Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A Word B Word C Word D Occurrence Frequency Band MI MI Band Prominent
law_n common_a nature_n reason_n 4,591 5 4.8578 4 false
View all documents for the selected quad

Text snippets containing the quad

ID Title Author Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication) STC Words Pages
A61287 The history of philosophy, in eight parts by Thomas Stanley. Stanley, Thomas, 1625-1678. 1656 (1656) Wing S5238; ESTC R17292 629,655 827

There are 28 snippets containing the selected quad. | View original text

that_o be_v always_o at_o difference_n live_v miserable_o the_o follower_n of_o zeno_n stob._n conceive_v his_o expression_n not_o full_a enough_o enlarge_v it_o first_o cleanthes_n his_o successor_n add_v to_o nature_n make_v it_o up_o thus_o the_o end_n be_v to_o live_v conformable_o to_o nature_n which_o be_v to_o live_v according_a to_o virtue_n for_o nature_n lead_v we_o to_o virtue_n thus_o cleanthes_n in_o his_o book_n of_o pleasure_n and_o possidonius_fw-la and_o hecaton_n in_o his_o book_n of_o ends._n st●●_n chry●ippus_n to_o make_v the_o expression_n of_o cleanthes_n more_o clear_a expound_v it_o thus_o to_o live_v according_a to_o expert_a knowledge_n of_o thing_n which_o happen_v natural_o for_o our_o nature_n be_v part_n of_o the_o universe_n our_o end_n therefore_o be_v to_o live_v conformable_o to_o nature_n which_o chrysippus_n in_o his_o first_o book_n of_o end_n expound_v both_o our_o own_o proper_a human_a nature_n and_o likewise_o the_o common_a nature_n of_o the_o universe_n but_o cleanthes_n allow_v only_o common_a nature_n to_o be_v follow_v and_o not_o the_o particular_a to_o live_v according_a to_o this_o knowledge_n be_v all_o one_o as_o to_o live_v according_a to_o virtue_n not_o do_v any_o thing_n forbid_v by_o our_o common_a law_n right_a reason_n which_o be_v current_n among_o all_o be_v the_o very_a same_o that_o be_v in_o god_n the_o governor_n of_o all_o the_o virtue_n therefore_o and_o beatitude_n of_o a_o happy_a man_n be_v when_o all_o thing_n be_v order_v according_a to_o the_o correspondence_n of_o a_o man_n genius_n with_o the_o will_n of_o he_o who_o govern_v the_o universe_n stob._n diogenes_n define_v the_o end_n a_o good_a use_n of_o reason_n in_o the_o election_n and_o refusal_n of_o natural_a thing_n choose_v those_o that_o be_v according_a to_o nature_n and_o refuse_v those_o that_o be_v repugnant_a to_o nature_n so_o likewise_o antipater_n archidemus_n define_v it_o to_o live_v perform_v complete_o all_o office_n choose_v of_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v according_a to_o nature_n the_o great_a and_o most_o principal_a and_o not_o to_o be_v able_a to_o transgress_v they_o panaetius_n to_o live_v according_a to_o the_o appetite_n give_v we_o by_o nature_n possidonius_fw-la to_o live_v contemplate_v the_o truth_n and_o order_n of_o the_o universe_n 4._o thus_o by_o live_v according_a to_o nature_n the_o stoic_n understand_v three_o thing_n first_o to_o live_v according_a to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o those_o thing_n which_o happen_v by_o nature_n this_o be_v zeno_n end_n to_o live_v convenient_a to_o nature_n second_o to_o live_v preserve_v all_o or_o the_o great_a part_n of_o mean_a office_n this_o exposition_n differ_v from_o the_o former_a for_o that_o be_v a_o rectitude_n proper_a only_a to_o a_o wise_a man_n this_o be_v the_o office_n of_o a_o progressive_a not_o perfect_a person_n which_o may_v likewise_o be_v to_o the_o foolish_a the_o three_o be_v to_o live_v in_o enjoyment_n of_o all_o or_o the_o great_a part_n of_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v according_a to_o nature_n this_o be_v not_o constitute_v in_o our_o action_n for_o it_o consist_v of_o that_o kind_n of_o life_n which_o enjoy_v virtue_n and_o of_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v according_a to_o nature_n and_o be_v not_o in_o our_o power_n 2._o the_o chief_a good_a therefore_o be_v to_o live_v suitable_o to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o those_o thing_n which_o arrive_v by_o nature_n elective_a of_o those_o which_o be_v according_a to_o nature_n and_o rejective_n of_o those_o which_o be_v contrary_a to_o nature_n 〈◊〉_d this_o be_v to_o live_v convenient_o and_o conformable_o to_o nature_n when_o the_o soul_n enter_v into_o the_o path_n of_o virtue_n walk_v by_o the_o step_n and_o guidance_n of_o right_a reason_n and_o follow_v god_n that_o which_o in_o other_o art_n be_v artificial_a be_v here_o epigematick_a and_o consequent_a stob._n this_o end_n be_v beatitude_n beatitude_n by_o zeno._n be_v define_v a_o good_a course_n of_o life_n which_o definition_n be_v use_v likewise_o by_o cleanthes_n and_o chrysippus_n and_o all_o their_o follower_n who_o affirm_v beatitude_n to_o be_v nothing_o but_o happy_a life_n fair_a and_o good_a and_o virtue_n and_o that_o which_o participate_v of_o virtue_n be_v equivalent_a term_n whence_o it_o follow_v that_o stob._n beatitude_n be_v all_o one_o with_o live_v according_a to_o virtue_n cic._n and_o as_o good_a and_o virtue_n admit_v no_o degree_n of_o increase_n or_o diminution_n neither_o do_v the_o ultimate_a end_n of_o all_o good_a and_o virtue_n increase_v or_o diminish_v for_o as_o they_o who_o be_v drown_v be_v no_o more_o able_a to_o breath_n though_o they_o be_v near_o the_o top_n of_o the_o water_n than_o they_o who_o be_v in_o the_o bottom_n nor_o a_o little_a whelp_n the_o time_n of_o who_o sight_n approach_v see_v any_o more_o than_o one_o that_o be_v new_o litter_v so_o he_o who_o have_v make_v some_o little_a progress_n in_o virtue_n be_v no_o less_o in_o misery_n than_o he_o who_o have_v make_v none_o chap._n xi_o of_o indifferent_n of_o thing_n as_o we_o have_v say_v some_o be_v good_a some_o ill_n some_o indifferent_a 3._o to_o deny_v this_o difference_n of_o thing_n will_v be_v to_o confound_v all_o life_n as_o aristo_n do_v neither_o can_v there_o be_v any_o function_n or_o act_n of_o wisdom_n since_o that_o if_o among_o those_o thing_n which_o appertain_v to_o life_n there_o be_v no_o difference_n no_o election_n be_v requisite_a good_a and_o ill_a as_o we_o say_v be_v these_o thing_n which_o be_v honest_a or_o dishonest_a of_o these_o hitherto_o betwixt_o both_o these_o there_o be_v some_o thing_n which_o confer_v nothing_o to_o happy_a or_o unhappy_a life_n call_v indifferent_n laert._n to_o profit_n be_v a_o motion_n or_o state_n proceed_v from_o virtue_n to_o hurt_n be_v a_o motion_n or_o state_n proceed_v from_o vice_n but_o indifferent_n neither_o profit_n nor_o hurt_n such_o be_v life_n health_n pleasure_n beauty_n strength_n riches_n honour_n nobility_n and_o their_o contrary_n death_n sickness_n grief_n deformity_n imbecility_n poverty_n dishonour_n meanness_n and_o the_o like_a thus_o hecaton_n in_o his_o seven_o book_n of_o end_n and_o apollodorus_n in_o his_o ethic_n and_o chrysippus_n these_o therefore_o be_v not_o good_n but_o indifferent_n for_o as_o the_o property_n of_o heat_n be_v to_o warm_v not_o to_o cool_v so_o be_v it_o of_o good_a to_o profit_v not_o to_o hurt_v but_o health_n and_o wealth_n do_v not_o hurt_v more_o than_o they_o profit_v therefore_o health_n and_o wealth_n be_v not_o good_n again_o that_o which_o we_o may_v use_v ill_a as_o well_o as_o well_o be_v not_o good_a but_o health_n and_o wealth_n may_v be_v use_v ill_a as_o well_o as_o well_o therefore_o health_n and_o wealth_n be_v not_o good_n yet_o p●ssidonus_n reckon_v these_o among_o good_n but_o hecaton_n in_o his_o 19_o of_o good_a and_o chrysippus_n of_o pleasure_n will_v not_o allow_v pleasure_n a_o good_a for_o pleasure_n be_v dishonest_a but_o nothing_o dishonest_a be_v good_a 3_o moreover_o riches_n as_o diogenes_n con_v ceive_v have_v not_o only_o this_o power_n that_o they_o guide_v to_o pleasure_n and_o good_a health_n but_o that_o they_o comprise_v they_o they_o do_v not_o the_o same_o in_o virtue_n nor_o in_o other_o art_n whereto_o money_n may_v be_v a_o guide_n but_o it_o can_v contain_v they_o thus_o if_o pleasure_n or_o health_n be_v good_a riches_n likewise_o shall_v be_v number_v among_o the_o good_a but_o if_o wisdom_n be_v good_a it_o follow_v not_o that_o riches_n likewise_o be_v good_a nor_o that_o any_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o reckon_v among_o the_o good_a not_o that_o which_o be_v good_a can_v be_v contain_v by_o any_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o among_o the_o good_a and_o also_o for_o this_o reason_n because_o science_n and_o comprehension_n of_o thing_n by_o which_o art_n be_v produce_v move_v appetition_n but_o riches_n be_v not_o reckon_v among_o the_o good_a it_o follow_v that_o no_o art_n can_v be_v contain_v in_o riches_n and_o much_o l●sse_o any_o virtue_n for_o virtue_n require_v far_o more_o study_n and_o exercise_v then_o art_n and_o comprise_v the_o firmness_n stability_n and_o constancy_n of_o all_o life_n which_o art_n do_v not_o stob●us_n thing_n be_v say_v to_o be_v indifferent_a in_o three_o respect_n first_o if_o they_o move_v neither_o appetite_n nor_o aversion_n as_o if_o the_o star_n be_v of_o even_a number_n or_o to_o have_v even_o or_o uneven_a hair_n on_o our_o head_n to_o stretch_v out_o the_o finger_n this_o way_n or_o that_o way_n to_o take_v up_o straw_n and_o the_o like_a second_o thing_n be_v say_v to_o be_v indifferent_a which_o move_v appetite_n and_o aversion_n equal_o not_o one_o more_o than_o the_o other_o as_o in_o two_o piece_n of_o silver_n of_o equal_a value_n no_o way_n different_a which_o to_o he_o who_o come_v to_o make_v
the_o better_a and_o just_a side_n he_o shall_v interest_n himself_o in_o the_o common_a danger_n and_o assist_v rather_o than_o out_o of_o all_o hazard_n expect_v which_o side_n shall_v get_v the_o better_a when_o we_o do_v read_v say_v agellius_n this_o law_n of_o solon_n a_o person_n endue_v with_o singular_a wisdom_n at_o first_o be_v maim_v in_o great_a suspense_n and_o admiration_n inquire_v for_o what_o reason_n he_o judge_v those_o worthy_a of_o punishment_n who_o withdraw_v themselves_o from_o sedition_n and_o civil_a war_n then_z one_o who_o sight_n pierce_v more_o deep_o into_o the_o use_n and_o meaning_n of_o the_o law_n affirm_v the_o intent_n thereof_o be_v not_o to_o increase_v but_o appease_v sedition_n and_o so_o indeed_o it_o be_v for_o if_o all_o good_a person_n who_o in_o the_o beginning_n be_v too_o few_o to_o restrain_v a_o sedition_n shall_v not_o deter_v the_o distract_a rage_a people_n but_o divide_v themselves_o adhere_v to_o either_o side_n it_o will_v follow_v that_o they_o be_v separate_v as_o partaker_n of_o both_o faction_n the_o party_n may_v be_v temper_v and_o govern_v by_o they_o as_o be_v person_n of_o great_a authority_n by_o which_o mean_n they_o may_v restore_v they_o to_o peace_n and_o reconcile_v they_o govern_v and_o moderate_v that_o side_n whereof_o they_o be_v and_o desire_v much_o rather_o the_o adverse_a party_n shall_v be_v preserve_v then_o destroy_v 1._o cicero_n cite_v this_o law_n aver_v the_o punishment_n to_o have_v be_v capital_a perhaps_o understand_v infamy_n here_o of_o the_o more_o severe_a kind_n absurd_a &_o ridiculous_a say_v plutarch_n seem_v that_o law_n which_o allow_v a_o inheritrix_n if_o he_o who_o possess_v she_o by_o law_n as_o her_o lord_n and_o master_n be_v impotem_fw-la to_o admit_v any_o of_o her_o husband_n near_a kindred_n but_o some_o aver_v it_o be_v just_a as_o to_o those_o who_o though_o they_o be_v impotent_a yet_o will_v marry_v rich_a heir_n for_o their_o money_n and_o by_o the_o privilege_n of_o law_n wrong_a nature_n for_o when_o they_o see_v it_o lawful_a for_o the_o heir_n to_o admit_v who_o she_o please_v either_o they_o will_v refrain_v from_o such_o marriage_n or_o undergo_v they_o with_o the_o reproach_n of_o avarice_n and_o dishonesty_n it_o be_v well_o order_v also_o that_o she_o may_v not_o admit_v any_o one_o but_o only_o who_o she_o will_v of_o her_o husband_n kindred_n whereby_o the_o issue_n may_v be_v of_o his_o family_n and_o race_n plut._n hither_o likewise_o it_o tend_v that_o the_o bride_n be_v shut_v up_o in_o a_o room_n with_o the_o bridegroom_n and_o eat_v a_o quince_n with_o he_o intimate_v according_a to_o conjugial_a plutarch_n interpretation_n that_o the_o first_o grace_n of_o her_o lip_n and_o voice_n shall_v be_v agreeable_a and_o sweet_a and_o that_o he_o who_o marry_v a_o heir_n be_v oblige_v to_o visit_v she_o thrice_o a_o month_n at_o the_o least_o for_o though_o they_o have_v not_o child_n this_o argue_v a_o respect_n due_a to_o a_o chaste_a wife_n and_o prevent_v or_o reconcile_v unkindness_n and_o dissension_n those_o word_n of_o the_o former_a law_n he_o who_o possess_v she_o by_o law_n as_o her_o lord_n and_o master_n have_v reference_n to_o another_o law_n of_o he_o mention_v by_o 11._o diodorus_n siculus_n that_o the_o next_o of_o kin_n to_o a_o heir_n may_v by_o law_n require_v ho●_n in_o marriage_n and_o she_o likewise_o may_v require_v he_o that_o be_v next_o of_o kin_n who_o be_v oblige_v to_o marry_v she_o though_o never_o so_o poor_a or_o to_o pay_v 500_o drachm_n for_o her_o dowry_n hereto_o 2._o terence_n allude_v the_o law_n command_v a_o heir_n to_o marry_v with_o her_o husband_n next_o of_o kin_n and_o he_o to_o take_v she_o and_o to_o the_o put_v she_o off_o without_o a_o dowry_n of_o 500_o drachm_n that_o be_v five_o minae_fw-la 3._o elsewhere_o though_o i_o be_v injure_v thus_o yet_o rather_o than_o ●le_v be_v contentious_a or_o bind_v still_o to_o hear_v thou_o since_o she_o be_v my_o kinswoman_n take_v hence_o with_o her_o the_o domen_n the_o law_n enjoin_v i_o here_o be_v five_o pound_n plut._n in_o all_o other_o marriage_n he_o forbid_v dowry_n ordain_v that_o a_o bride_n shall_v bring_v with_o she_o no_o more_o than_o three_o gown_n and_o some_o slight_a householdstuff_n of_o small_a vale●_n the_o particular_n whereof_o be_v express_v as_o 15._o pollux_n seem_v to_o imply_v for_o he_o will_v not_o that_o marriage_n shall_v be_v m●cenary_a or_o vendible_a but_o that_o the_o man_n and_o woman_n shall_v cohabit_n for_o issue_n love_n and_o friendship_n hither_o 243._o isidor_n allude_v among_o the_o athenian_n legal_a marriage_n be_v say_v to_o be_v contract_v in_o respect_n of_o issue_n that_o law_n of_o his_o also_o be_v comm●nded_v as_o leptin_n demosthenes_n and_o plutarch_n attest_v which_o forbid_v to_o revile_v the_o dead_a let_v no_o man_n revile_v any_o dead_a person_n though_o provoke_v by_o the_o revile_n of_o his_o child_n plut._n to_o esteem_v the_o decease_a holy_a be_v pious_a to_o spare_v the_o absent_a just_a to_o take_v away_o the_o eternity_n of_o hatred_n civil_a plut._n he_o forbid_v to_o revile_v any_o live_a person_n at_o sacred_a solemnity_n court_n of_o judicature_n and_o public_a spectacle_n upon_o penalty_n of_o three_o drachm_n to_o be_v pay_v to_o the_o revile_v person_n two_o more_o to_o the_o common_a treasury_n to_o moderate_v anger_n no_o where_o he_o account_v rude_a and_o disorderly_a every_o where_o difficult_a to_o some_o impossible_a a_o law_n must_v be_v accommodate_v to_o what_o be_v possible_a intend_v to_o punish_v some_o few_o to_o advantage_v not_o many_o to_o no_o purpose_n plut._n his_o law_n concern_v testament_n be_v much_o approve_a for_o