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But, if these opinions do not satisfy us, may we not say that,

abstractedly and as a matter of objective truth, the really good

is the object of Wish, but to each individual whatever impresses

his mind with the notion of good.[13] And so to the good man that

is an object of Wish which is really and truly so, but to the bad

man anything may be; just as physically those things are

wholesome to the healthy which are really so, but other things to

the sick. And so too of bitter and sweet, and hot and heavy, and

so on. For the good man judges in every instance correctly, and

in every instance the notion conveyed to his mind is the true

one.

For there are fair and pleasant things peculiar to, and so

varying with, each state; and perhaps the most distinguishing

characteristic of the good man is his seeing the truth in every

instance, he being, in fact, the rule and measure of these

matters.