Well then,[1] Critobulus (Socrates replied), what if I begin by
showing[2] you two sorts of people, the one expending large sums on
money in building useless houses, the other at far less cost erecting
dwellings replete with all they need; will you admit that I have laid
my finger here on one of the essentials of economy?

[1] Lincke [brackets as an editorial interpolation iii. 1, {ti oun,
ephe}--vi. 11, {poiomen}]. See his edition "Xenophons Dialog.
{peri oikonomias} in seiner ursprunglichen Gestalt"; and for a
criticism of his views, an article by Charles D. Morris,
"Xenophon's Oeconomicus," in the "American Journal of Philology,"
vol. i. p. 169 foll.

[2] As a demonstrator.

Crit. An essential point most ceertainly.

Soc. And suppose in connection with the same, I next point out to
you[3] two other sets of persons:--The first possessors of furniture
of various kinds, which they cannot, however, lay their hands on when
the need arises; indeed they hardly know if they have got all safe and
sound or not: whereby they put themselves and their domestics to much
mental torture. The others are perhaps less amply, or at any rate not
more amply supplied, but they have everything ready at the instant for
immediate use.

[3] "As in a mirror, or a picture."

Crit. Yes, Socrates, and is not the reason simply that in the first