before_o no_o man_n have_v power_n to_o make_v a_o will_n but_o his_o good_n and_o land_n continue_v in_o the_o family_n of_o the_o decease_a person_n solon_n make_v it_o lawful_a for_o he_o that_o have_v no_o child_n to_o give_v his_o estate_n to_o who_o he_o please_v he_o prefer_v friendship_n before_o kindred_n and_o favour_n before_o necessity_n and_o order_v that_o wealth_n shall_v be_v at_o the_o disposal_n of_o he_o in_o who_o hand_n it_o be_v yet_o he_o permit_v not_o this_o rash_o or_o absolute_o but_o conditional_o if_o he_o be_v not_o wrought_v upon_o by_o sickness_n potion_n bondage_n or_o the_o blandishment_n of_o a_o wife_n just_o he_o esteem_v it_o all_o one_o whether_o a_o man_n be_v seduce_v by_o indirect_a mean_n or_o violent_o constrain_v thus_o compare_v deceit_n with_o force_n and_o pleasure_n with_o pain_n as_o be_v of_o equal_a power_n to_o put_v a_o man_n out_o of_o his_o right_a mind_n this_o law_n be_v mention_v likewise_o by_o leap_v demosthenes_n *_o he_o also_o limit_v the_o visit_n mourning_n and_o feast_n of_o woman_n by_o a_o law_n which_o curb_v their_o former_a licentiousness_n her_n who_o go_v abroad_o he_o permit_v not_o to_o carry_v with_o she_o above_o three_o gown_n nor_o more_o meat_n and_o drink_n then_o may_v be_v buy_v with_o a_o obolus_fw-la nor_o a_o basket_n above_o a_o cubit_n in_o bigness_n nor_o to_o travel_v by_o night_n unless_o in_o a_o chariot_n and_o with_o torchlight_n he_o forbid_v they_o to_o tear_v their_o cheek_n to_o procure_v mourning_n and_o lamentation_n at_o the_o funeral_n of_o those_o to_o who_o they_o have_v no_o region_n he_o forbid_v to_o sacrifice_v a_o ox_n at_o funeral_n and_o to_o bury_v more_o than_o three_o garment_n with_o the_o dead_a body_n not_o to_o approach_v the_o monument_n of_o stranger_n unless_o at_o their_o exequy_n of_o which_o say_v plutarch_n our_o law_n be_v full_a 2._o cicero_n also_o affirm_v that_o the_o law_n of_o the_o twelve_o table_n for_o contract_v the_o pomp_n of_o funeral_n and_o concern_v mourning_n be_v transfer_v from_o those_o of_o solon_n who_o as_o phalereus_n write_v assoon_o as_o funeral_n begin_v to_o be_v solemnize_v with_o pomp_n and_o lamentation_n take_v they_o away_o which_o law_n the_o decemviri_fw-la put_v into_o the_o ten_o table_n almost_o in_o the_o very_a same_o word_n for_o that_o of_o 3_o neighbourhood_n and_o most_o of_o the_o rest_n be_v solon_n that_o of_o mourning_n in_o his_o express_a word_n let_v not_o woman_n tear_v their_o cheek_n nor_o make_v lamentation_n at_o a_o funeral_n plut._n consider_v that_o the_o city_n grow_v very_o populous_a many_o recur_v thither_o from_o all_o part_n of_o attica_n for_o liberty_n and_o security_n that_o the_o country_n be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n barren_a and_o bad_a that_o such_o as_o trade_n by_o sea_n import_v nothing_o for_o those_o that_o have_v not_o wherewith_o to_o batter_v or_o exchange_v with_o they_o he_o addict_v the_o citizen_n to_o art_n and_o make_v a_o law_n that_o the_o son_n shall_v n●t_o be_v oblige_v to_o maintain_v his_o father_n if_o he_o have_v not_o bring_v he_o
may_v even_o be_v observe_v in_o those_o praeter-office_n be_v a_o action_n which_o reason_n require_v that_o we_o do_v not_o as_o to_o neglect_v our_o parent_n to_o contemn_v our_o brethren_n to_o disagree_v with_o our_o friend_n to_o despise_v our_o country_n and_o the_o like_a neuter_n be_v those_o action_n which_o reason_v neither_o require_v nor_o forbid_v as_o the_o take_n up_o of_o a_o straw_n stob._n of_o office_n some_o be_v perfect_a call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rectitude_n action_n do_v according_a to_o virtue_n as_o to_o do_v wise_o to_o do_v just_o other_o not-rectitudes_a action_n which_o have_v not_o a_o perfect_a office_n but_o a_o mediate_a as_o to_o marry_v to_o go_v a_o embassy_n to_o discourse_v and_o the_o like_a of_o rectitude_n some_o be_v in_o thing_n requisite_a other_o not_o of_o the_o first_o kind_n be_v to_o be_v wise_a temperate_a and_o the_o like_a of_o the_o second_o those_o which_o be_v not_o requisite_a to_o the_o be_v such_o in_o like_a manner_n be_v praeteroffice_n divide_v again_o of_o office_n some_o be_v ordinary_a as_o to_o have_v a_o care_n of_o ourselves_o of_o our_o limb_n and_o the_o like_a some_o extraordinary_a as_o to_o maim_v ourselves_o throw_v away_o our_o good_n according_o be_v it_o of_o praeteroffice_n again_o of_o office_n some_o be_v continual_a as_o to_o live_v virtuous_o some_o intermassi●e_n as_o to_o question_v answer_n walk_z and_o the_o like_a according_o it_o be_v of_o praeter-o●fices_a 3._o office_n be_v a_o mean_a thing_n place_v neither_o among_o the_o good_a nor_o their_o contrary_n for_o there_o be_v something_o in_o this_o approvable_a so_o as_o a_o right_a reason_n may_v be_v give_v for_o it_o as_o do_v approvable_o that_o which_o be_v so_o do_v be_v office_n and_o forasmuch_o as_o in_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v neither_o virtue_n nor_o vice_n there_o be_v something_o which_o may_v be_v of_o use_n it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v take_v away_o again_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o a_o wise_a man_n do_v something_o in_o these_o mean_a thing_n he_o therefore_o when_o he_o do_v it_o judge_v that_o it_o be_v his_o office_n so_o to_o do_v but_o a_o wiseman_n be_v never_o deceive_v in_o judgement_n therefore_o there_o be_v a_o office_n in_o mean_a thing_n again_o we_o see_v there_o be_v something_o which_o we_o call_v a_o thing_n right_o do_v or_o a_o rectitude_n but_o that_o be_v a_o perfect_a office_n therefore_o there_o be_v a_o inchoat_fw-la office_n as_o if_o it_o be_v a_o rectitude_n just_o to_o restore_v a_o depositum_fw-la to_o restore_v a_o depositum_fw-la must_v be_v a_o simple_a restitution_n without_o the_o additional_a term_n be_v a_o office_n 3._o and_o since_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v doubt_v but_o that_o in_o mean_a thing_n some_o be_v to_o be_v perform_v other_o reject_v whatsoever_o be_v do_v in_o that_o manner_n be_v comprehend_v in_o common_a office_n whence_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o all_o man_n by_o nature_n lou●ng_v themselves_o as_o well_o the_o foolish_a as_o the_o wise_a will_v take_v those_o thing_n which_o be_v according_a to_o nature_n and_o reject_v the_o contrary_n this_o be_v therefore_o one_o common_a office_n of_o the_o wise_a and_o unwise_a conversant_a in_o mean_a thing_n all_o office_n proceed_v from_o these_o it_o be_v just_o say_v that_o to_o these_o be_v refer_v all_o our_o thought_n even_o the_o forsake_v of_o life_n or_o continue_v in_o it_o in_o who_o most_o thing_n be_v according_a to_o nature_n the_o office_n of_o that_o person_n be_v to_o remain_v in_o life_n in_o who_o there_o be_v or_o be_v foresee_v to_o be_v more_o thing_n contrary_a to_o nature_n his_o office_n be_v to_o forsake_v life_n although_o he_o be_v happy_a and_o of_o a_o fool_n to_o con●tinue_v in_o life_n although_o he_o be_v miserable_a for_o that_o good_a and_o that_o ●ll_a as_o we_o have_v often_o say_v be_v thing_n that_o follow_v afterward_o the_o first_o principle_n of_o natural_a appetite_n fall_v under_o the_o judgement_n and_o election_n of_o a_o wise_a man_n and_o be_v as_o it_o be_v the_o matter_n subject_v to_o wisdom_n thus_o the_o reason_n of_o continue_v in_o life_n or_o forsake_v it_o be_v to_o be_v measure_v by_o all_o those_o thing_n we_o mention_v for_o neither_o be_v they_o who_o enjoy_v virtue_n oblige_v to_o continue_v in_o life_n nor_o they_o who_o live_v without_o virtue_n to_o die_v and_o it_o be_v often_o the_o office_n of_o a_o wise_a man_n to_o part_v with_o his_o life_n even_o when_o he_o be_v most_o happy_a if_o it_o may_v be_v do_v opportune_o which_o be_v to_o live_v convenient_o to_o nature_n this_o they_o hold_v that_o to_o live_v happy_o depend_v on_o opportunity_n for_o wisdom_n command_v that_o a_o wise_a man_n if_o it_o be_v require_v shall_v part_v with_o his_o life_n wherefore_o vice_n not_o have_v power_n to_o bring_v a_o cause_n of_o voluntary_a death_n it_o be_v manifest_a that_o the_o office_n even_o of_o fool_n who_o be_v likewise_o wretched_a be_v to_o continue_v in_o life_n if_o they_o be_v in_o the_o great_a part_n of_o those_o thing_n which_o we_o hold_v to_o be_v according_a to_o nature_n and_o forasmuch_o as_o go_v out_o of_o life_n and_o continue_v in_o it_o be_v alike_o miserable_a neither_o do_v continuance_n make_v his_o life_n more_o to_o be_v avoid_v we_o say_v not_o therefore_o without_o cause_n that_o they_o who_o enjoy_v most_o natural_n shall_v continue_v in_o life_n hitherto_o it_o appertain_v to_o know_v that_o the_o love_n of_o parent_n towards_o their_o child_n be_v the_o effect_n of_o nature_n from_o which_o beginning_n we_o may_v tract_n all_o mankind_n as_o proceed_v from_o thence_o first_o by_o the_o figure_n and_o part_n of_o the_o body_n which_o declare_v that_o nature_n careful_o provide_v for_o procreation_n neither_o can_v these_o two_o agree_v that_o nature_n order_v procreation_n and_o take_v no_o care_n that_o those_o which_o be_v procreate_v shall_v be_v love_v for_o even_o in_o beast_n the_o power_n of_o nature_n may_v be_v see_v who_o care_n when_o we_o behold_v in_o bring_v up_o of_o their_o young_a i_o think_v we_o hear_v the_o very_a voice_n of_o nature_n herself_o wherefore_o as_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o we_o abhor_v pain_n by_o nature_n so_o it_o be_v likewise_o apparent_a that_o we_o a●e_v dr●ven_v by_o nature_n to_o love_v those_o we_o have_v beget_v hence_o arise_v a_o common_a natural_a commendation_n of_o man_n among_o man_n that_o it_o behoove_v a_o man_n not_o to_o seem_v alienate_v from_o man_n for_o this_o very_a reason_n because_o he_o be_v man_n for_o as_o among_o the_o part_n of_o the_o body_n some_o be_v make_v only_o for_o themselves_o as_o the_o eye_n and_o ear_n other_o assist_v towards_o the_o use_n of_o the_o other_o part_n as_o the_o thigh_n and_o hand_n so_o though_o some_o huge_a beast_n be_v bear_v only_o for_o themselves_o yet_o that_o ●hell_n fish_n which_o be_v call_v patula_fw-la prima_fw-la and_o the_o pinnoteres_n so_o name_v from_o keep_v its_o shell_n which_o shut_v itself_o up_o so_o close_o as_o if_o it_o teach_v other_o to_o look_v to_o themselves_o as_o also_o ant_n bee_n stork_n do_v something_o for_o the_o sake_n of_o other_o much_o near_o be_v the_o conjunction_n of_o mankind_n so_o that_o we_o be_v incline_v by_o nature_n to_o convention_n counsel_n city_n 1._o whatsoever_o be_v produce_v upon_o the_o earth_n be_v create_v for_o the_o use_n of_o man_n but_o man_n be_v generate_v for_o man_n that_o they_o may_v profit_v one_o another_o in_o this_o we_o ought_v to_o follow_v nature_n our_o leader_n and_o to_o bring_v forth_o common_a benefit_n to_o the_o public_a by_o mutual_a office_n by_o give_v by_o receive_v by_o art_n by_o endeavour_n and_o by_o faculty_n to_o unite_v the_o society_n of_o man_n with_o man_n 3._o the_o world_n be_v govern_v by_o the_o power_n of_o god_n it_o be_v as_o it_o be_v a_o common_a city_n of_o man_n and_o god_n and_o each_o of_o we_o be_v a_o part_n of_o the_o world_n whence_o it_o follow_v by_o nature_n that_o we_o shall_v prefer_v the_o common_a benefit_n before_o our_o own_o for_o as_o law_n prefer_v the_o safety_n of_o the_o general_a before_o that_o of_o any_o particular_a so_o a_o good_a and_o wise_a man_n conformable_a to_o law_n not_o ignorant_a of_o civil_a office_n take_v more_o care_n for_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o general_a then_o of_o any_o particular_a or_o of_o his_o own_o nor_o be_v he_o who_o betray_v his_o country_n more_o to_o be_v condemn_v than_o he_o who_o desert_n the_o common_a benefit_n or_o safety_n whence_o it_o follow_v that_o he_o be_v to_o be_v commend_v who_o undergo_v death_n for_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o teach_v we_o that_o our_o country_n be_v dear_a to_o we_o then_o ourselves_o and_o because_o that_o speech_n be_v esteem_v
sickness_n for_o this_o agree_v not_o with_o the_o author_n of_o nature_n and_o parent_n of_o all_o good_a thing_n but_o he_o have_v generate_v many_o great_a thing_n most_o apt_a and_o useful_a other_o thing_n also_o incommodious_a to_o those_o which_o he_o make_v be_v aggenerate_v together_o with_o they_o coherent_a to_o they_o make_v not_o by_o nature_n but_o certain_a necessary_a consequence_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o say_v he_o when_o nature_n frame_v the_o body_n of_o man_n more_o subtle_a reason_n &_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o world_n will_v have_v require_v that_o the_o head_n shall_v have_v be_v make_v of_o the_o small_a and_o thin_a bone_n but_o this_o utility_n will_v have_v be_v follow_v by_o another_o extrinsecall_a inconvenience_n of_o great_a consequence_n that_o the_o head_n will_v be_v too_o weak_o defend_v and_o break_v with_o the_o least_o blow_n sickness_n therefore_o and_o disease_n be_v engender_v whilst_o health_n be_v engender_v in_o like_a manner_n say_v he_o whilst_o virtue_n be_v beget_v in_o man_n by_o the_o counsel_n of_o nature_n vice_n like_o wise_a be_v beget_v by_o contrary_a affinity_n chap._n xviii_o of_o nature_n lae●●_n next_o jupiter_n possidonius_fw-la place_v nature_n by_o nature_n they_o sometime_o understand_v that_o which_o contain_v the_o world_n sometime_o that_o which_o produce_v thing_n upon_o earth_n both_o which_o as_o we_o say_v be_v to_o be_v understand_v of_o god_n for_o that_o nature_n which_o contain_v and_o preserve_v the_o world_n have_v perfect_a sense_n and_o reason_n which_o power_n be_v the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n the_o mind_n and_o divine_a wisdom_n 3._o thus_o under_o the_o term_n of_o nature_n they_o comprehend_v both_o god_n and_o the_o world_n affirm_v that_o the_o one_o can_v be_v without_o the_o other_o as_o if_o nature_n be_v god_n permeate_v through_o the_o world_n god_n the_o mind_n of_o the_o world_n the_o world_n the_o body_n of_o god_n flut._n this_o chrysippus_n call_v common-nature_n in_o distinction_n from_o particular_a nature_n laert._n nature_n be_v define_v by_o zeno_n a_o artificial_a fire_n proceed_v in_o the_o way_n of_o generation_n which_o be_v the_o fiery_a spirit_n the_o artist_n of_o form_n by_o other_o a_o habit_n receive_v motion_n from_o itself_o according_a to_o prolific_a reason_n and_o effect_v and_o contain_v those_o thing_n which_o subsist_v by_o it_o in_o certain_a definite_a time_n produce_v all_o thing_n from_o which_o itself_o be_v distinct_a by_o nature_n propose_v to_o itself_o these_o two_o end_n utility_n and_o pleasure_n as_o be_v manifest_a from_o the_o porduction_n of_o man_n chap._n xix_o of_o fate_n plut._n the_o three_o from_o jupiter_n according_a to_o possidonius_fw-la be_v fate_n for_o jupiter_n be_v first_o next_o nature_n than_o fate_n 28._o they_o call_v fate_n a_o concatenation_n of_o cause_n that_o be_v a_o order_n and_o connexion_n which_o can_v be_v transgress_v fate_n be_v a_o cause_n depend_v on_o law_n and_o order_v by_o law_n or_o a_o reason_n by_o which_o the_o world_n be_v order_v laert._n fate_n be_v according_a to_o zeno_n the_o motive_n power_n of_o matter_n dispose_v so_o and_o so_o not_o