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Meno
Surely not.Socrates
Then whoever manages temperately and justly will manage with temperance and justice?Meno
That must be.Socrates
Then both the woman and the man require the same qualities of justice and temperance, if they are to be good.Meno
Evidently.Socrates
And what of a child or an old man? Can they ever hope to be good if they are intemperate and unjust?Meno
Surely not.Socrates
Only if they are temperate and just?Meno
Yes.
Surely not.Socrates
Then whoever manages temperately and justly will manage with temperance and justice?Meno
That must be.Socrates
Then both the woman and the man require the same qualities of justice and temperance, if they are to be good.Meno
Evidently.Socrates
And what of a child or an old man? Can they ever hope to be good if they are intemperate and unjust?Meno
Surely not.Socrates
Only if they are temperate and just?Meno
Yes.