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Socrates
And if good, profitable; for all good things are profitable, are they not?Meno
Yes.Socrates
So virtue is profitable?Meno
That must follow from what has been admitted.Socrates
Then let us see, in particular instances, what sort of things they are that profit us. Health, let us say, and strength, and beauty, and wealth—these and their like we call profitable, do we not?Meno
Yes.
And if good, profitable; for all good things are profitable, are they not?Meno
Yes.Socrates
So virtue is profitable?Meno
That must follow from what has been admitted.Socrates
Then let us see, in particular instances, what sort of things they are that profit us. Health, let us say, and strength, and beauty, and wealth—these and their like we call profitable, do we not?Meno
Yes.