much_o difter_n from_o nature_n and_o providence_n stob._n panaetius_n assirm_v fate_n to_o be_v god_n stob._n chrysippus_n desine_v fate_n a_o spiritual_a power_n govern_v the_o world_n orderly_o or_o agel_n a_o sempiternal_a and_o indeclinable_a series_n and_o chain_n of_o thing_n itself_o roll_v and_o implicate_v itself_o by_o eternal_a order_n of_o consequence_n of_o which_o it_o be_v adapt_v and_o connect_v or_o as_o chrysippus_n again_o in_o his_o book_n of_o definition_n have_v it_o stob._n the_o reason_n of_o the_o world_n or_o law_n of_o all_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n govern_v by_o providence_n or_o the_o reason_n why_o thing_n past_a have_v be_v the_o present_a be_v the_o future_a shall_v be_v for_o reason_n he_o use_v truth_n cause_n nature_n necessity_n and_o other_o term_n as_o attribute_v to_o the_o same_o thing_n in_o different_a respect_n fate_n from_o the_o several_a distribution_n thereof_o be_v call_v clotho_n lachesis_n and_o atropos_n lachesis_n as_o it_o dispense_v to_o every_o one_o as_o it_o be_v by_o lot_n atropos_n as_o it_o be_v a_o immutable_a dispensation_n from_o all_o eternity_n clotho_n in_o allusion_n to_o the_o resemblance_n it_o have_v with_o spin_v and_o twist_v of_o thread_n 27._o necessity_n be_v a_o cause_n invincible_a most_o violent_a and_o enforce_v all_o thing_n 29._o fortune_n be_v a_o cause_n unknown_a and_o hide_a to_o humane_a reason_n for_o some_o thing_n come_v by_o necessity_n other_o by_o fate_n some_o by_o deliberate_a counsel_n other_o by_o fortune_n some_o by_o casualty_n 27._o but_o fate_n be_v a_o connexion_n of_o cause_n interlace_v and_o link_v orderly_o comprise_v also_o that_o cause_n proceed_v from_o we_o laert._n that_o all_o thing_n be_v do_v by_o fate_n be_v assert_v by_o zeno_n in_o his_o book_n of_o fate_n and_o possidonius_fw-la in_o his_o second_o book_n of_o fate_n and_o boethus_n in_o his_o 11_o of_o fate_n which_o fato_fw-la chrysippus_n prove_v thus_o if_o there_o be_v any_o motion_n without_o a_o cause_n than_o every_o axiom_n be_v not_o either_o true_a or_o false_a for_o that_o which_o have_v not_o efficient_a cause_n will_v be_v neither_o true_a nor_o false_a but_o every_o axiom_n be_v either_o true_a or_o false_a therefore_o there_o be_v no_o motion_n without_o a_o cause_n and_o if_o so_o than_o all_o thing_n that_o be_v do_v be_v do_v by_o precedent_a cause_n and_o if_o so_o all_o thing_n be_v do_v by_o fate_n that_o all_o axiom_n be_v either_o true_a or_o false_a cicero_n say_v he_o labour_v much_o to_o prove_v whereby_o he_o take_v away_o possible_n indeterminate_v and_o other_o distinction_n of_o the_o academic_n of_o which_o see_v alcinous_n chap._n 26._o fate_n in_o answer_n to_o the_o sluggish_a reason_n if_o it_o be_v your_o fate_n to_o die_v of_o this_o sickness_n you_o shall_v die_v whether_o you_o have_v a_o physician_n or_o no_o and_o if_o it_o be_v your_o fate_n to_o recover_v you_o shall_v recover_v whether_o you_o have_v a_o physician_n or_o not_o chrysippus_n say_v that_o in_o thing_n some_o be_v simple_a some_o conjunct_a simple_n be_v thus_o socrates_n shall_v die_v on_o such_o a_o day_n for_o whether_o he_o do_v any_o thing_n or_o not_o it_o be_v appoint_v he_o shall_v die_v on_o such_o a_o day_n but_o if_o it_o be_v destine_v thus_o laius_n shall_v have_v a_o son_n oedipus_n it_o can_v be_v say_v whether_o he_o accompany_v with_o a_o woman_n or_o not_o for_o it_o be_v a_o conjunct_a thing_n and_o confatall_a as_o he_o term_v it_o because_o it_o be_v destine_v that_o laius_n shall_v lie_v with_o his_o wife_n and_o that_o he_o shall_v get_v oedipus_n of_o she_o as_o if_o we_o shall_v say_v milo_n shall_v wrestle_v at_o the_o olympic_a game_n and_o another_o shall_v infer_v than_o he_o shall_v wrestle_v whether_o he_o have_v a_o adversary_n or_o no_o he_o be_v mistake_v for_o that_o he_o shall_v wrestle_v be_v a_o conjunct_a thing_n because_o there_o be_v no_o wrestle_v without_o a_o adversary_n thus_o be_v refell_v all_o sophism_n of_o this_o kind_n you_o shall_v recover_v whether_o you_o have_v a_o physician_n or_o not_o for_o it_o be_v no_o less_o determine_v by_o fate_n that_o you_o shall_v have_v a_o physician_n than_o that_o you_o shall_v recover_v they_o be_v confatall_a thus_o there_o be_v two_o opinion_n of_o the_o old_a philosopher_n one_o that_o all_o thing_n be_v so_o do_v by_o fate_n that_o fate_n infer_v a_o power_n of_o necessity_n as_o democritus_n heraclitus_n empedocles_n and_o aristotle_n hold_v the_o other_o that_o the_o motion_n of_o our_o soul_n be_v voluntary_a without_o any_o fate_n chrysippus_n as_o a_o honourable_a arbitratour_n take_v the_o middle_a way_n betwixt_o these_o but_o incline_v most_o to_o those_o who_o conceive_v the_o motion_n of_o our_o soul_n free_a from_o necessity_n the_o ancient_n who_o hold_v all_o thing_n to_o be_v do_v by_o fate_n say_v it_o be_v by_o a_o violence_n and_o necessity_n those_o who_o be_v of_o the_o contrary_a opinion_n deny_v that_o fate_n have_v any_o thing_n to_o do_v with_o our_o assent_n and_o that_o there_o be_v no_o necessity_n impose_v upon_o assent_n they_o argue_v thus_o if_o all_o thing_n be_v do_v by_o fate_n all_o thing_n be_v do_v by_o a_o antecedent_n cause_n and_o if_o appetite_n than_o likewise_o those_o thing_n which_o follow_v appetite_n therefore_o assent_v also_o but_o if_o the_o cause_n of_o appetite_n be_v not_o in_o we_o neither_o be_v the_o appetite_n itself_o in_o our_o power_n and_o if_o so_o neither_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v effect_v by_o appetite_n be_v in_o our_o power_n and_o consequent_o neither_o assent_n nor_o action_n be_v in_o our_o power_n whence_o it_o follow_v that_o neither_o praise_n can_v be_v
cyrrha_n and_o the_o thracian_a chersonesus_n many_o say_v legate_n demosthenes_n of_o obscure_a and_o contemptible_a have_v become_v illustrious_a by_o profession_n of_o wisdom_n solon_n both_o live_a and_o dead_a flourish_v in_o extraordinary_a glory_n to_o who_o the_o utmost_a honour_n be_v not_o deny_v for_o he_o leave_v a_o monument_n of_o his_o valour_n the_o megaraean_a trophy_n and_o of_o his_o wisdom_n the_o recovery_n of_o salamis_n the_o occasion_n these_o pausan._n the_o island_n salamis_n revolt_v from_o the_o athenian_n to_o the_o megarense_n plut._n the_o athenian_n have_v have_v a_o long_a troublesome_a war_n with_o the_o magarense_n for_o its_o recovery_n grow_v at_o length_n so_o weary_a that_o give_v it_o over_o they_o make_v a_o law_n forbid_v any_o upon_o pain_n of_o death_n to_o speak_v or_o write_v any_o thing_n to_o persuade_v the_o city_n to_o re-attempt_n it_o solon_n brook_v with_o much_o reluctance_n this_o ignominy_n &_o see_v many_o young_a man_n in_o the_o city_n desirous_a to_o renew_v the_o war_n though_o not_o dare_v to_o move_v it_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o edict_n counterfeit_v himself_o mad_a which_o he_o cause_v to_o be_v give_v out_o through_o the_o city_n and_o have_v private_o compose_v some_o elegiac_a verse_n and_o get_v they_o by_o heart_n come_v skip_v into_o the_o ●orum_n with_o his_o cap_n or_o as_o laertius_n say_v a_o garland_n on_o the_o people_n flock_v about_o he_o he_o go_v up_o into_o the_o place_n of_o the_o crier_n and_o sing_v his_o elegy_n begin_v thus_o a_o crier_n i_o from_o salamis_n the_o fair_a be_o come_v in_o verse_n this_o message_n to_o declare_v pausan._n the_o line_n wherewith_o they_o be_v most_o excite_a be_v these_o rather_o than_o athens_n will_v i_o owe_v my_o birth_n to_o pholegondrian_n or_o sicinian_n earth_n for_o man_n where_o ere_o i_o go_v will_v say_v this_o be_v one_o of_o the_o athenian_n that_o lose_v salamis_n and_o then_o let_v to_o salamis_n renew_v our_o claim_n and_o with_o the_o isle_n recover_v our_o lose_a same_n plut._n this_o poem_n be_v entitle_v salamis_n it_o consist_v of_o a_o hundred_o verse_n very_o elegant_a when_o he_o have_v make_v a_o end_n of_o sing_v it_o be_v much_o applaud_v by_o his_o friend_n particular_o by_o pisistratus_n who_o excite_v the_o citizen_n to_o follow_v his_o advice_n by_o this_o mean_v the_o law_n be_v repeal_v the_o war_n recommence_v wherein_o solon_n be_v make_v general_n the_o common_a report_n be_v that_o take_v pisistratus_n along_o with_o he_o whence_o it_o be_v that_o some_o ascribe_v the_o whole_a glory_n of_o the_o action_n to_o pisistratus_n of_o who_o be_v frontinus_n aeneas_n and_o justine_n he_o sail_v to_o colias_n where_o find_v all_o the_o woman_n celebrate_v the_o festival_n of_o ceres_n he_o send_v a_o trusty_a messenger_n to_o salamis_n who_o pretend_v to_o be_v a_o runagate_n tell_v the_o megarense_n that_o if_o they_o will_v surprise_v the_o principal_a woman_n of_o athens_n they_o shall_v go_v immediate_o with_o he_o to_o colias_n the_o megarense_n believe_v what_o he_o say_v man_v a_o ship_n and_o send_v it_o along_o with_o he_o solon_n assoon_o as_o he_o see_v the_o ship_n come_v from_o the_o island_n command_v the_o woman_n to_o retire_v and_o as_o many_o beardless_a young_a man_n to_o put_v on_o their_o gown_n head-tire_n and_o shoe_n hide_v dagger_n under_o their_o garment_n and_o so_o dance_v and_o play_v by_o the_o seaside_n till_o the_o enemy_n be_v land_v &_o their_o ship_n at_o ●achor_n by_o this_o time_n the_o megarense_n deceive_v by_o their_o outward_a appearance_n land_v in_o great_a haste_n and_o come_v upon_o they_o think_v to_o take_v they_o away_o by_o force_n 1._o but_o they_o sudden_o draw_v their_o sword_n show_v themselves_o to_o be_v man_n not_o woman_n plut._n the_o megarense_n be_v all_o slay_v not_o one_o escape_v the_o athenian_n go_v immediate_o to_o the_o island_n take_v it_o plut._n other_o deny_v it_o be_v take_v in_o this_o manner_n but_o that_o first_o receive_v this_o answer_n from_o the_o delphian_a oracle_n let_v sacrifice_n be_v to_o those_o hero_n pay_v who_o under_o the_o asopian_a ground_n be_v lay_v and_o dead_a be_v by_o the_o set_a sun_n survey_v solon_n by_o night_n sail_v to_o the_o island_n and_o sacrifice_v burn_v offering_n to_o the_o hero_n periphemus_fw-la and_o cichris_n then_o he_o receive_v five_o hundred_o man_n of_o the_o athenian_n with_o condition_n that_o if_o they_o gain_v the_o island_n the_o supreme_a government_n thereof_o shall_v be_v in_o they_o ship_n his_o man_n in_o fisher_n boat_n attend_v by_o one_o ship_n of_o thirty_o oar_n they_o cast_v anchor_n by_o salamis_n near_o a_o point_n opposite_a to_o euboea_n the_o megarense_n who_o be_v in_o salamis_n hear_v a_o uncertain_a rumour_n hereof_o betake_v themselves_o confuse_o to_o arm_n send_v forth_o a_o ship_n to_o bring_v they_o more_o certain_a intelligence_n from_o the_o enemy_n which_o solon_n as_o soon_o as_o it_o come_v near_o take_v and_o kill_v the_o megarense_n man_v with_o choice_a athenian_n who_o he_o command_v to_o make_v direct_o for_o the_o city_n with_o all_o possible_a secrecy_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n he_o with_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o athenians_n assault_v the_o megarense_n by_o land_n and_o whilst_o they_o be_v in_o sight_n they_o who_o be_v in_o the_o ship_n make_v haste_n possess_v themselves_o of_o the_o town_n this_o relation_n be_v confirm_v by_o their_o solemnity_n a_o athenian_a ship_n come_v thither_o first_o in_o silence_n then_o fall_v on_o with_o cry_n and_o shout_n a_o arm_a man_n leap_v forth_o and_o run_v direct_o towards_o the_o scirradian_a promontory_n against_o those_o that_o come_v from_o the_o land_n hard_o by_o be_v the_o temple_n of_o mars_n build_v by_o solon_n for_o he_o overcome_v the_o megarense_n and_o let_v go_v ransomless_a all_o those_o that_o escape_v the_o misery_n of_o the_o war_n 19_o aelian_a say_v he_o take_v two_o ship_n of_o the_o megarense_n whereinto_o he_o put_v athenian_a officer_n and_o soldier_n bid_v they_o put_v on_o the_o armour_n of_o the_o enemy_n whereby_o deceive_v the_o megarense_n he_o slay_v many_o of_o they_o unarm_v plut._n but_o the_o megaren_n say_v persist_v in_o obstinacy_n to_o the_o loss_n of_o many_o life_n on_o both_o side_n the_o business_n be_v refer_v to_o the_o lacedaemonian_n to_o be_v decide_v many_o affirm_v solon_n allege_v the_o authority_n of_o homer_n insert_v a_o verse_n into_o his_o catalogue_n of_o ship_n which_o he_o thus_o recite_v at_o the_o trial_n ajax_z twelve_o vessel_n bring_v to_o salamis_n and_o where_o the_o athenian_a man_n have_v stand_v rank_v his_o by_o which_o second_o verse_n of_o his_o own_o make_n and_o addition_n he_o evince_v that_o salamis_n of_o old_a belong_v to_o the_o athenian_n but_o the_o athenian_n esteem_v this_o relation_n fabulous_a affirm_v solon_n demonstrate_v to_o the_o judge_n that_o phylaeus_fw-la and_o eurisaces_n son_n of_o ajax_n be_v make_v free_a denizen_n by_o the_o athenian_n deliver_v this_o island_n to_o they_o and_o dwell_v one_o at_o branco_n in_o attica_n the_o other_o in_o melita_n whence_o there_o be_v a_o tribe_n name_v philaidae_n from_o philaeus_n of_o which_o be_v pisistratus_n 19_o he_o overcome_v the_o megarense_n in_o a_o oration_n get_v the_o better_a of_o they_o not_o with_o specious_a word_n but_o weight_n of_o argument_n plut._n more_o clear_o to_o convince_v they_o he_o instance_a in_o the_o burial_n of_o the_o dead_a and_o inscription_n of_o the_o name_n of_o town_n use_v by_o those_o of_o salamis_n laert._n as_o he_o show_v by_o dig_v up_o some_o grave_n after_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o athenian_n not_o of_o the_o megarense_n for_o in_o megara_n they_o bury_v their_o dead_a with_o their_o face_n to_o the_o east_n in_o athens_n to_o the_o west_n but_o hereas_n of_o megara_n deny_v this_o affirm_v the_o megarense_n bury_v also_o with_o their_o face_n towards_o the_o west_n for_o further_a confirmation_n solon_n allege_v that_o the_o athenian_n have_v for_o each_o man_n a_o several_a co●●in_n the_o megarense_n bury_v three_o or_o four_o in_o the_o same_o it_o be_v say_v also_o that_o solon_n be_v much_o help_v by_o certain_a oracle_n of_o apollo_n wherein_o he_o call_v salamis_n jonia_n this_o cause_n be_v decide_v by_o five_o spartan_n critolaidas_n amomphoretus_fw-la hypsechidas_n anaxilas_n and_o cleomenes_n plut._n by_o this_o action_n solon_n grow_v into_o great_a esteem_n and_o honour_n but_o he_o become_v not_o long_o after_o much_o more_o admire_a and_o cry_v up_o by_o the_o greek_n phoc._a for_o speak_v concern_v the_o temple_n at_o delphi_n the_o cyrrhaeans_n commit_v many_o impiety_n against_o apollo_n phoc._a and_o cut_v off_o part_n of_o the_o land_n belong_v to_o he_o plu●_n solon_n declare_v that_o it_o behove_v they_o to_o relieve_v it_o and_o not_o to_o suffer_v the_o cyrrhaeans_n
