end I treat as desperate cases. Incurable self-seekers,[10] plain
enough to see, whose aspiration lifts them from earth, so eager are
they to be reckoned just men, not by reason only of the gain derivable
from justice, but through passionate desire to deserve my praise--
these in the end I treat as free-born men. I make them wealthy, and
not with riches only, but in honour, as befits their gentle
manliness.[11] For if, Socrates, there be one point in which the man
who thirsts for honour differs from him who thirsts for gain, it is, I
think, in willingness to toil, face danger, and abstain from shameful
gains--for the sake of honour only and fair fame.[12]

[10] Lit. "Those, on the other hand, whom I discover to be roused" (to
honesty--not solely because honesty is the best policy).

[11] Or, "men of fair and noble type"; "true gentlemen." This passage
suggests the "silver lining to the cloud" of slavery.

[12] Cf. Hom. "Il." ix. 413, {oleto men moi nostos, atar kleos
aphthiton estai}, "but my fame shall be imperishable."



XV

Soc. But now, suppose, Ischomachus, you have created in the soul of
some one a desire for your welfare; have inspired in him not a mere
passive interest, but a deep concern to help you to achieve
prosperity; further, you have obtained for him a knowledge of the
methods needed to give the operations of the field some measure of
success; you have, moreover, made him capable of ruling; and, as the