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And therefore some men hold that while lawgivers should employ

the sense of honour to exhort and guide men to Virtue, under the

notion that they will then obey who have been well trained in

habits; they should impose chastisement and penalties on those

who disobey and are of less promising nature; and the incurable

expel entirely: because the good man and he who lives under a

sense of honour will be obedient to reason; and the baser sort,

who grasp at pleasure, will be kept in check, like beasts of

burthen by pain. Therefore also they say that the pains should be

such as are most contrary to the pleasures which are liked.

As has been said already, he who is to be good must have been

brought up and habituated well, and then live accordingly under

good institutions, and never do what is low and mean, either

against or with his will. Now these objects can be attained only

by men living in accordance with some guiding Intellect and right

order, with power to back them.