some_o affirm_v he_o receive_v this_o oracle_n from_o apollo_n sit_v at_o the_o helm_n of_o state_n their_o pilot_n be_v the_o commonwealth's_a glad_a to_o be_v steer_v by_o thou_o but_o he_o be_v most_o of_o all_o reprove_v by_o his_o familiar_a friend_n for_o be_v deter_v by_o the_o name_n of_o a_o tyranny_n as_o if_o the_o virtue_n of_o a_o king_n be_v not_o diffuse_v through_o the_o kingdom_n instance_v in_o tynondas_fw-la long_o since_o tyrant_n of_o euboea_n and_o pittacus_n at_o present_a of_o mytelene_n nothing_o they_o allege_v can_v move_v he_o he_o tell_v they_o a_o tyranny_n be_v a_o fair_a possession_n but_o it_o have_v no_o passage_n out_o to_o phocus_n write_v thus_o in_o verse_n that_o i_o preserve_v free_v my_o native_a soil_n nor_o do_v with_o bloody_a tyranny_n desile_v my_o honour_n i_o not_o blush_v at_o by_o this_o deed_n all_o that_o be_v do_v by_o other_o i_o exceed_v whereby_o it_o appear_v he_o be_v of_o great_a authority_n before_o he_o write_v his_o law_n the_o contumely_n of_o such_o as_o reprove_v he_o for_o decline_v the_o government_n he_o thus_o express_v in_o verse_n nor_o wise_a be_v solon_n nor_o good_a counsel_n know_v for_o he_o resist_v the_o good_a that_o god_n bestow_v the_o prey_n within_o his_o power_n he_o do_v behold_v but_o will_v not_o draw_v the_o net_n thought_n mean_o cold_a have_v but_o his_o soul_n with_o noble_a aim_n be_v ●ired_v the_o kingdom_n for_o one_o day_n he_o have_v desire_v then_o split_v and_o all_o his_o family_n expire_v chap._n four_o what_o alteration_n he_o make_v during_o his_o government_n and_o first_o of_o the_o sisacthia_n plut._n though_o he_o refuse_v the_o tyranny_n yet_o he_o behave_v not_o himself_o remisse_o in_o the_o government_n not_o comply_v with_o the_o powerful_a nor_o make_v law_n to_o please_v those_o who_o have_v choose_v he_o where_o thing_n be_v tolerable_a he_o correct_v nor_o alter_v nothing_o fear_v lest_o if_o he_o shall_v change_v and_o confound_v the_o commonwealth_n in_o every_o particular_a he_o shall_v want_v strength_n to_o settle_v it_o again_o and_o to_o temper_v it_o with_o the_o best_a reason_n but_o such_o thing_n unto_o which_o he_o conceive_v he_o may_v persuade_v the_o obsequious_a and_o compel_v the_o refractory_a those_o he_o enact_v join_v as_o he_o say_v force_n and_o justice_n whence_o be_v afterward_o demand_v if_o he_o have_v give_v the_o athenians_n the_o best_a law_n the_o best_a say_v he_o they_o will_v receive_v plut._n the_o first_o change_n he_o make_v in_o the_o government_n be_v this_o he_o laert._n introduce_v the_o sisachthia_n which_o be_v a_o discharge_n of_o body_n and_o good_n or_o as_o as_o hesychius_n define_v it_o a_o law_n for_o remission_n of_o private_a and_o public_a debt_n so_o call_v from_o shake_v off_o the_o oppression_n of_o usury_n laert._n for_o at_o that_o time_n they_o engage_v their_o body_n for_o payment_n and_o many_o through_o want_n be_v constrain_v to_o serve_v their_o creditor_n he_o therefore_o ordain_v that_o for_o the_o time_n past_a all_o debt_n shall_v be_v acquit_v and_o for_o the_o future_a no_o security_n shall_v be_v take_v upon_o the_o body_n of_o any_o this_o by_o a_o moderate_a term_n he_o call_v sisachthia_n there_o want_v not_o of_o who_o be_v androtion_n who_o affirm_v he_o content_v the_o poor_a not_o by_o a_o absolute_a discharge_n of_o the_o debt_n but_o by_o moderate_v the_o interest_n which_o he_o call_v sysacthia_n whereto_o he_o add_v the_o increase_n of_o measure_n and_o valuation_n of_o money_n for_o the_o mina_n which_o be_v before_o 73_o drachma_n he_o make_v a_o hundred_o by_o this_o mean_v the_o poor_a sort_n pay_v a_o great_a sum_n in_o less_o coin_n which_o be_v a_o great_a ease_n to_o the_o debtor_n and_o no_o wrong_n to_o the_o creditor_n but_o the_o great_a part_n hold_v it_o be_v a_o absolute_a discharge_n which_o agree_v best_a with_o the_o verse_n of_o solon_n wherein_o he_o boast_v he_o have_v remove_v the_o bound_n throughout_o the_o land_n f●eed_v such_o as_o be_v under_o oppression_n call_v home_o those_o who_o be_v force_v to_o travail_n have_v forget_v their_o native_a language_n and_o other_o that_o be_v at_o home_n under_o ●ondage_n set_v at_o liberty_n the_o same_o law_n 1._o diodorus_n siculus_n observe_v to_o be_v among_o the_o egyptian_n conceive_v solon_n though_o as_o yet_o he_o have_v not_o be_v there_o derive_v it_o from_o they_o plut._n but_o in_o this_o design_n a_o great_a misfortune_n befall_v he_o whilst_o he_o endeavour_v to_o redress_v the_o oppression_n of_o usury_n and_o be_v study_v how_o to_o begin_v a_o oration_n suitable_a to_o the_o thing_n he_o acquaint_v his_o intimate_a friend_n in_o who_o he_o repose_v most_o confidence_n conori_fw-la clinias_n and_o hipponicus_n that_o he_o mean_v not_o to_o meddle_v with_o land_n but_o to_o cut_v off_o all_o debt_n they_o prevent_v the_o edict_n borrow_v of_o the_o rich_a great_a sum_n of_o money_n wherewith_o they_o purchase_v much_o land_n the_o edict_n be_v publish_v they_o enjoy_v their_o purchase_n without_o satisfy_v their_o creditor_n solon_n be_v much_o blame_v as_o not_o defraud_v with_o the_o rest_n but_o as_o be_v a_o defrauder_n with_o those_o and_o a_o partaker_n of_o their_o cozenage_n but_o this_o imputation_n be_v immediate_o wash_v away_o with_o ●ive_a talent_n so_o much_o he_o have_v forth_o at_o interest_n which_o he_o first_o according_a to_o the_o law_n blot_v out_o laertius_n say_v six_o persuade_v other_o to_o do_v the_o like_a other_o of_o who_o be_v polyz●lus_n the_o rhodian_a fifteen_o but_o his_o friend_n be_v ever_o after_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plut._n this_o please_v neither_o part_n he_o discontent_v the_o rich_a by_o cancel_v their_o ●onds_n the_o poor_a more_o not_o make_v good_a a_o parity_n of_o estate_n which_o they_o expect_v as_o lycurgus_n have_v do_v he_o be_v the_o eleven_o from_o hercules_n have_v reign_v many_o year_n in_o lacedaemon_n great_a in_o authority_n friend_n and_o wealth_n whereby_o he_o be_v able_a to_o make_v good_a what_o he_o think_v convenient_a for_o the_o state_n rather_o by_o force_n then_o persuasion_n even_o to_o the_o loss_n of_o his_o eye_n effect_v as_o a_o thing_n most_o expedient_a to_o the_o preservation_n and_o peace_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n that_o none_o of_o the_o citizen_n be_v either_o rich_a or_o poor_a but_o solon_n attain_v not_o this_o in_o the_o commonwealth_n he_o be_v one_o of_o the_o people_n and_o of_o a_o mean_a degree_n yet_o he_o omit_v nothing_o within_o his_o power_n carry_v on_o by_o his_o own_o judgement_n and_o the_o faith_n which_o the_o citizen_n have_v in_o he_o that_o he_o displease_v many_o who_o expect_v other_o thing_n be_v thus_o acknowledge_v by_o himself_o before_o they_o look_v upon_o i_o kind_o now_o with_o eye_n severe_a and_o a_o contract_a brow_n have_v any_o else_o my_o power_n he_o will_v exact_v their_o riches_n and_o their_o fat_a milk_n extract_v but_o both_o party_n soon_o find_v how_o much_o this_o conduce_v to_o the_o general_a good_a and_o lay_v aside_o their_o private_a difference_n sacrifice_v together_o call_v the_o sacrifice_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chap._n 5._o how_o he_o divide_v the_o people_n into_o class_n and_o erect_v court_n of_o judicatory_a hereupon_o they_o choose_v so●on_a reformer_n and_o law_n giver_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n plut._n not_o limit_v he_o to_o any_o thing_n but_o submit_v all_o to_o his_o power_n magistracy_n convocation_n judgement_n court_n to_o take_v a_o account_n of_o they_o to_o prescribe_v what_o number_n and_o time_n he_o please_v to_o disannul_v or_o ratify_v of_o the_o present_a law_n what_o he_o think_v good_a plut._n first_o than_o he_o quite_o abolish_v all_o the_o law_n of_o draco_n except_o for_o murder_n because_o of_o their_o rigidness_n and_o severity_n for_o he_o punish_v almost_o all_o offence_n with_o death_n as_o that_o they_o who_o be_v surprise_v in_o idleness_n shall_v be_v put_v to_o death_n they_o who_o steal_v herb_n or_o apple_n shall_v undergo_v the_o same_o punishment_n with_o such_o as_o have_v commit_v murder_n or_o sacrilege_n whence_o demades_n witty_o say_v dreco_n write_v his_o law_n not_o in_o ink_n but_o blood_n he_o be_v ask_v why_o he_o punish_v all_o offence_n with_o death_n answer_v he_o conceive_v the_o leas●_n deserve_v so_o much_o and_o he_o know_v no_o more_o for_o the_o great_a 23._o herodicus_n ●lluding_v to_o his_o name_n say_v his_o law_n be_v not_o of_o a_o man_n but_o of_o a_o dragon_n they_o be_v so_o rigid_a and_o aristotle_n say_v there_o be_v nothing_o in_o they_o extraordinary_a and_o worthy_a of_o memory_n but_o that_o soverity_n and_o greatness_n of_o penalty_n which_o be_v so_o excessive_a that_o 18._o not_o by_o any_o edict_n or_o command_n but_o by_o a_o silent_a and_o express_v
consent_n among_o the_o athenian_n they_o be_v lay_v aside_o afterward_o they_o use_v the_o mild_a law_n make_v by_o solon_n differ_v even_o in_o name_n the_o first_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o latter_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d suid._n those_o of_o draco_n be_v make_v in_o the_o 39_o olympiad_n 47_o year_n as_o timocr_n ulpian_n account_n before_o these_o of_o solon_n plut._n next_o solon_n be_v desirous_a that_o all_o office_n may_v continue_v as_o they_o be_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o rich_a but_o that_o other_o privilege_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n from_o which_o the_o people_n be_v exclude_v may_v be_v promiscuous_o dispose_v take_v a_o account_n and_o valuation_n of_o the_o people_n pollux_n and_o divide_v they_o into_o four_o order_n those_o who_o stock_n of_o dry_a and_o liquid_a fruit_n amount_v to_o 500_o measure_n he_o rank_v in_o the_o first_o place_n and_o call_v pentacosiomedimni_n pollux_n these_o pay_v a_o talon_n to_o the_o public_a treasury_n in_o the_o second_o class_n be_v those_o who_o be_v able_a to_o maintain_v a_o horse_n or_o receive_v 300._o measure_n these_o he_o call_v pollux_n for_o that_o reason_n horseman_n they_o pay_v hal●e_v a_o talon_n the_o three_o class_n be_v zengitae_fw-la pollux_n so_o call_v because_o they_o have_v 200._o measure_n of_o both_o sort_n pollux_n these_o pay_v 10._o minae_fw-la the_o rest_n be_v all_o call_v th●tes_n who_o he_o suffer_v not_o to_o be_v capable_a of_o any_o magistracy_n neither_o do_v they_o pay_v any_o thing_n but_o only_o have_v so_o far_o interest_n in_o the_o common_a wealth_n as_o to_o have_v a_o suffrage_n in_o the_o public_a convocation_n &_o at_o judgement_n which_o at_o first_o seem_v nothing_o but_o afterward_o appear_v to_o be_v of_o great_a consequence_n for_o in_o whatsoever_o be_v bring_v before_o the_o judge_n he_o give_v they_o leave_v if_o they_o will_v to_o appeal_v to_o the_o common_a forum_n moreover_o write_v his_o law_n obscure_o and_o perplex_o he_o increase_v the_o power_n of_o the_o forum_n for_o not_o be_v able_a to_o determine_v controversy_n by_o the_o law_n they_o be_v force_v to_o have_v recourse_n to_o the_o judge_n as_o master_n of_o the_o law_n this_o equality_n he_o himself_o thus_o express_v the_o commons_o i_o sufficient_a power_n allow_v honour_n from_o none_o i_o take_v on_o none_o bestow_v those_o who_o in_o power_n or_o wealth_n the_o rest_n outshine_v in_o bound_n of_o moderation_n i_o confine_v to_o either_o part_n i_o be_v a_o firm_a defence_n and_o neither_o do_v allow_v pre-eminence_n hither_o 90._o seneca_n allude_v say_v solon_n found_v athens_n upon_o equal_a right_n and_o 2._o justine_n he_o carry_v himself_o with_o such_o temper_n between_o the_o commons_o and_o the_o senate_n that_o he_o attract_v equal_a favour_n from_o both_o he_o suffer_v no_o man_n say_v theophra_v aeneus_fw-la gazeus_n to_o have_v a_o peculiar_a law_n but_o make_v all_o man_n subject_a to_o the_o same_o plut._n he_o likewise_o continue_v plutarch_n constitute_v the_o court_n of_o the_o areopagus_n consist_v of_o the_o yearly_a archon_n whereof_o himself_o be_v the_o chief_a be_v one_o perceive_v the_o people_n to_o be_v much_o exalt_v and_o enbolden_v by_o the_o remission_n of_o their_o debt_n he_o ordain_v a_o second_o court_n of_o judicature_n select_v out_o of_o each_o tribe_n which_o be_v in_o all_o four_o a_o hundred_o person_n who_o shall_v resolve_v upon_o all_o decree_n before_o they_o be_v report_v to_o the_o people_n nor_o shall_v any_o thing_n be_v bring_v to_o they_o until_o it_o have_v first_o past_o the_o senate_n the_o supreme_a senate_n he_o appoint_v judge_n and_o preserver_n of_o the_o law_n conceive_v the_o city_n will_v be_v less_o apt_a to_o float_v up_o and_o down_o and_o the_o people_n become_v more_o settle_v rely_v upon_o these_o two_o court_n as_o on_o two_o anchor_n thus_o the_o great_a part_n of_o writer_n make_v solon_n institutor_n of_o the_o court_n of_o areopagus_n of_o who_o also_o be_v 1._o cicero_n whichseem_v to_o be_v confirm_v in_o that_o draco_n never_o mention_n the_o areopagite_n but_o in_o criminal_a cause_n always_o name_v the_o ephetae_n but_o the_o eight_o law_n of_o the_o thirty_o table_n of_o solon_n have_v these_o word_n those_o who_o be_v brand_v with_o infamy_n before_o solon_n be_v archon_n let_v they_o be_v restore_v to_o their_o fame_n except_o such_o as_o be_v condemn_v by_o the_o areopagite_n or_o by_o the_o ephetae_n etc._n etc._n and_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o the_o court_n of_o areopagus_n be_v long_o before_o solon_n time_n until_o then_o consist_v promiscuous_o of_o such_o person_n as_o be_v eminent_a for_o nobility_n power_n or_o riches_n but_o solon_n reform_v it_o ordain_v none_o shall_v be_v thereof_o but_o such_o as_o have_v first_o undergo_v the_o office_n of_o archon_n see_v meursius_n areop_n cap._n 3._o 6._o pollux_n say_v that_o solon_n ordain_v a_o thousand_o man_n to_o ●udge_v all_o accusation_n nub._n demetrius_n phalereus_n that_o he_o constitute_v the_o demarci_n first_o call_v nauclari_fw-la chap._n vi_o his_o law_n have_v thus_o dispose_v the_o commonwealth_n and_o court_n of_o judicature_n he_o in_o the_o next_o place_n apply_v himself_o to_o make_v law_n which_o he_o perform_v so_o excellent_o that_o he_o be_v general_o remember_v under_o that_o notion_n which_o minos_n of_o crect_n and_o lycurgus_n of_o lacedaemon_n who_o law_n those_o of_o solon_n exceed_v as_o 3._o tacitus_n say_v both_o in_o exquisiteness_n and_o number_n doctr_n of_o how_o much_o great_a esteem_n they_o be_v then_o all_o before_o they_o may_v be_v compute_v from_o this_o that_o they_o be_v the_o last_o and_o continue_v always_o in_o the_o ci●ty_n they_o for_o who_o they_o be_v make_v think_v they_o more_o illustrious_a than_o their_o public_a ornament_n which_o transcend_v those_o of_o all_o other_o city_n more_o impregnable_a than_o their_o tower_n which_o they_o account_v the_o strong_a of_o all_o upon_o earth_n and_o far_o better_a than_o th●se_a thing_n wherein_o they_o glory_v most_o *_o nor_o be_v they_o of_o less_o esteem_n among_o foreign_a nation_n insomuch_o that_o the_o roman_n 3._o agree_v concern_v law_n in_o general_a but_o differ_v about_o the_o lawgiver_n send_v ambassador_n to_o athens_n sp._n posthumius_fw-la albus_n a._n manlius_n p._n sulpitius_n camerinus_n command_v they_o to_o transcribe_v the_o renown_a law_n of_o solon_n 21._o which_o transfer_v out_o of_o the_o book_n of_o solon_n the_o d●cemviri_fw-la expound_v in_o the_o twelve_o table_n hence_o 22._o ammianus_n ma●cellinus_n say_v that_o solon_n assist_v by_o the_o sentence_n of_o the_o egyptian_a priest_n have_v with_o just_a moderation_n frame_v law_n add_v also_o to_o the_o roman_a state_n the_o great_a foundation_n of_o his_o law_n these_o have_v be_v preserve_v by_o plutarch_n and_o other_o plut._n if_o any_o man_n be_v beat_v hurt_v or_o violent_o treat_v whosoever_o have_v the_o mean_n and_o will_n may_v sue_v the_o offendor_n thus_o say_v plutarch_n he_o wise_o bring_v the_o citizen_n to_o a_o mutual_a sense_n of_o one_o another_o hurt_n as_o if_o do_v to_o a_o limb_n of_o their_o own_o body_n plut._n of_o infamous_a person_n let_v all_o such_o as_o be_v infamous_a before_o the_o government_n of_o solon_n be_v restore_v to_o their_o fame_n except_v whosoever_o be_v condemn_v by_o the_o ephetae_n or_o in_o the_o ●rytanaeum_fw-la by_o the_o magistrate_n banish_v for_o murder_n theft_n or_o aspire_v to_o tyranny_n this_o be_v the_o eight_o law_n of_o the_o thirteen_o table_n there_o be_v two_o kind_n of_o infamy_n by_o the_o lesser_a a_o man_n be_v degrade_v and_o make_v uncapable_a of_o all_o honour_n or_o office_n in_o the_o commonwealth_n by_o the_o great_a he_o and_o his_o child_n be_v liable_a to_o be_v kill_v by_o any_o man_n and_o he_o not_o to_o be_v question_v for_o it_o plut._n of_o his_o law_n those_o seem_v most_o singular_a and_o paradoxall_a which_o declare_v he_o infamous_a who_o in_o a_o sedition_n take_v neither_o part_n it_o be_v cite_v out_o of_o aristotle_n by_o 12._o agellius_n in_o these_o word_n if_o through_o discord_n and_o dissension_n any_o sedition_n and_o difference_n divide_v the_o people_n into_o two_o faction_n whereupon_o with_o exasperate_v mind_n both_o party_n take_v up_o arm_n and_o fight_n he_o who_o at_o that_o time_n and_o upon_o that_o occasion_n of_o civil_a discord_n shall_v not_o engage_v himself_o on_o either_o side_n but_o solitary_a and_o separate_v from_o the_o common_a evil_n of_o the_o city_n withdraw_v himself_o let_v he_o be_v deprive_v of_o house_n country_n and_o good_n by_o banishment_n plut._n he_o will_v not_o that_o any_o one_o save_v himself_o harmless_a shall_v he_o insensible_a of_o the_o common_a calamity_n or_o boast_v himself_o to_o have_v no_o share_n in_o the_o public_a grief_n but_o that_o instant_o apply_v himself_o to_o
