104                xenophon's memorabilia.

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aKOTrelv Ta tcov dXXcov TTpdypbaTa ov TpeTTovTat iTrl
TO eavTOVs i^eTa^etv pty odv aTToppci^vptet tovtov,
dXXd StaTeivov pbdXXov Trpbs Tb aeavTcp Trposixetv
Kal ptf) dptiXet t&v Tys TrbXecos, et tl SvvaTov iaTL Std
ae ^eXTtov exetv* tovtcov ydp KaX&s ixovTcov, ov pbb¬
vov ol dXXot TToXlTat, dXXd Kal ol aol ^IXot Kal ambs
av OVK iXdxLaTa cocpeXyay,
 

CHAPTER   YIII.
 

ARGUMENT.
 

The remaining chapters of the third Book are of a miscellaneous nature,^
not directly connected with the preceding chapters and not connected
with each other. They contain practical explanations of ethical princi¬
ples, conversations with artists and workmen in regard to their occupa¬
tions, apothegms and precepts in reference to exercise, regimen, etc. Their
object seems to be to show the extent and value of Socrates' instructions,
and thus they indirectly have a bearing upon the second accusation
against him.

The present chapter shows in what manner he answered the some¬
what captious questions of Ai'istippus, in reference to the good and
beautiful, by showing their practical utility in life. Nothing, he says,
is absolutely good or evil, but only in reference to its object (§ 1—3).
The same, is true of the beautiful, which does not differ from the good,
and they both are comprehended in the useful (§ 4—-10).
 

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