Which statement best summarizes Cephalus's attitude toward growing old?
He looks wistfully back over the good times of his younger
days.
He resents the physical pain and weakness that comes with
old age.
1 Accordingly we went with Polemarchus to his house; and there we
found his brothers Lysias and Euthydemus, and with them Thrasymachus
the Chalcedonian, Charmantides the Paeanian, and Cleitophon the son
of Aristonymus. There too was Cephalus the father of Polemarchus,
whom I had not seen for a long time, and I thought him very much aged.
He was seated on a cushioned chair, and had a garland on his head, for
he had been sacrificing in the court; and there were some other chairs in
the room arranged in a semicircle, upon which we sat down by him. He
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saluted me eagerly, and then he said:
He fears old age as a time when he will likely be ignored
and ill-treated.
He is glad to have outgrown the confusing and unhappy
emotions of youth
Part B
Select two details from paragraphs 4-6 that support the answer to
Part A
2 You don't come to see me, Socrates, as often as you ought If I were
still able to go and see you I would not ask you to come to me. But at my
age I can hardly get to the city, and therefore you should come oftener
to the Piraeus. For let me tell you that the more the pleasures of the
body fade away, the greater to me is the pleasure and charm of
conversation. Do not then deny my request, but make our house your
resort and keep company with these young men; we are old friends, and
you will be quite at home with us,
"Men of my age flock together, we are birds of a feather
"(paragraph 4)
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"..there was a good time once, but now that is gone, and
life is no longer life." (paragraph 4)
".. I feel as if I had escaped from a mad and furious
master" (paragraph 4)
he who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel
the pressure of age..." (paragraph 4)
not because of your happy disposition but because
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