up_o to_o a_o trade_n mention_v also_o by_o 6._o vit●uvius_n art_n galen_n 7._o theophylact_fw-mi and_o other_o and_o command_v the_o court_n of_o a●eopagus_n to_o examine_v by_o what_o gain_n every_o man_n maintain_v himself_o and_o to_o punish_v idle_a person_n who_o he_o make_v liable_a to_o the_o action_n of_o every_o man_n and_o at_o the_o three_o conviction_n punish_v with_o infamy_n this_o law_n 7._o herodotus_n and_o 1._o diodorus_n siculus_n affirm_v to_o have_v be_v in_o use_n among_o the_o egyptian_n make_v by_o amasis_n and_o from_o they_o divide_v by_o solon_n to_o the_o athenian_n plut._n yet_o more_o severe_a be_v that_o mention_v by_o heraclide_n of_o pontus_n which_o disengage_v the_o son_n of_o concubine_n from_o maintain_v their_o father_n he_o who_o transgress_v the_o bound_n of_o marriage_n profess_v he_o do_v it_o not_o out_o of_o desire_n of_o issue_n but_o for_o pleasure_n and_o therefore_o already_o have_v his_o reward_n and_o can_v expect_v to_o have_v no_o further_o tie_v upon_o those_o he_o beget_v who_o birth_n be_v their_o shame_n plut._n most_o incongruous_a seem_v those_o law_n of_o solon_n which_o concern_v woman_n for_o he_o permit_v that_o whosoever_o surprise_v a_o adulterer_n with_o the_o wife_n or_o eratusth_n concubine_n of_o any_o may_v kill_v he_o or_o exact_a money_n of_o he_o he_o that_o ravish_v a_o free_a woman_n be_v fine_v 100_o drachma_n he_o that_o play_v the_o pander_n 20_o l'●arch_v aeschines_n say_v to_o die_v except_o to_o such_o woman_n as_o be_v common_a he_o also_o forbid_v any_o man_n to_o give_v his_o sister_n or_o daughter_n to_o that_o profession_n unless_o himself_o first_o surprise_v she_o with_o a_o man_n this_o say_v plutarch_n seem_v absurd_a to_o punish_v the_o same_o offence_n sometime_o severe_o with_o death_n sometime_o with_o a_o pecuniary_a mulct_n unless_o because_o at_o that_o time_n money_n be_v very_o rare_a in_o athens_n the_o scarcity_n thereof_o aggravate_v the_o punishment_n plut._n he_o assign_v five_o hundred_o drachma_n to_o the_o victor_n of_o the_o isthmian_a game_n a_o hundred_o to_o the_o victor_n of_o the_o olympic_a attest_v also_o by_o laertius_n who_o say_v he_o contract_v the_o reward_n of_o the_o athletas_fw-la judge_v they_o dangerous_a victor_n and_o that_o they_o be_v crown_v rather_o against_o then_o for_o their_o country_n plut._n whosover_n bring_v a_o hee-wolfe_n be_v to_o receive_v five_o drachm_n for_o a_o she-wolf_n one_o according_a to_o demetreus_n phalereus_n this_o be_v the_o price_n of_o a_o sheep_n that_o of_o a_o ox._n it_o be_v customary_a with_o the_o athenian_n that_o such_o as_o have_v ground_n fit_a for_o pasture_n then_o plough_v make_v war_n with_o the_o wolf_n plut._n for_o asmuch_o as_o there_o be_v such_o scarcity_n of_o river_n lake_n and_o spring_n in_o the_o country_n that_o they_o be_v constrain_v to_o dig_v well_n he_o make_v a_o law_n where_o there_o be_v a_o common_a well_o within_o a_o hippicon_fw-la they_o shall_v make_v use_n of_o it_o a_fw-la hippicon_fw-la be_v the_o distance_n of_o four_o furlong_n they_o that_o live_v further_o off_o shall_v procure_v water_n of_o their_o own_o and_o if_o when_o they_o have_v dig_v ten_o fathom_n deep_a they_o find_v not_o any_o they_o may_v be_v allow_v to_o fill_v a_o pitcher_n of_o six_o gallon_n twice_o a_o day_n at_o their_o neighbour_n well_o plut._n these_o exact_a rule_n he_o prescribe_v for_o plant_v whosoever_o plant_v any_o young_a tree_n in_o his_o ground_n shall_v set_v it_o five_o foot_n distant_a from_o his_o neighbour_n who_o a_o figtree_n or_o olive-tree_n nine_o because_o the_o root_n of_o these_o spread_v far_o nor_o be_v their_o neighbourhood_n harmless_a to_o all_o but_o suck_v away_o the_o nourishment_n and_o to_o some_o their_o blatt_a be_v prejudicial_a plut._n whosoever_o dig_v any_o hole_n or_o ditch_n must_v make_v it_o so_o far_o distant_a from_o he_o neighbour_n as_o it_o be_v deep_a these_o be_v confirm_v by_o tab_v caius_n add_v whosoever_o make_v a_o hedge_n to_o divide_v himself_o from_o his_o neighbour_n must_v not_o exceed_v his_o own_o bound_n if_o a_o wall_n he_o must_v leave_v the_o space_n of_o a_o foot_n if_o a_o house_n two_o foot_n if_o a_o well_o a_o fathom_n whosoever_o place_v a_o hive_n of_o bee_n shall_v observe_v the_o distance_n of_o thirty_o foot_n from_o those_o that_o be_v before_o place_v by_o his_o neighbour_n plut._n he_o command_v the_o archon_n to_o curse_v he_o who_o export_v any_o thing_n ou●_n of_o the_o country_n or_o that_o he_o shall_v pay_v a_o hundred_o drachma_n to_o the_o public_a treasury_n whereby_o they_o be_v not_o to_o be_v reject_v who_o say_v that_o of_o old_a the_o exportation_n of_o fig_n be_v prohibit_v and_o that_o he_o who_o discover_v exporter_n be_v call_v a_o sycophant_n plut._n he_o make_v a_o law_n concern_v such_o as_o shall_v be_v hurt_v by_o a_o dog_n wherein_o he_o ordain_v the_o dog_n that_o bite_v to_o be_v bind_v in_o a_o chain_n four_o cubit_n long_o plut._n this_o law_n concern_v denization_n be_v difficult_a that_o none_o shall_v be_v make_v free_a of_o the_o city_n except_o such_o as_o be_v banish_v for_o ever_o out_o of_o their_o o●ne_a country_n or_o come_v to_o athens_n with_o their_o whole_a family_n to_o exercise_v some_o trade_n this_o he_o do_v not_o to_o drive_v away_o foreigner_n but_o to_o invite_v they_o to_o athens_n by_o certainty_n of_o admittance_n into_o the_o city_n conceive_v such_o will_v be_v faithful_a those_o out_o of_o necessity_n these_o out_o of_o goodwill_n plut._n likewise_o to_o be_v feast_v in_o the_o public_a hall_n be_v the_o peculiar_a institution_n of_o solon_n which_o he_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o permit_v the_o same_o person_n to_o eat_v there_o frequent_o but_o if_o he_o who_o be_v invite_v will_v not_o accept_v of_o it_o he_o be_v punish_v conceive_v this_o a_o contempt_n of_o the_o public_a honour_n that_o a_o inordinate_a appetite_n hitherto_o plutarch_n these_o follow_a be_v recite_v by_o laertius_n laert._n if_o any_o one_o maintain_v not_o his_o parent_n let_v he_o be_v infamous_a as_o likewise_o he_o that_o devour_v his_o patrimony_n hither_o timarch_n aeschines_n allude_v in_o the_o four_o place_n with_o who_o have_v he_o to_o do_v if_o any_o man_n by_o prodigality_n have_v consume_v his_o patrimony_n or_o hereditary_a good_n for_o he_o conceive_v he_o who_o have_v order_v his_o own_o family_n ill_o will_v in_o the_o same_o manner_n take_v care_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n neither_o do_v the_o lawgiver_n imagine_v it_o possible_a that_o the_o same_o person_n shall_v be_v private_o wicked_a and_o public_o good_a or_o that_o it_o be_v fit_v such_o a_o one_o shall_v go_v up_o into_o the_o chair_n who_o take_v more_o care_n to_o frame_v a_o oration_n then_o to_o compose_v his_o life_n laert._n he_o forbid_v such_o as_o haunt_v common_a woman_n to_o plead_v confirm_v by_o aeschines_n timarch_n in_o the_o three_o place_n with_o who_o have_v he_o to_o do_v if_o any_o man_n say_v he_o be_v a_o haunter_n of_o common_a woman_n or_o procure_v money_n by_o such_o mean_n for_o he_o conceive_v such_o a_o one_o as_o sell_v his_o own_o fame_n for_o money_n will_v easy_o sell_v the_o business_n of_o the_o state_n and_o androt_n demosthenes_n it_o be_v worth_a inquiry_n and_o consideration_n athenians_n how_o great_a care_n solon_n the_o author_n of_o this_o law_n have_v in_o the_o commonwealth_n in_o all_o those_o which_o he_o make_v and_o how_o particular_o solicitous_a he_o be_v herein_o above_o all_o other_o thing_n which_o as_o it_o be_v evident_a by_o many_o other_o law_n so_o also_o by_o this_o which_o forbid_v those_o qui_fw-fr s●_n prostituerunt_fw-la either_o to_o plead_v or_o judge_v in_o public_a laert._n he_o augment_v the_o reward_n of_o such_o as_o shall_v die_v in_o war_n who_o son_n he_o order_v to_o be_v bring_v up_o and_o instruct_v at_o the_o public_a charge_n panathen_a aristides_n thou_o alone_o of_o all_o man_n do_v ordain_v these_o three_o thing_n by_o law_n that_o such_o as_o die_v for_o their_o country_n shall_v be_v annual_o praise_v public_o at_o their_o sepulchre_n their_o child_n till_o grow_v man_n maintain_v at_o the_o public_a charge_n than_o send_v back_o to_o their_o father_n house_n with_o complete_a arm_n likewise_o that_o infirm_a citizen_n shall_v be_v maintain_v at_o the_o public_a charge_n menexen_n plato_n add_v that_o the_o same_o indulgence_n be_v allow_v to_o the_o parent_n you_o know_v the_o care_n of_o the_o common_a wealth_n which_o in_o the_o law_n concern_v the_o child_n and_o parent_n of_o such_o as_o die_v in_o the_o war_n command_v the_o supreme_a magistrate_n to_o take_v care_n that_o the_o parent_n of_o those_o that_o die_v in_o the_o war_n above_o all_o other_o citizen_n shall_v not_o receive_v any_o injury_n the_o state_n bring_v up_o the_o
a_o wheel_n whence_o they_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 10._o place_v first_o in_o the_o tower_n then_o bring_v into_o the_o prytanaeum_n that_o all_o may_v see_v they_o where_o there_o be_v some_o remain_v of_o they_o in_o plutarch_n time_n those_o which_o concern_v suid._n public_a order_n and_o sacrifice_n in_o *_o triangular_a table_n of_o stone_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d either_o from_o vec_fw-fr cyrbus_fw-la who_o take_v the_o account_n of_o every_o man_n estate_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o from_o the_o corybantes_n suid._n to_o who_o the_o invention_n thereof_o be_v by_o some_o ascribe_v ares_n these_o be_v place_v in_o the_o porticus_fw-la regius_fw-la suid._n both_o the_o axe_n and_o cyrbe_n be_v write_v after_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o ox_n to_o turn_v in_o plough_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whence_o demosthenes_n call_v that_o law_n the_o low_a which_o begin_v on_o the_o left_a side_n flood_n the_o senate_n take_v one_o common_a oath_n to_o make_v good_a the_o law_n of_o solon_n for_o a_o hundred_o year_n each_o of_o the_o thesmothetae_n swear_v in_o the_o forum_n at_o the_o crier_n stone_n if_o he_o violate_v they_o to_o dedicate_v a_o golden_a statute_n of_o equal_a weight_n with_o himself_o at_o delphi_n some_o particular_n of_o the_o oath_n impose_v by_o solon_n mention_v by_o several_a author_n as_o not_o to_o abrogate_v his_o law_n by_o plutarch_n to_o admit_v no_o young_a man_n to_o be_v judge_n by_o 112._o stobaeu_n ●o_o hear_v impartial_o bot●_n the_o plaintiff_n and_o defendant_n by_o ●_o demosthenes_n argue_v it_o to_o be_v the_o same_o which_o the_o same_o dem●st_n author_n deliver_v in_o these_o word_n i_o will_v declare_v my_o opinion_n according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o the_o athenian_n and_o five_o hundred_o senator_n by_o no_o assistance_n from_o i_o shall_v tyranny_n or_o oligarchy_n be_v admit_v i_o will_v never_o side_n with_o he_o who_o have_v corrupt_v the_o people_n or_o intend_v or_o endeavour_n it_o i_o will_v never_o suffer_v any_o new_a table_n or_o any_o division_n of_o those_o already_o receive_v or_o a_o parity_n of_o land_n or_o good_n i_o will_v never_o call_v home_o any_o banish_a or_o confine_v person_n i_o will_v consent_v that_o he_o be_v expel_v the_o city_n who_o deny_v these_o law_n decree_v by_o the_o senate_n confirm_v by_o the_o people_n i_o will_v never_o permit_v any_o to_o be_v injure_v i_o will_v never_o constitute_v any_o magistrate_n before_o he_o have_v give_v account_n of_o his_o last_o magistracy_n i_o will_v never_o permit_v the_o same_o man_n to_o be_v choose_v twice_o in_o one_o year_n or_o at_o once_o to_o hold_v two_o office_n i_o will_v neither_o take_v nor_o suffer_v any_o to_o take_v bribe_n or_o reward_n i_o be_o thirty_o year_n old_a i_o will_v hear_v impartial_o both_o plaintiff_n and_o defendant_n &_o condemn_v without_o excuse_v those_o that_o deserve_v it_o i_o swear_v by_o jove_n by_o neptune_n and_o by_o ceres_n may_v they_o destroy_v i_o my_o house_n and_o child_n if_o i_o observe_v not_o all_o these_o particular_n hence_o perhaps_o it_o be_v that_o 〈◊〉_d hesychius_n affime_v solon_n in_o his_o law_n to_o have_v ordain_v a_o oath_n by_o three_o go_n consider_v the_o irregularity_n of_o month_n and_o the_o course_n of_o the_o moon_n which_o agree_v not_o always_o with_o the_o rise_n and_o set_v of_o the_o sun_n but_o some_o time_n overtake_v and_o go_v past_o he_o in_o one_o day_n he_o call_v that_o day_n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d last_o and_o first_o attribute_v that_o part_n which_o precede_v the_o conjunction_n to_o the_o last_o month_n the_o rest_n to_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o next_o thus_o la●rt_n he_o teach_v the_o athenian_n to_o accommodate_v the_o reckon_n of_o their_o day_n to_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o moon_n plut_z and_o be_v as_o it_o appear_v the_o first_o who_o understand_v right_o that_o of_o homer_n when_o one_o month_n end_v and_o the_o next_o begin_v the_o day_n follow_v he_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o new_a moon_n from_o the_o twenty_o day_n to_o the_o thirty_o he_o reckon_v not_o by_o addition_n but_o by_o substraction_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o moon_n decrease_v of_o this_o see_v 2._o aristophanes_n laert._n he_o order_v the_o verse_n of_o homer_n to_o be_v recite_v successive_o that_o