Memorabilia

I set down my various recollections58 on these heads. And first with regard to religion and the concerns of heaven. In conduct and language his behaviour confor

sly.” After this pattern Socrates behaved himself, and so he exhorted others to behave,

ings are — to pray for gold or silver or despotic power were no better than to make some particular throw at dice or

delight in large sacrifices rather than in small, else oftentimes must the offerings of bad men be found acceptable rather than of good; nor from the point of view of men themselves would life be worth living if the offerings of a

ility do sacrifice to

, and in reference to the demands of life in general, there is no bett

been persuaded to accept the guidance of a blind man ignorant of the path to lead him on a journey in place of one who knew the road and could see; and so he denounced the folly

— the appetite he brought to it was sauce sufficient; while as to drinks, seeing that he only drank when thirsty, any draught refreshed.63 If he accepted an invitation to dinner, he had no difficulty in avoiding the common snare of over-indulgence, and his advice to people who could not equally control their appetite was to avoid taking what would allure them to eat if not hungry or to drink if not thirsty.64 Such things are ruinous to the

and it is not easy to keep a sound head and a sober mind. To take a particular case. It was a mere kiss which, as he had heard, Critobul

an of sound sense, not wild and self-willed? Should you not have said tha

t is what I should

ot-blooded, reckless libertine: this is the sort of man to thr

en him doing, that you gi

o steal a kiss from the son of Alcibiades,

lhardy adventure, it is a danger w

bondage will be signed; it will be yours on compulsion to spend large sums on hurtful pleasures; you will have scarcely a moment’s leisure left for any

ow fell a power to

is no bigger than a threepenny bit,70 has only to touch the mouth and

e creature injects so

nsect must first touch its victim, but this at a mere glance of thebeholder, without even contact, will inject something into him — yards away — which will make him man. And may be that is why the Loves are called “archers,” because these beauties wound so far off.

en so ought to set up no disturbance.72 But for himself, it was clear, he was prepared at all points and invulnerable. He found less difficulty in abstaining from beauty’s fairest and fullest bloom than many others from weeds and garbage. To sum up:73 with regard to

nmoneumata, “Recollections, Memoirs, Memor

ythia at

142 foll.; Valerius Max. v

nd Days,” 336. See

some divinely-ordained calamity.” Cf.

c. “Tusc.” v. 34, 97;

t, “Paedag.” 2. 173, 33; “Strom.”

st,” in ref. to “Od.” x. 233 fo

iration.” Cf. “Il.” xv

of Crito) see “Econ.” i.

Cobet conj. ton tou ‘Ax

. 10, iv. 16. See

.” For the phalaggion see

nce as a gloss. Cf. “Symp.” iv. 26 [

“Symp.”

rackets] this pa

is as good as a feast,” ar