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δεικνύοι δή: for δή, see on iii.7.2.—ἐάν τι ἐνοχλῇ ἡμᾶς κτλ.: Socrates, knowing well that if anything annoys us, we seek the remedy, felt that the word ἀγαθόν could best be explained as a relative term by applying it to special cases, as, e.g., ‘good for a fever,’ ‘good for hunger,’ etc. It should be remembered that the Platonic Socrates held a very different view. Cf. Plato Alc. I, 116 A ff. See Introd. § 20 ff. τοῦ παύσοντος (sc. τὸ ἐνοχλοῦν): something to check it. ποιεῖν: i.e. ἀποκρίνεσθαι. Like facere in Lat. and ‘do’ in Eng., ποιεῖν is often made to do duty for another verb, to avoid repetition. κράτιστον: sc. ἦν.
Xenophon: Memorabilia. Josiah Renick Smith. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1903.
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