where_o the_o first_o end_v the_o next_o shall_v begin_v whence_o diuchides_n say_v he_o illustrate_v homer_n more_o than_o pisistratus_n by_o who_o the_o rhapsody_n be_v first_o collect_v the_o principal_a verse_n be_v they_o who_o inhabit_v athens_n etc._n etc._n 13._o he_o first_o tolerate_v common_a courtesan_n and_o with_o the_o money_n they_o pay_v to_o the_o state_n erect_v a_o temple_n to_o venus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 6._o he_o first_o teach_v soldier_n to_o march_v by_o the_o sound_n of_o fife_n and_o harp_n observe_v a_o kind_n of_o measure_n in_o their_o pace_n chap._n viii_o how_o he_o entertain_v anacharsis_n his_o travel_n to_o egypt_n cyprus_n miletus_n delphi_n corinth_n and_o crect_n laert._n in_o the_o forty_o seven_o olympiad_n according_a to_o ●_o sosicrates_n anacharsis_n come_v to_o athens_n eucrates_n be_v archon_n plut._n he_o go_v immediate_o to_o the_o house_n of_o solon_n and_o knock_v at_o the_o door_n say_v he_o be_v a_o stranger_n desirous_a of_o his_o friendship_n and_o hospitality_n solon_n answer_v it_o be_v better_a to_o contract_v friendship_n at_o home_n than_o you_o that_o be_v at_o home_n reply_n anacharsis_n make_v i_o your_o friend_n and_o g●ist_v solon_n admire_v his_o acuteness_n entertain_v he_o kind_o and_o keep_v he_o sometime_o with_o he_o whilst_o he_o be_v employ_v about_o public_a affair_n and_o order_v his_o law_n which_o anacharsis_n understand_v smile_v that_o he_o undertake_v to_o curb_v the_o injustice_n and_o covetousness_n of_o citizens_n by_o write_v ordinance_n nothing_o differ_v from_o cobweb_n hold_v fast_o the_o weak_a and_o poor_a whilst_o the_o powerful_a and_o rich_a break_n through_o they_o whereto_o solon_n answer_v that_o man_n stand_v fast_o to_o those_o covenant_n which_o it_o be_v not_o convement_n for_o ●ither_o party_n to_o break_v he_o give_v the_o citizen_n such_o law_n as_o it_o be_v evident_a to_o all_o that_o to_o keep_v be_v better_a then_o to_o transgress_v but_o the_o event_n agree_v more_o with_o the_o conjecture_n of_o anacharsis_n than_o the_o expectation_n of_o solon_n plut._n after_o his_o law_n be_v promulgate_v some_o or_o other_o come_v daily_o to_o he_o either_o to_o praise_v or_o dispraise_v they_o or_o to_o advise_v he_o to_o put_v in_o or_o out_o whatsoever_o come_v into_o their_o mind_n the_o great_a part_n to_o have_v the_o meaning_n explain_v question_v how_o every_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v and_o entreat_v he_o to_o unfold_v the_o sense_n he_o consider_v that_o not_o to_o satisfy_v they_o will_v argue_v pride_n to_o satisfy_v they_o will_v make_v he_o liable_a to_o censure_v determine_v to_o avoid_v ambiguity_n importunity_n and_o occasion_n of_o blame_n for_o as_o he_o say_v in_o thing_n that_o be_v not_o small_a it_o be_v hard_a to_o sing_v to_o all_o colour_v his_o travail_n with_o be_v master_n of_o a_o ship_n and_o have_v obtain_v leave_v of_o the_o athenian_n to_o be_v absent_a ten_o year_n he_o put_v to_o sea_n hope_v in_o that_o time_n his_o law_n will_v become_v familiar_a to_o they_o plut._n the_o first_o place_n of_o his_o arrival_n be_v egypt_n where_o he_o dwell_v as_o himself_o say_v at_o nilus_n mouth_n near_o the_o canobian_a shore_n he_o study_v philosophy_n awhile_o with_o psenophis_n of_o heliopolis_n and_o sonche_n of_o sais_n the_o most_o learned_a of_o those_o priest_n by_o who_o plato_n affirm_v he_o be_v teach_v the_o atlantic_a language_n which_o he_o afterward_o begin_v to_o explain_v in_o verse_n when_o he_o question_v they_o in_o antiquity_n the_o elder_a say_v to_o he_o o_o solon_n solon_n you_o greek_n be_v always_o child_n there_o be_v not_o one_o greek_n a_o old_a man_n plut._n thence_o he_o go_v to_o cyprus_n where_o he_o be_v much_o favour_v by_o p●ioc●prus_n one_o of_o the_o king_n of_o that_o country_n who_o have_v a_o little_a town_n build_v by_o d●mophoon_n son_n of_o theseus_n upon_o the_o river_n clarius_n in_o a_o strong_a place_n but_o rugged_a and_o barren_a solon_n persuade_v he_o there_o lie_v a_o pleasant_a plain_a underneath_o it_o to_o transfer_v the_o town_n thither_o make_v it_o more_o spacious_a and_o delightful_a solon_n be_v present_a at_o the_o do_v hereof_o take_v care_v it_o may_v be_v people_v and_o assist_v the_o king_n to_o contrive_v it_o as_o well_o for_o health_n as_o strength_n whereupon_o many_o come_v into_o philocyprus_fw-la who_o other_o king_n aemulate_v
in_o serious_a matter_n but_o ludicrous_a use_v as_o it_o seem_v for_o his_o exercise_n and_o pastime_n afterward_o he_o include_v many_o philosophical_a sentence_n in_o verse_n and_o many_o affair_n of_o state_n not_o in_o relation_n to_o history_n but_o to_o vindicate_v his_o own_o action_n sometime_o also_o to_o correct_v and_o reprove_v the_o athenian_n plato_n say_v crit_n that_o at_o the_o apaturian_n feast_n the_o boy_n use_v to_o repeat_v his_o poem_n and_o that_o if_o he_o have_v apply_v himself_o to_o nothing_o but_o poetry_n as_o other_o do_v and_o have_v finish_v the_o history_n he_o bring_v out_o of_o egypt_n and_o have_v not_o be_v constrain_v by_o sedition_n and_o other_o distraction_n to_o lay_v aside_o that_o study_n neither_o hesiod_n homer_n nor_o any_o of_o the_o poet_n will_v have_v be_v more_o famous_a of_o his_o write_n in_o prose_n we_o must_v with_o laertius_n name_n in_o the_o first_o place_n his_o law_n of_o which_o already_o oration_n to_o the_o people_n his_o poem_n be_v cite_v under_o that_o general_a title_n by_o attic._n phrynicus_n their_o particular_a subject_n and_o title_n these_o exhortation_n to_o himself_o mention_v by_o laertius_n 〈◊〉_d aristides_n and_o suidas_n elegy_n salamis_n of_o which_o chap._n 2._o of_o the_o athenian_a commonwealth_n which_o laertius_n affirm_v to_o have_v extend_v to_o two_o thousand_o verse_n according_a to_o attic._n pausanias_n and_o 〈◊〉_d philo_n elegiac_a iambic_n mention_v by_o la●rtius_n cite_v by_o athenaeus_n and_o aristides_n epode_n mention_v by_o laertius_n elegy_n to_o king_n cypranor_n cite_v by_o the_o author_n of_o aratus_n his_o life_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cite_v by_o laertius_n some_o say_v plutarch●in●irme_a ●in●irme_z he_o begin_v to_o reduce_v his_o own_o law_n into_o verse_n fifty_o si_fw-la the_o last_o work_n he_o urken_v plok_n be_v concern_v the_o atlantic_a speech_n or_o fable_n which_o begin_v late_o he_o be_v deter_v by_o the_o greatness_n of_o the_o work_n as_o plutarch_n say_v and_o prevent_v by_o death_n beside_o those_o epistle_n already_o allege_v these_o be_v preserve_v also_o by_o laertius_n solon_n to_o periander_n you_o send_v i_o word_n there_o be_v many_o who_o plot_n against_o you_o if_o you_o shall_v put_v they_o all_o to_o death_n it_o will_v advantage_v you_o nothing_o some_o one_o there_o may_v be_v of_o those_o who_o you_o suspect_v not_o who_o plot_n against_o you_o either_o fear_v himself_o or_o disdain_v you_o or_o desirous_a to_o ingratiate_v himself_o with_o the_o city_n though_o you_o have_v do_v he_o no_o injury_n it_o be_v best_o if_o you_o will_v be_v free_a from_o jealousy_n to_o acquit_v yourself_o of_o the_o cause_n but_o if_o you_o will_v continue_v in_o tyranny_n take_v care_n to_o provide_v a_o great_a strength_n of_o stranger_n than_o be_v in_o your_o own_o city_n so_o shall_v you_o need_v to_o fear_v no_o man_n nor_o to_o put_v any_o to_o death_n solon_n to_o epimenides_n neither_o be_v my_o law_n likely_a to_o benefit_v the_o athenian_n long_o nor_o have_v you_o advantage_v the_o city_n by_o lustration_n for_o divine_a right_n and_o lawgiver_n can_v alone_o benefit_v city_n it_o import_v much_o of_o what_o mind_n they_o be_v who_o lead_v the_o common_a people_n divine_a right_n and_o law_n if_o they_o direct_v they_o well_o be_v profitable_a if_o they_o direct_v they_o ill_o profit_v nothing_o neither_o be_v those_o law_n i_o give_v in_o any_o better_a condition_n they_o who_o have_v charge_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n not_o prevent_v pisistratus_n his_o usurpation_n of_o the_o tyranny_n lose_v the_o city_n of_o which_o when_o i_o foretell_v they_o i_o can_v not_o be_v believe_v the_o athenian_n will_v rather_o credit_v his_o flattery_n than_o my_o truth_n wherefore_o lay_v down_o my_o arm_n before_o the_o magazine_n i_o say_v that_o i_o be_v wise_a than_o those_o who_o do_v not_o see_v pisistratus_n aim_v at_o the_o tyranny_n and_o stout_a than_o those_o who_o dare_v not_o resist_v he_o they_o repute_v solon_n a_o mad_a man_n last_o i_o make_v this_o profession_n o_o country_n behold_v solon_n ready_a to_o vindicate_v thou_o in_o word_n and_o deed_n they_o again_o esteem_v i_o mad_a thus_o i_o be_v the_o only_a person_n that_o oppose_v pisistratus_n i_o come_v away_o from_o they_o let_v they_o guard_v he_o with_o their_o arm_n if_o they_o please_v for_o know_v dear_a friend_n the_o man_n come_v very_o cunning_o by_o the_o kingdom_n he_o comply_v at_o first_o with_o the_o democraty_n afterward_o wound_v himself_o come_v into_o elioea_n cry_v out_o he_o have_v receive_v those_o hurt_n from_o his_o enemy_n and_o require_v a_o guard_n of_o four_o hundred_o young_a man_n which_o they_o not_o harken_v to_o i_o grant_v these_o carry_v halberd_n after_o this_o he_o dissolve_v the_o popular_a government_n true_o i_o labour_v in_o vain_a to_o free_v the_o poor_a sort_n from_o mercenary_a slavery_n when_o they_o all_o now_o serve_v one_o pisistratus_n such_o fragment_n of_o his_o poem_n as_o have_v be_v hitherto_o preserve_v be_v thus_o collect_v out_o of_o his_o elegy_n spring_v from_o mnemosyne_n and_o jove_n great_a line_n pierian_n muse_n to_o my_o prayer_n incline_v grant_v that_o my_o life_n and_o action_n may_v call_v down_o blessing_n from_o heaven_n and_o raise_v on_o earth_n renown_n sweet_a to_o my_o friend_n and_o bitter_a to_o my_o foe_n to_o these_o my_o sight_n bring_v terror_n joy_n to_o those_o riches_n i_o wish_v not_o riches_n that_o be_v place_v in_o unjust_a mean_n for_o vengeance_n come_v at_o last_o riches_n dispense_v by_o heaven_n more_o bounteous_a hand_n a_o base_a on_o which_o we_o may_v unshaken_a stand_v but_o that_o which_o man_n by_o injury_n obtain_v that_o which_o by_o art_n and_o deed_n unjust_a they_o gain_v come_v slow_o swift_o by_o revenge_v pursue_v and_o misery_n like_o a_o close_a spark_n include_v which_o soon_o to_o a_o devour_a flame_n dilate_v wrong_v be_v a_o weak_a foundation_n for_o estate_n jove_n do_v the_o end_n of_o every_o thing_n survey_v as_o sudden_a vernal_a blast_n chase_v cloud_n away_o ransack_v the_o bottom_n of_o the_o roar_a main_n then_o swift_o overrun_v the_o fertile_a plain_n ruffle_a the_o wealthy_a ear_n at_o last_o they_o rise_v to_o jove_n high_a seat_n a●calm_v then_o smooth_v the_o sky_n the_o sun_n be_v rich_a lustre_n mild_o gild_v the_o green_a enamel_n of_o the_o mead_n no_o cloud_n be_v see_v such_o be_v jove_n heavy_a anger_n differ_v far_o from_o man_n who_o every_o trifle_n lead_v to_o war_n they_o be_v not_o hide_v for_o ever_o who_o offend_v in_o secret_a judgement_n find_v they_o in_o the_o end_n some_o in_o the_o act_n be_v punish_v other_o late_o even_o he_o who_o think_v he_o have_v delude_v fate_n at_o last_o resent_v it_o in_o just_a misery_n which_o nephew_n for_o their_o ancestor_n chastise_v we_o think_v it_o fare_v alike_o with_o good_a and_o bad_a glory_n and_o self-conceit_n our_o fancy_n glad_a till_o suffering_n come_v than_o their_o grieve_a spirit_n bleed_v who_o do_v before_o their_o soul_n with_o vain_a hope_n feed_v he_o who_o incurable_a disease_n seize_v soothe_v his_o delude_a thought_n with_o hope_n of_o ease_n the_o coward_n be_v valiant_a in_o his_o own_o esteem_n and_o to_o themselves_o fair_a the_o deform_a seem_v they_o who_o want_v mean_n by_o poverty_n oppress_v believe_v themselves_o of_o full_a estate_n possess_v all_o be_v attempt_v some_o new_a sea_n explore_a to_o bring_v home_o riches_n from_o a_o foreign_a shore_n sea_n on_o who_o boisterous_a back_n secure_v they_o ride_v and_o in_o the_o mercy_n of_o the_o wind_n confide_v other_o to_o crooked_a plough_n their_o ox_n yoke_n and_o autumn_n with_o their_o plant_n and_o set_v provoke_v some_o vulcan_n and_o minerva_n art_n admire_v and_o by_o their_o hand_n their_o livelyhood_n acquire_v other_o the_o fair_a olympian_a muse_n trace_v and_o lovely_a learning_n studious_o embrace_v one_o by_o apollo_n be_v prophetic_a make_v and_o tell_v what_o mischief_n other_o shall_v invade_v with_o he_o the_o god_n converse_n but_o all_o the_o skill_n in_o bird_n or_o victime_n can_v hinder_v ill_o some_o to_o peonian_a knowledge_n be_v incline_v nor_o be_v the_o power_n of_o simple_n unconfined_a the_o small_a hurt_n sometime_o increase_v and_o rage_n more_o than_o all_o art_n of_o physic_n can_v assuage_v sometime_o the_o fury_n of_o the_o worst_a disease_n the_o hand_n by_o gentle_a stroke_a will_v appease_v thus_o good_a or_o bad_a arrive_v as_o fate_n design_n man_n can_v what_o the_o god_n dispense_v decline_v all_o action_n be_v uncertain_a no_o man_n know_v when_o he_o begin_v a_o work_n how_o it_o shall_v close_o some_o who_o their_o business_n weigh_v with_o prudent_a care_n oft_o of_o the_o issue_n intercept_v be_v whilst_o other_o who_o have_v rash_o ought_v design_v a_o end_n successful_a of_o their_o labour_n find_v there_o
