blind.' said I. 'Thou didst point it out even now in seeking to unfold the causes of the false. For, unless I am mistaken, that is true and perfect happiness which crowns one with the union of independence, power, reverence, renown, and joy. And to prove to thee with how deep an insight I have listened—since all these are the same—that which can truly bestow one of them I know to be without doubt full and complete happiness.'
'Happy art thou, my scholar, in this thy conviction; only one thing shouldst thou add.'
'What is that?' said I.
'Is there aught, thinkest thou, amid these mortal and perishable things which can produce a state such as this?'
'Nay, surely not; and this thou hast so amply demonstrated that no word more is needed.'
'Well, then, these things seem to give