Hep. You said you would aske every one of them a question which yesternight none of us could answere.[824] 85
Alex. I will. Plato, of all beasts which is the subtilest?
Plato. That which man hitherto never knew.
Alex. Aristotle, how should a man be thought a god?
Aris. In doing a thing unpossible for a man.
Alex. Crisippus, which was first, the day or the night? 90
Aris. The day, by a day.
Alex. Indeede, strange questions must have strange answers. Cleanthes, what say you, is life or death the stronger?
Cle. Life, that suffereth so many troubles.
Alex. Crates, how long should a man live? 95