bring_v he_o this_o letter_n amasis_n king_n of_o egypt_n say_v thus_o to_o bias_n wise_a of_o the_o greek_n the_o king_n of_o aethiopia_n contend_v with_o i_o for_o pre-eminence_n in_o wisdom_n master_v in_o other_o thing_n he_o in_o conclusion_n require_v a_o absurd_a strange_a thing_n that_o i_o drink_v up_o the_o sea_n this_o proposition_n if_o i_o resolve_v i_o shall_v have_v many_o of_o his_o town_n and_o city_n if_o i_o resolve_v not_o i_o must_v lose_v all_o those_o which_o be_v about_o elephantina_n ponder_v it_o and_o send_v niloxenus_n back_o with_o all_o speed_n what_o ever_o we_o can_v do_v for_o your_o friend_n and_o country_n shall_v not_o be_v want_v have_v read_v the_o letter_n bias_n with_o a_o short_a pause_n recollect_v himself_o and_o have_v whisper_v to_o cleobub●s_n who_o sit_v next_o he_o what_o say_v he_o naucratites_n amasis_n who_o command_v so_o many_o man_n and_o possess_v so_o excellent_a a_o country_n will_v he_o for_o a_o few_o obscure_a contemptible_a village_n drink_v up_o the_o sea_n bias_n say_v niloxenus_n smile_v consider_v as_o if_o he_o mean_v to_o do_v it_o how_o it_o may_v be_v effect_v bid_v the_o aethiopian_a reply_v bias_n withhold_v the_o river_n from_o run_v into_o the_o sea_n until_o he_o have_v drink_v off_o that_o which_o be_v now_o sea_n for_o the_o imposition_n concern_v that_o only_a which_o be_v such_o at_o present_a not_o what_o shall_v be_v hereafter_o niloxenus_n embrace_v he_o with_o joy_n the_o rest_n applaud_v his_o solution_n chap._n ii_o his_o moral_a sentence_n precept_n and_o verse_n his_o apothegm_n be_v thus_o deliver_v by_o laertius_n and_o other_o he_o be_v unfortunate_a who_o can_v bear_v misfortune_n it_o be_v a_o disease_n of_o the_o mind_n to_o desire_v such_o thing_n as_o can_v be_v obtain_v and_o to_o be_v unmindful_a of_o the_o misery_n of_o other_o to_o one_o that_o ask_v what_o be_v hard_a he_o answer_v to_o bear_v courageous_o a_o change_n to_o the_o worse_o be_v at_o sea_n in_o company_n with_o wicked_a who_o a_o storm_n arise_v call_v upon_o the_o god_n hold_v your_o peace_n say_v he_o lest_o they_o know_v you_o be_v here_o to_o a_o wicked_a man_n inquire_v what_o be_v piety_n he_o be_v silent_a the_o other_o ask_v the_o reason_n of_o his_o silence_n i_o answer_v not_o say_v he_o because_o you_o inquire_v after_o that_o which_o nothing_o concern_v you_o be_v demand_v what_o be_v sweet_a to_o mankind_n he_o answer_v hope_n it_o be_v better_a to_o decide_v a_o difference_n betwixt_o our_o enemy_n then_o friend_n for_o one_o of_o the_o friend_n will_v certain_o become_v a_o enemy_n one_o of_o the_o enemy_n a_o friend_n be_v ask_v what_o a_o man_n do_v with_o delight_n he_o answer_v gain_v by_o labour_n we_o shall_v so_o live_v as_o though_o our_o life_n will_v be_v both_o long_a and_o short_a so_o love_n as_o if_o hereafter_o we_o may_v hate_v converse_v in_o friendship_n with_o caution_n remember_v that_o it_o may_v possible_o convert_v to_o enmity_n 11._o to_o one_o demand_v whether_o he_o shall_v take_v a_o wife_n she_o must_v be_v say_v he_o either_o fair_a or_o foul_a if_o fair_a she_o will_v be_v common_a if_o foul_a a_o penance_n flut._n that_o tyrant_n shall_v gain_v most_o glory_n who_o first_o himself_o obey_v the_o law_n of_o his_o country_n that_o commonwealth_n be_v best_a order_v wherein_o every_o man_n fear_v the_o law_n more_o than_o a_o tyrant_n that_o family_n be_v best_a order_v where_o the_o master_n behave_v himself_o voluntary_o within_o door_n as_o he_o do_v without_o by_o constraint_n of_o the_o law_n 28_o those_o who_o busy_a themselves_o in_o vain_a knowledge_n resemble_v a_o owl_n which_o see_v only_o in_o the_o night_n but_o be_v blind_a in_o the_o light_n so_o be_v their_o mind_n sharp-sighted_a in_o vanity_n dark_a at_o the_o approach_n of_o true_a light_n ausonius_n have_v these_o under_o his_o name_n what_o be_v our_o chief_a good_n a_o conscience_n free_a our_o great_a ill_n man_n man_n worst_a enemy_n poor_a th'avaricious_a rich_a who_o nought_o desire_v a_o wife_n best_a dower_n the_o fame_n chaste_a life_n acquire_v chaste_a she_o of_o who_o report_n dare_v speak_v no_o ill_a wise_a who_o have_v power_n to_o hurt_v but_o want_v the_o will_n a_o fool_n who_o want_v the_o power_n and_o yet_o will_v kill_v his_o moral_a precept_n according_a to_o ●3_n demetrius_n phalereus_n these_o most_o man_n be_v evil_a laert._n his_o particular_a sentence_n before_o you_o do_v any_o thing_n behold_v your_o face_n in_o a_o glass_n if_o it_o seem_v handsome_a do_v handsome_a thing_n if_o deform_a supply_v the_o defect_n of_o nature_n practice_v honesty_n undertake_v deliberate_o but_o have_v once_o begin_v go_v through_o abhor_v to_o speak_v hasty_o laert._n it_o be_v madness_n lest_o thou_o sin_n for_o repentance_n follow_v be_v neither_o simple_a nor_o subtle_a admit_v not_o imprudence_n love_n prudence_n every_o where_o profess_v there_o be_v go_n weigh_v what_o be_v to_o be_v do_v hear_v much_o speak_v seasonable_o if_o poor_a reprove_v not_o the_o rich_a unless_o great_a advantage_n may_v arise_v thereby_o praise_v not_o a_o unworthy_a person_n for_o his_o wealth_n acquire_v by_o persuasion_n not_o by_o violence_n when_o thou_o do_v good_a impute_v it_o not_o to_o thyself_o but_o to_o the_o go_n in_o thy_o youth_n gain_v wealth_n in_o thy_o age_n wisdom_n or_o as_o laertius_n from_o thy_o youth_n to_o thy_o age_n gain_v wisdom_n for_o it_o will_v be_v more_o sure_a to_o thou_o than_o all_o other_o possession_n preserve_v in_o thy_o action_n remembrance_n in_o opportunity_n caution_n in_o thy_o manner_n ingenuity_n in_o labour_n patience_n in_o fear_n wariness_n in_o wealth_n love_n in_o discourse_n persuasion_n in_o silence_n a_o decorum_n in_o sentence_n justice_n in_o boldness_n fortitude_n in_o action_n power_n in_o glory_n eminence_n in_o thy_o nature_n generosity_n laert._n of_o his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d these_o be_v most_o esteem_v to_o all_o the_o city_n where_o thou_o live_v be_v kind_n they_o who_o most_o favour_n show_v most_o favour_n find_v but_o pride_n be_v often_o with_o destruction_n join_v and_o strength_n be_v a_o gift_n which_o nature_n hand_n bestow_v rhetoric_n and_o policy_n the_o wise_a soul_n know_v riches_n a_o present_a that_o from_o fortune_n flow_v chap._n iii_o his_o death_n and_o write_n laert._n he_o be_v much_o addict_v to_o plead_v very_a earnest_n therein_o but_o always_o employ_v in_o just_a cause_n which_o 〈◊〉_d demodicus_n the_o alerian_n imply_v say_v if_o thou_o chance_v to_o be_v a_o judge_n give_v sentence_n on_o the_o prienaean_a side_n and_o hipponax_n to_o plead_v a_o cause_n better_o than_o bias_n the_o prienaean_a and_o in_o that_o manner_n he_o die_v be_v very_o old_a as_o he_o be_v plead_v have_v end_v his_o speech_n he_o repose_v his_o head_n in_o the_o bosom_n of_o his_o sister_n son_n his_o adversary_n have_v end_v his_o defence_n the_o judge_n give_v sentence_n on_o bias_n his_o side_n the_o court_n dismiss_v he_o be_v find_v dead_a in_o his_o nephew_n bosom_n the_o city_n bestow_v a_o magnificent_a monument_n upon_o he_o with_o this_o inscription_n bias_n of_o prienaean_a fame_v descent_n lie_v here_o ionia_n great_a ornament_n they_o also_o dedicate_v a_o temple_n to_o he_o call_v the_o tutamian_n laertius_n bestow_v upon_o he_o this_o epigram_n bias_n lie_v hide_v here_o who_o hermes_n lead_v to_o the_o grave_n when_o age_n have_v snow_v upon_o his_o head_n his_o head_n which_o plead_v for_o his_o friend_n incline_v upon_o his_o nephew_n to_o long_o sleep_v resign_v he_o write_v concern_v jonia_n by_o what_o mean_v it_o may_v be_v most_o happy_a perhaps_o that_o counsel_n already_o mention_v two_o thousand_o verse_n cleobule_n cleobulus_n chap._n i._n cleobulus_n his_o life_n death_n and_o write_n laert._n cleobulus_n be_v of_o lindus_n a_o city_n of_o rhodes_n or_o according_a to_o duris_n of_o caria_n son_n of_o evag●ras_n lineal_o descend_v from_o hercules_n excellent_a both_o in_o wisdom_n outward_a beauty_n and_o suid._n strength_n beyond_o all_o those_o of_o his_o time_n learned_a in_o the_o philosophy_n of_o the_o egyptian_n that_o he_o be_v tyrant_n of_o lindus_n be_v manifest_a from_o delft_n plutarch_n *_o he_o re-edify_v the_o temple_n of_o minerva_n found_v by_o danaus_n he_o have_v a_o daughter_n sap_n who_o he_o name_v eumetis_n but_o be_v call_v common_o from_o her_o father_n cleobulina_n she_o compose_v verse_n and_o riddle_n in_o hexameter_n famous_a for_o her_o wisdom_n and_o acuteness_n in_o those_o riddle_n some_o of_o her_o question_n have_v spread_v as_o far_o as_o egypt_n which_o she_o use_v jocular_o like_o dice_n upon_o occasion_n only_o contest_v with_o such_o as_o provoke_v she_o she_o be_v also_o endue_v with_o a_o admirable_a height_n of_o mind_n and_o a_o wit_n both_o politic_a and_o full_a of_o humanity_n
hear_v any_o thing_n converse_v at_o distance_n 296._o and_o soft_o with_o those_o that_o be_v in_o authority_n of_o justice._n that_o the_o god_n prescribe_v just_a thing_n by_o law_n 4._o and_o that_o just_a and_o lawful_a be_v to_o they_o the_o same_o thing_n be_v the_o sum_n of_o his_o discourse_n with_o hippias_n they_o who_o convert_v good_n ill_o get_v to_o good_a use_n in_o a_o commonwealth_n 52._o do_v like_o those_o who_o make_v religious_a use_n of_o sacrilege_n of_o friendship_n that_o a_o discreet_a virtuous_a friend_n be_v of_o all_o possession_n the_o most_o fertile_a 2._o and_o ought_v chief_o to_o be_v regard_v be_v the_o scope_n of_o his_o discourse_n de_fw-fr amici●ia_fw-la that_o every_o man_n shall_v examine_v himself_o of_o what_o value_n he_o be_v to_o his_o friend_n 2._o and_o endeavour_v to_o be_v of_o the_o most_o worth_a he_o can_v to_o he_o be_v the_o effect_n of_o his_o discourse_n with_o antis●henes_n that_o wicked_a man_n can_v be_v friend_n 2._o either_o among_o themselves_o or_o with_o the_o good_a that_o the_o way_n to_o procure_v friend_n be_v first_o to_o endeavour_v to_o be_v good_a wherein_o he_o will_v seem_v good_a that_o all_o virtue_n may_v be_v augment_v by_o study_n and_o learning_n be_v the_o scope_n of_o his_o discourse_n with_o critobulus_n that_o we_o ought_v to_o our_o utmost_a ability_n to_o relieve_v the_o necessity_n of_o our_o friend_n 2._o be_v the_o effect_n of_o his_o discourse_n with_o aristarchus_n he_o say_v amore_fw-la he_o have_v rather_o have_v darius_n to_o his_o friend_n than_o his_o darick_n a_o coin_n so_o name_v from_o he_o he_o wonder_v that_o every_o man_n keep_v a_o inventory_n of_o his_o good_n laert._n none_o of_o his_o friend_n they_o who_o violate_v friendship_n 213._o though_o they_o escape_v the_o punishment_n of_o their_o friend_n shall_v not_o escape_v the_o vengeance_n of_o god_n they_o who_o forsake_v their_o own_o brethren_n to_o seek_v out_o other_o friend_n be_v like_o those_o who_o let_v their_o own_o ground_n lie_v fallow_a to_o till_o another_o 213._o fear_v not_o a_o friend_n in_o adversity_n 213._o we_o esteem_v not_o that_o corn_n best_o which_o grow_v on_o the_o fair_a ground_n 218._o but_o that_o which_o nourish_v best_a nor_o he_o a_o good_a person_n or_o friend_n who_o be_v of_o high_a birth_n but_o most_o noble_a in_o quality_n physician_n must_v relieve_v the_o sick_a 258._o friend_n the_o afflict_a it_o be_v pleasant_a to_o grow_v old_a with_o a_o good_a friend_n and_o sound_a sense_n 263._o sect._n 3_o economic_n in_o the_o second_o respect_n be_v his_o economic_n which_o he_o learn_v of_o ischomachus_n by_o xenophon_n express_o deliver_v in_o a_o treatise_n upon_o that_o subject_n to_o which_o add_v these_o few_o sentence_n so_o contrive_v the_o build_n of_o your_o house_n 3._o as_o that_o those_o part_n which_o be_v towards_o the_o south_n may_v be_v high_a that_o the_o winter_n sun_n be_v not_o exclude_v those_o towards_o the_o north_n low_a that_o they_o may_v be_v less_o subject_a to_o wind_n in_o fine_a so_o order_v it_o that_o a_o man_n may_v live_v in_o every_o quarter_n thereof_o with_o most_o delight_n and_o safety_n picture_n and_o colour_n take_v away_o more_o pleasantness_n than_o they_o afford_v to_o one_o who_o beat_v his_o servant_n for_o gluttonous_a there_o covetous_a and_o idle_a he_o say_v do_v you_o at_o any_o time_n consider_v whether_o you_o deserve_v not_o more_o to_o be_v beat_v yourself_o laert._n to_o one_o that_o ask_v his_o advice_n about_o take_v a_o wife_n 183._o whether_o you_o do_v or_o do_v no_o say_v he_o you_o will_v ●●pent_v it_o to_o other_o that_o ask_v his_o opinion_n concern_v marriage_n 183._o he_o say_v as_o fish_n in_o a_o net_n will_v fain_o get_v out_o and_o those_o without_o wo●ld_v get_v in_o take_v heed_n young_a man_n it_o be_v not_o so_o with_o you_o man_n must_v o●●y_v the_o law_n of_o their_o country_n 193._o wife_n their_o husband_n sect._n 4._o politic_n in_o the_o 3d._a respect_n be_v his_o politic_n which_o hesychius_n illus●ius_n make_v to_o be_v the_o same_o which_o plato_n have_v deliver_v under_o this_o name_n where_o you_o may_v have_v they_o though_o disguise_v with_o the_o language_n and_o addition_n of_o plato_n to_o which_o may_v be_v annex_v those_o sentence_n of_o his_o in_o that_o kind_n out_o of_o xenophon_n stobaeus_n and_o other_o they_o who_o can_v upon_o occasion_n be_v useful_a either_o to_o a_o army_n ●_o a_o city_n or_o a_o commonwealth_n yet_o have_v confidence_n of_o themselves_o ought_v though_o never_o so_o rich_a to_o be_v under_o restraint_n antipho_n demand_v how_o he_o may_v make_v other_o skilful_a in_o politic_n while_o himself_o meddle_v not_o therein_o 1._o although_o he_o know_v that_o he_o can_v manage_v they_o which_o way_n say_v he_o antipho_n i_o do_v most_o act_v the_o business_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n if_o i_o practise_v it_o only_o or_o if_o i_o endeavour_v to_o make_v many_o able_a to_o act_v therein_o that_o place_n be_v fit_a for_o temple_n and_o altar_n which_o be_v most_o open_a 3._o and_o yet_o retire_v for_o it_o be_v fit_v that_o they_o who_o pray_v see_v and_o no_o less_o fit_v that_o they_o come_v thither_o pure_a they_o be_v not_o king_n 779._o who_o be_v in_o possession_n of_o a_o throne_n or_o come_v unjust_o by_o it_o but_o they_o who_o know_v how_o to_o govern_v a_o king_n be_v a_o ruler_n of_o willing_a subject_n according_a to_o the_o law_n 813._o a_o tyrant_n be_v a_o ruler_n of_o subject_n against_o their_o will_n not_o according_a to_o the_o law_n but_o arbitrary_a a_o aristocracy_n be_v that_o government_n wherein_o the_o magistrate_n be_v the_o office_n of_o a_o good_a citizen_n be_v in_o peace_n to_o enrich_v the_o commonwealth_n 4._o in_o war_n to_o subdue_v the_o enemy_n thereof_o in_o embassy_n to_o make_v friend_n of_o foe_n insedition_n to_o appease_v the_o people_n by_o eloquence_n of_o common_a people_n he_o say_v laert._n they_o be_v as_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v except_v against_o one_o piece_n of_o bad_a money_n and_o except_v a_o great_a sum_n of_o the_o same_o he_o say_v 4._o the_o law_n be_v not_o make_v for_o the_o good_a deserve_v person_n ought_v to_o be_v sharer_n in_o the_o good_a fortune_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n 141._o be_v demand_v what_o city_n be_v strong_a 141._o he_o say_v that_o which_o have_v good_a man_n be_v demand_v what_o city_n be_v best_a order_v 141._o he_o say_v that_o wherein_o the_o magistrate_n friendly_a agree_v be_v demand_v what_o city_n be_v best_a 141._o he_o say_v that_o wherein_o be_v propose_v most_o reward_n for_o virtue_n be_v demand_v what_o city_n live_v best_a 141._o he_o say_v that_o which_o live_v according_a to_o law_n and_o punish_v the_o unjust_a chap._n vi_o of_o his_o daemon_n that_o socrates_n have_v a_o attendant_a spirit_n mean_v as_o plutarch_n conceive_v by_o the_o 2._o oracle_n answer_v to_o his_o father_n which_o divert_v he_o from_o danger_n be_v impugn_a by_o athenaeus_n not_o without_o much_o prejudice_n which_o the_o bitterness_n of_o the_o discourse_n betray_v soul_n that_o be_v not_o candid_a and_o think_v ill_a of_o the_o best_a say_v origen_n never_o refrain_v from_o calumny_n see_v that_o they_o mock_v even_o the_o genius_n of_o socrates_n as_o a_o feign_a thing_n on_o the_o contrary_a we_o have_v the_o testimony_n of_o plato_n xenophon_n and_o ●_o antisthenes_n contemporary_a with_o he_o confirm_v by_o laertius_n plu_fw-fr ●arch_n maximus_n tyrius_n dion_n chrysostomus_n cicero_n apuleius_n by_o father_n te●tullian_n origen_n clemens_n alexandrinus_n and_o other_o whereof_o a_o great_a many_o instance_n as_o cicero_n say_v be_v collect_v by_o antipater_n these_o only_o preserve_v by_o other_o author_n 1_o theocritus_n go_v to_o consult_v euthyphron_n a_o soothsayer_n socr._n find_v he_o with_o much_o company_n walk_v in_o the_o street_n among_o who_o be_v simias_fw-la and_o socrates_n who_o be_v very_o busy_a ask_v he_o many_o question_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o his_o discourse_n he_o mave_v a_o sudden_a stop_n and_o after_o some_o pause_n turn_v back_o and_o go_v down_o another_o street_n call_v out_o to_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o company_n to_o return_v and_o follow_v he_o as_o be_v warn_v by_o the_o daemon_n the_o great_a part_n do_v so_o the_o rest_n go_v forward_o on_o purpose_n to_o confute_v the_o daemon_n and_o draw_v along_o with_o they_o one_o charillus_n that_o play_v on_o the_o flute_n but_o in_o the_o way_n which_o be_v so_o narrow_a as_o not_o to_o give_v they_o room_n to_o pass_v by_o they_o be_v meet_v and_o overturn_v in_o the_o dirt_n by_o a_o great_a herd_n of_o swine_n by_o repetition_n of_o which_o accident_n charillus_n often_o afterward_o defend_v the_o daemon_n nor_o do_v the_o advice_n of_o this_o spiritual_a attendant_n only_o respect_v the_o good_a
