Note 60:2 — INTRODUCTION.[vii:1] (continued 2)

Εἰ βέλτιον βιώσεται. The question related to his property,—to his means of comfortable living. I therefore use in translating it the familiar colloquialism, better off. The answer has a moral significance. Βέλτιον is an ambiguous word,—applicable equally to condition and to character.