(5) For this formula cf. "Econ." vi. 24. Cf. Plat. "Statesm." 299 A. (6) {ede tote}. Cf. Plat. "Laws," vi. 778 C. (7) Lit. the {kaloi kagathoi}, which like {khrestous} and {ponerous} has a political as well as an ethical meaning. (8) Lit. "must associate with these (the {ponerois}) instead of those (the {kalois te kagathois}). The net result of the whole proceedings was that Archedemus was now Crito's right hand, (9) and by the rest of Crito's friends he was held in honour. (9) He was No. 1--{eis}. X Again I may cite, as known to myself, (1) the following discussion; the arguments were addressed to Diodorus, one of his companions. The master said: (1) Or, "for which I can personally vouch." Tell me, Diodorus, if one of your slaves runs away, are you at pains to recover him? More than that (Diodorus answered), I summon others to my aid and I have a reward cried for his recovery. Soc. Well, if one of your domestics is sick, do you tend him and call in the doctors to save his life? Diod. Decidedly I do. Soc. And if an intimate acquaintance who is far more precious to you than any of your household slaves is about to perish of want, you would think it incumbent on you to take pains to save his life? Well! now you know without my telling you that Hermogenes (2) is not made of wood or stone. If you helped him he would be ashamed not to pay you in kind. And yet--the opportunity of possessing a willing, kindly, and trusty assistant well fitted to do your bidding, and not merely that, but capable of originating useful ideas himself, with a certain forecast of mind and judgment--I say such a man is worth dozens of slaves. Good economists tell us that when a precious article may be got at a low price we ought to buy. And nowadays when times are so bad it is possible to get good friends exceedingly cheap. (2) Hermogenes, presumably the son of Hipponicus. See I. ii. 48. Diodorus answered: You are quite right, Socrates; bid Hermogenes come to me. Soc. Bid Hermogenes come to you!--not I indeed! since for aught I can understand you are no better entitled to summon him that to go to him yourself, nor is the advantage more on his side than your own. Thus Diodorus went off in a trice to seek Hermogenes, and at no great outlay won to himself a friend--a friend whose one concern it now was to discover how, by word or deed, he might help and gladden Diodorus. BOOK III I Aspirants to honour and distinction (1) derived similar help from Socrates, who in each case stimulated in them a persevering assiduity towards their several aims, as the following narratives tend to show. He had heard on one occasion of the arrival in Athens of Dionysodorus, (2) who professed to teach the whole duty of a general. (3) Accordingly he remarked to one of those who were with him--a young man whose anxiety to obtain the office of Strategos (4) was no secret to him: