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1、ERYXIASERYXIASbyaPlatonicImitatorTranslatedbyBenjaminJowett1ERYXIASINTRODUCTION.MuchcannotbesaidinpraiseofthestyleorconceptionoftheEryxias.Itisfrequentlyobscure;liketheexerciseofastudent,itisfullofsmallimitationsofPlato:--PhaeaxreturningfromanexpeditiontoSicily(compa
2、reSocratesintheCharmidesfromthearmyatPotidaea),thefigureofthegameatdraughts,borrowedfromtheRepublic,etc.Ithasalsoinmanypassagestheringofsophistry.Ontheotherhand,theratherunhandsometreatmentwhichisexhibitedtowardsProdicusisquiteunliketheurbanityofPlato.Yettherearesome
3、pointsintheargumentwhicharedeservingofattention.(1)Thatwealthdependsupontheneedofitordemandforit,isthefirstanticipationinanabstractformofoneofthegreatprinciplesofmodernpoliticaleconomy,andthenearestapproachtoittobefoundinanancientwriter.(2)Theresolutionofwealthintoit
4、ssimplestimplementsgoingontoinfinityisasubtleandrefinedthought.(3)Thatwealthisrelativetocircumstancesisasoundconception.(4)Thattheartsandscienceswhichreceivepaymentarelikewisetobecomprehendedunderthenotionofwealth,alsotouchesaquestionofmodernpoliticaleconomy.(5)Thedi
5、stinctionofposthocandpropterhoc,oftenlostsightofinmodernaswellasinancienttimes.Thesemetaphysicalconceptionsanddistinctionsshowconsiderablepowerofthoughtinthewriter,whateverwemaythinkofhismeritsasanimitatorofPlato.2ERYXIASPERSONSOFTHEDIALOGUE:Socrates,Eryxias,Erasistr
6、atus,Critias.3ERYXIASSCENE:TheporticoofatempleofZeus.IthappenedbychancethatEryxiastheSteirianwaswalkingwithmeinthePorticoofZeustheDeliverer,whentherecameuptousCritiasandErasistratus,thelatterthesonofPhaeax,whowasthenephewofErasistratus.NowErasistratushadjustarrivedfr
7、omSicilyandthatpartoftheworld.Astheyapproached,hesaid,Hail,Socrates!SOCRATES:Thesametoyou,Isaid;haveyouanygoodnewsfromSicilytotellus?ERASISTRATUS:Mostexcellent.But,ifyouplease,letusfirstsitdown;forIamtiredwithmyyesterday'sjourneyfromMegara.SOCRATES:Gladly,ifthatisyou
8、rdesire.ERASISTRATUS:Whatwouldyouwishtohearfirst?hesaid.WhattheSiciliansaredoing,orhowtheyaredisposedtowardsourcity?Tomymind,theyar
