Book 2
6.26
for there are many things which they either do or do not do owing to the feeling of shame which these men inspire.
6.27
And they are more likely to be ashamed when they have to be seen and to associate openly with those who are aware of their disgrace. Wherefore the tragic poet Antiphon,When on an embassy to Syracuse, he was asked by Dionysius which was the best kind of brass. On his replying, that from which the Athenians made their statues of Harmodius and Aristogiton, Dionysius ordered him to be put to death. when he was about to be flogged to death by order of Dionysius, seeing that those who were to die with him covered their faces as they passed through the gates, said, Why cover your faces? Is it because you are afraid that one of the crowd should see you tomorrow? Let this account of shame suffice; as for shamelessness, it is evident that we shall be able to obtain ample knowledge of it from the contrary arguments.
7.1
The persons towards whom men feel benevolent,χάρις may mean (1) benevolence, the feeling which prompts a favor; (2) an actual favor conferred; (3) gratitude. and for what reasons, and in what frame of mind, will be clear when we have defined what favor is.
7.2
Let it then be taken to be the feeling in accordance with which one who has it is said to render a service to one who needs it, not in return for something nor in the interest of him who renders it, but in that of the recipient. And the favor will be great if the recipient is in pressing need, or if the service or the times and circumstances are important or difficult, or if the benefactor is the only one, or the first who has rendered it, or has done so in the highest degree.
