![]() ![]() But Cephalus, who does not appear up to the task, exits abruptly, leaving Polemarchus to continue the argument. Cephalus is then forced to admit that wealth affords comfort to its possessor, but offers true peace only to him who is of a good nature.įrom wealth and its merits and demerits, Socrates steers the conversation onto a new topic: justice. ![]() Socrates, curious as to whether Cephalus' attitude might be related to his personal wealth, questions the old man accordingly. ![]() Socrates finds Cephalus' thoughts on the subject admirable, for Cephalus criticizes others of his age who foolishly lament the loss of youthful vigor, and holds instead that the dissipation of the passions late in life is pleasantly tranquilizing and liberating. ![]() There Socrates encounters Polemarchus' father, Cephalus, an old man, and the two men speak candidly about aging. Once Polemarchus and several other men catch up to Socrates and Glaucon after the celebratory procession, Polemarchus, desirous of Socrates' delightful conversation, compels him to join their company at his home. Though the dialogue is retold by the narrator, Socrates, one day after it has occurred, the actual events unfold in house of Cephalus at the Piraeus on the festival day of the goddess Bendis (Artemis). "Of Wealth, Justice, Moderation, and Their Opposites" ![]()
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