�26�А�
Wickedness may a man take wholesale with ease�察�smooth is the
way and her dwelling´place is very nigh�察 �but in front of virtue the
immortal gods have placed toil and sweat�察�long is the path and steep
that leads to her�察�and rugged at the first�察�but when the summit of the
pass is reached�察�then for all its roughness the path grows easy。
��23�А�Cf。 above�察�I。 vi。 8。
��24�А �Or�察 �in admiration of themselves�察 �the praise and envy of the
world at large。;
��25�А�See Hippocrates�察 �V。 Med。; 18。
��26�А�Hesiod�察 �Works and Days�察─�285。 See Plat。 ;Prot。; 340 C�察 �Rep。;
ii。 364 D�察 �Laws�察─�iv。 718 E。
And Ephicharmus��27�А�bears his testimony when he says�此�
The gods sell us all good things in return for our labours。
��27�А�Epicharmus of Cos�察�the chief comic poet among the Dorians�察�fl。
500 B。C。 Cf。 Plat。 ;Theaet。; 152 E�察 �the prince of comedy;�察 �Gorg。;
505 D。
And again in another passage he exclaims�此�
Set not thine heart on soft things�察 �thou knave�察 �lest thou light
upon the hard。
And that wise man Prodicus��28�А �delivers himself in a like strain
concerning virtue in that composition of his about Heracles�察�which crowds
have listened to。��29�А�This�察�as far as I can recollect it�察�is the substance at
least of what he says�此�
��28�А �Prodicus of Ceos。 See Plat。 ;Men。; 24�察 �Cratyl。; 1�察 �Philostr。
;Vit。 Soph。; i。 12。
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��29�А �Or�察 �which he is fond of reciting as a specimen of style。; The
title of the ��epideixis�� was ��'Orai�� according to Suidas�察 。�Prodikos��。
;When Heracles was emerging from boyhood into the bloom of youth�察�
having reached that season in which the young man�察�now standing upon
the verge of independence�察�shows plainly whether he will enter upon the
path of virtue or of vice�察�he went forth into a quiet place�察�and sat debating
with himself which of those two paths he should pursue�察�and as he there
sat musing�察�there appeared to him two women of great stature which drew
nigh to him。 The one was fair to look upon�察 �frank and free by gift of
nature�撮�30�А�her limbs adorned with purity and her eyes with bashfulness�察�
sobriety set the rhythm of her gait�察�and she was clad in white apparel。 The
other was of a different type�察�the fleshy softness of her limbs betrayed her
nurture�察�while the complexion of her skin was embellished that she might
appear whiter and rosier than she really was�察�and her figure that she might
seem taller than nature made her�察�she stared with wide´open eyes�察�and the
raiment wherewith she was clad served but to reveal the ripeness of her
bloom。 With frequent glances she surveyed her person�察�or looked to see if
others noticed her�察 �while ever and anon she fixed her gaze upon the
shadow of herself intently。
��30�А �Reading ��eleutherion phusei�察 � 。 。�� or if ��eleutherion�察�
phusei 。 。 。�� translate ;nature had adorned her limbs 。 。 。;
;Now when these two had drawn near to Heracles�察�she who was first
named advanced at an even pace��31�А �towards him�察 �but the