then_o streps._n not_o for_o aught_o i_o know_v you_o will_v stay_v no_o long_o pray_v about_o your_o business_n pas._n yes_o i_o will_v be_v go_v but_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n know_v i_o will_v have_v my_o money_n if_o i_o live_v this_o day_n streps._n you_o may_v chance_v go_v without_o it_o yet_o i_o be_o sorry_a you_o shall_v be_v punish_v so_o for_o a_o mistake_n for_o say_v cardopus_n for_o cardopa_n scoen._n 8._o amynias_n strepsiades_n witness_v amyn._n oh_o oh_o alas_o streps._n who_o be_v that_o keep_v such_o a_o bawl_n what_o be_v thou_o one_o of_o actor_n carkinus_fw-la his_o son_n amyn._n it_o be_v i_o unhappy_a streps._n keep_v it_o to_o thyself_o amyn._n unlucky_a chance_n oh_o cruel_a destiny_n to_o spoil_v at_o once_o my_o cart_n and_o all_o my_o horses_n answer_n oh_o pallas_n how_o unkind_o have_v thou_o use_v i_o streps._n what_o hurt_n do_v ere_o tlepolemus_n do_v thou_o amyn._n deride_v i_o not_o but_o rather_o bid_v your_o son_n pay_v i_o the_o money_n which_o he_o have_v of_o i_o for_o i_o be_v never_o in_o more_o need_n of_o it_o streps._n what_o money_n man_n amyn._n that_o which_o he_o borrow_v of_o i_o streps._n then_o i_o perceive_v you_o be_v in_o a_o sad_a condition_n am._n i_o have_v a_o scurvy_a fall_n drive_v my_o horse_n streps._n thou_o do_v but_o jest_n it_o be_v drive_v a_o ass_n rather_o amyn._n i_o do_v not_o jest_v when_o i_o demand_v my_o money_n streps._n upon_o my_o word_n thou_o be_v not_o right_a amyn._n how_o so_o streps._n thy_o brain_n i_o think_v be_v trouble_v amyn._n e●ther_o pay_v i_o my_o money_n straight_o or_o i_o will_v trouble_v you_o streps._n tell_v i_o do_v jove_n beget_v and_o send_v down_o rain_n or_o do_v the_o sun_n exhale_v it_o from_o the_o sea_n amyn._n i_o neither_o know_v nor_o care_n streps._n what_o be_v you_o sit_v to_o receive_v money_n and_o so_o ignorant_a of_o these_o sublime_a and_o subtle_a mystery_n amyn._n well_o if_o you_o can_v let_v i_o have_v the_o principal_a pay_v i_o the_o interest_n streps._n interest_n what_o kind_n of_o creature_n be_v that_o amyn._n what_o but_o the_o increase_n of_o money_n by_o month_n and_o day_n as_o time_n run_v on_o streps._n it_o be_v well_o and_o do_v you_o think_v the_o sea_n be_v full_a now_o than_o it_o be_v at_o first_o amyn._n no_o not_o a_o drop_n it_o be_v not_o fit_v it_o shall_v streps._n the_o sea_n by_o your_o confession_n be_v nothing_o grow_v then_o with_o what_o conscience_n can_v you_o desire_v your_o money_n shall_v increase_v go_v get_v you_o from_o my_o door_n fetch_v i_o a_o whip_n there_o witn._n well_o i_o will_v bear_v witness_n for_o he_o streps._n why_o do_v you_o not_o go_v will_v you_o move_v he_o samphora_n amyn._n be_v not_o this_o riotous_a streps._n will_v you_o be_v go_v or_o shall_v i_o lead_v you_o in_o a_o chain_n and_o make_v you_o show_v trick_n if_o you_o but_o stay_v a_o little_a long_o i_o will_v send_v you_o and_o your_o cart_n and_o horse_n pack_v chor._n now_o observe_v what_o it_o be_v to_o bend_v study_v to_o a_o evil_a end_n this_o old_a man_n that_o be_v intent_n creditor_n to_o circumvent_v foolish_o himself_o have_v cross_v and_o will_v find_v so_o to_o his_o cost_n that_o in_o this_o false_a art_n his_o son_n have_v attain_v perfection_n justice_n cunning_n to_o refute_v that_o at_o last_o he_o will_v wish_v he_o mute_o act._n 5._o scene_n 1._o strepsiades_n phidippides_n streps._n o_o neighbour_n kinsman_n countryman_n help_v help_v i_o be_o beat_v all_o all_o over_o oh_o my_o head_n my_o back●_n thou_o strike_v thy_o father_n rogue_n phid._n i_o do_v so_o father_n streps._n see_v see_v he_o stand_v in_o it_o too_o phid._n i_o do_v indeed_o streps._n thief_n villain_n patricide_n phid._n more_o i_o beseech_v you_o i_o be_o much_o take_v with_o these_o pretty_a title_n streps._n rascal_n phid._n pray_v stick_v i_o full_a of_o these_o rose_n streps._n do_v beat_v thy_o father_n phid._n yes_o by_o jove_n and_o just_o streps._n oh_o '_o rogue_n what_o justice_n can_v there_o be_v in_o that_o phid._n i_o will_v demonstrate_v it_o by_o argument_n streps._n by_o argument_n phid._n most_o easy_o which_o language_n shall_v i_o dispute_v in_o streps._n language_n phid._n yes_o the_o great_a or_o lesser_a streps._n i_o have_v breed_v thou_o well_o indeed_o if_o thou_o can_v make_v this_o good_a that_o any_o son_n may_v beat_v his_o father_n phid._n you_o will_v confess_v as_o much_o if_o i_o so_o prove_v it_o that_o you_o can_v answer_v it_o streps._n well_o i_o will_v hear_v for_o once_o what_o you_o can_v say_v scoen._n 2._o chorus_n streps_n phidip_n cho._n old_a man_n it_o much_o concern_v you_o to_o confute_v your_o son_n who_o confidence_n appear_v to_o suit_v with_o a_o just_a cause_n how_o happen_v this_o dispute_n str._n i_o shall_v relate_v it_o from_o the_o first_o as_o soon_o as_o we_o have_v dine_v i_o take_v a_o lute_n and_o bid_v he_o sing_v the_o sheep-shearing_n of_o simonides_n he_o tell_v i_o it_o be_v a_o old_a and_o ugly_a fashion_n to_o sing_v at_o dinner_n like_o a_o miller_n wife_n phi._n and_o be_v not_o this_o sufficient_a to_o deserve_v a_o beat_n when_o you_o will_v make_v man_n chirp_v like_o 2._o grasshopper_n str._n just_o so_o he_o say_v within_o and_o add_v that_o simonides_n be_v a_o unpleasant_a poet._n i_o must_v confess_v i_o hardly_o can_v forbear_v he_o but_o than_o i_o bid_v he_o take_v a_o myrtle_n branch_n and_o act_v some_o piece_n of_o aeschylus_n that_o aechylus_n say_v he_o be_v of_o all_o poet_n the_o absurde_a the_o harsh_a most_o disorderly_a and_o bombast_n do_v not_o my_o heart_n pant_v at_o this_o language_n think_v you_o yet_o i_o repress_v it_o then_o say_v i_o rehearse_v a_o learned_a speech_n out_o of_o some_o modern_a wit_n he_o straight_o repeat_v out_o of_o euripides_n a_o tedious_a long_a oration_n how_o the_o brother_n good_a heaven_n do_v violate_v his_o sister_n bed_n here_o i_o confess_v i_o can_v contain_v no_o long_o but_o chide_v he_o sharp_o to_o dispute_v we_o go_v word_n upon_o word_n till_o he_o at_o last_o to_o blow_n to_o strike_v to_o pull_v to_o tear_v i_o phi._n and_o not_o just_o you_o that_o will_v discommend_v euripides_n the_o wise_a of_o all_o poet_n str._n wise_a ah_o what_o do_v i_o say_v i_o shall_v be_v beat_v again_o ph._n by_o jove_n and_o you_o deserve_v it_o str._n how_o deserve_v it_o ungrateful_a wretch_n have_v i_o not_o bring_v thou_o up_o feed_v and_o maintain_v thou_o from_o a_o little_a one_o supply_v thy_o want_n how_o then_o can_v i_o deserve_v it_o chor._n now_o i_o believe_v each_o youthful_a breast_n with_o expectation_n possess_v that_o if_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o day_n be_v from_o the_o plantiffe_n bear_v away_o by_o this_o example_n they_o may_v all_o upon_o the_o old_a man_n heavy_a fall_n what_o you_o have_v do_v with_o utmost_a art_n to_o justify_v be_v now_o your_o part_n phid._n how_o sweet_a it_o be_v to_o study_v sage_a new_a thing_n and_o to_o contemn_v all_o fundamental_a law_n when_o i_o apply_v my_o mind_n to_o horse-coursing_a i_o can_v not_o speak_v three_o word_n but_o i_o be_v out_o now_o since_o i_o give_v it_o one_o i_o be_o acquaint_v with_o ponderous_a sentence_n and_o subtle_a reason_n able_a to_o prove_v i_o ought_v to_o beat_v my_o father_n str._n nay_o follow_v race_v still_o for_o i_o have_v rather_o maintain_v thy_o horse_n then_o be_v beat_v thus_o phid._n i_o will_v begin_v where_o you_o do_v interrupt_v i_o and_o first_o will_v ask_v do_v you_o not_o beat_v i_o when_o i_o be_v a_o child_n streps._n but_o that_o be_v out_o of_o love_n phid._n it_o be_v very_o right_a tell_v i_o then_o ought_v not_o i_o to_o recompense_v your_o love_n with_o equal_a love_n if_o to_o be_v beat_v be_v to_o be_v belove_v why_o shall_v i_o suffer_v stripe_n and_o you_o have_v none_o i_o be_o by_o nature_n bear_v as_o free_a as_o you_o nor_o be_v it_o fit_v the_o son_n shall_v be_v chastise_v and_o not_o their_o parent_n str._n why_o phid._n you_o urge_v the_o law_n that_o do_v allow_v all_o child_n to_o be_v beat_v to_o which_o i_o answer_v old_a man_n be_v twice_o child_n and_o therefore_o ought_v when_o they_o offend_v be_v punish_v as_o well_o as_o we_o str._n but_o there_o be_v no_o law_n that_o say_v the_o parent_n shall_v be_v punish_v phid._n be_v not_o he_o who_o make_v that_o law_n a_o man_n as_o you_o and_o i_o he_o form_v a_o law_n which_o all_o the_o old_a man_n follow_v why_o may_v not_o i_o as_o well_o prescribe_v another_o and_o all_o the_o young_a man_n follow_v my_o advice_n but_o all_o the_o blow_n before_o this_o law_n be_v make_v must_v be_v forgive_v wihtout_a all_o dispute_n
the_o school_n of_o phaedo_fw-la some_o affirm_v he_o despise_v plato_n and_o xenocrates_n and_o paraebates_n the_o cyrenaean_a but_o admire_v stilpo_n concern_v who_o be_v demand_v his_o opinion_n he_o only_o answer_v that_o he_o be_v free_a chap._n ii_o his_o school_n and_o philosophy_n be_v return_v home_o to_o eretria_n he_o set_v up_o a_o school_n and_o teach_v philosophy_n there_o the_o elia._n laert._n school_n be_v thus_o transfer_v to_o eretria_n be_v from_o thence_o forward_o call_v eretriack_a in_o his_o school_n there_o be_v no_o order_n of_o place_n no_o seat_n round_o about_o it_o but_o as_o every_o man_n chance_v to_o be_v sit_v or_o stand_v or_o walk_v in_o the_o same_o posture_n they_o hear_v he_o he_o hold_v that_o there_o be_v but_o one_o virtue_n and_o good_a reprehend_v those_o who_o assert_v more_o whence_o of_o one_o who_o hold_v there_o be_v many_o god_n he_o demand_v ironical_o how_o many_o and_o whether_o he_o think_v there_o be_v more_o than_o a_o hundred_o he_o be_v of_o a_o versatile_a wit_n and_o in_o composure_n of_o his_o speech_n a_o difficult_a adversary_n he_o turn_v himself_o every_o way_n and_o find_v something_o to_o say_v for_o every_o thing_n he_o be_v very_o litigious_a as_o antisthenes_n in_o his_o succession_n affirm_v and_o use_v this_o question_n what_o be_v not_o the_o same_o be_v different_a from_o that_o with_o which_o it_o be_v not_o the_o same_o yes_o to_o benefit_n be_v not_o the_o same_o with_o good_a therefore_o good_a do_v not_o benefit_n he_o take_v away_o negative_a proposition_n leave_v only_o the_o affirmative_a and_o of_o these_o he_o admit_v the_o simple_a only_o but_o reject_v those_o which_o be_v not_o simple_a call_v they_o conjoin_v and_o complexe_v heraclide_n say_v he_o be_v a_o platonic_a and_o deride_v dialectic_a hexinus_fw-la ask_v whether_o he_o have_v give_v over_o beat_v his_o father_n i_o neither_o do_v beat_v he_o say_v he_o nor_o have_v give_v over_o the_o other_o reply_v either_o say_v yes_o or_o no_o to_o dissolve_v the_o ambiguity_n it_o be_v ridiculous_a say_v he_o to_o follow_v your_o law_n when_o a_o man_n may_v withstand_v they_o in_o the_o very_a entrance_n he_o write_v not_o or_o compose_v any_o thing_n because_o say_v antigonus_n carystius_n he_o be_v of_o no_o certain_a opinion_n yet_o in_o dispute_n he_o be_v so_o vehement_a that_o he_o many_o time_n go_v away_o with_o black_a and_o blue_a eye_n chap._n iii_o his_o manner_n of_o live_v laert._n he_o contract_v a_o strict_a friendship_n with_o asclepiades_n nothing_o inferior_a to_o that_o of_o pylades_n to_o orestes_n asclepiades_n be_v the_o elder_a whence_o there_o go_v a_o common_a say_n that_o he_o be_v the_o poet_n menede●us_n the_o player_n deign_v when_o they_o be_v yet_o both_o young_a philosopher_n and_o indigent_a they_o be_v cite_v to_o the_o court_n of_o areopagus_n to_o give_v account_n solon_n according_a to_o solon_n law_n by_o what_o mean_n spend_v the_o whole_a day_n among_o philosopher_n without_o any_o labour_n and_o have_v no_o estate_n they_o subsist_v and_o be_v in_o so_o good_a a_o condition_n they_o desire_v that_o one_o of_o the_o master_n of_o the_o common_a prison_n may_v be_v send_v for_o who_o when_o he_o come_v attest_v that_o they_o go_v down_o every_o night_n into_o the_o prison_n where_o the_o common_a malefactors_n ground_n and_o do_v there_o grind_v and_o in_o pay_n of_o their_o labour_n receive_v two_o drachma_n at_o which_o the_o areopagite_n much_o wonder_a bestow_v as_o a_o honourable_a reward_n upon_o they_o two_o hundred_o drachma_n they_o have_v other_o patron_n that_o bestow_v gift_n upon_o they_o archepolides_n give_v they_o three_o thousand_o piece_n of_o silver_n they_o both_o contend_v which_o shall_v receive_v last_o and_o in_o conclusion_n neither_o accept_v it_o the_o chief_a person_n that_o receive_v they_o be_v hipponicus_n a_o macedonian_a and_o aegetor_n a_o lamiean_a aegetor_n give_v each_o of_o they_o thirty_o minae_fw-la hipponicus_n give_v menedemus_n two_o thousand_o drachma_n towards_o the_o marriage_n of_o his_o daughter_n which_o as_o heraclide_n say_v be_v three_o by_o his_o wife_n oropia_n for_o asclepiades_n and_o menedemus_n take_v each_o of_o they_o a_o wife_n asclepiades_n marry_v the_o daughter_n menedemus_n the_o mother_n asclepiades_n his_o wife_n die_v take_v the_o wife_n of_o menedemus_n menedemus_n be_v make_v a_o chief_a magistrate_n marry_v a_o rich_a wife_n notwithstanding_o he_o allow_v his_o first_o wife_n a_o equal_a interest_n in_o the_o government_n of_o the_o house_n asclepiades_fw-la have_v live_v with_o menedemus_n in_o great_a plenty_n yet_o with_o great_a temperance_n die_v old_a at_o eretria_n at_o that_o time_n one_o who_o asclepiades_n much_o love_v come_v late_o at_o night_n intend_v to_o have_v feast_v with_o he_o the_o servant_n shut_v he_o out_o of_o door_n but_o menedemus_n bid_v they_o let_v he_o in_o say_v asclepiades_n will_v admit_v he_o even_o under_o ground_n menedemus_n be_v much_o give_v to_o entertainment_n and_o because_o the_o country_n be_v unwholesome_a make_v many_o feast_n what_o order_n he_o observe_v therein_o be_v thus_o deliver_v by_o antigonus_n carystius_n and_o out_o of_o he_o though_o not_o cite_v by_o laertius_n he_o dine_v but_o with_o one_o or_o two_o companion_n at_o the_o most_o if_o any_o come_v to_o he_o they_o be_v admit_v after_o dinner_n be_v end_v if_o they_o come_v soon_o than_o the_o set_a time_n they_o walk_v short_a turn_n before_o the_o door_n and_o demand_v of_o the_o servant_n what_o course_n be_v carry_v in_o if_o they_o tell_v they_o fish-broth_n with_o which_o they_o begin_v their_o dinner_n they_o go_v away_o if_o any_o flesh_n they_o go_v into_o a_o room_n prepare_v for_o that_o purpose_n in_o summer_n time_n menedemus_n have_v the_o couch_n or_o bed_n of_o his_o dining-room_n cover_v with_o flag_n and_o rush_n in_o winter_n with_o sheep-skinn_n every_o guest_n bring_v a_o cushion_n the_o cup_n they_o have_v be_v no_o big_a than_o a_o large_a spoon_n instead_o of_o sweetmeat_n they_o have_v lupin_n and_o bean_n sometime_o such_o fruit_n as_o the_o season_n afford_v in_o summer_n pomgranat_n in_o spring_n pulse_n in_o winter_n figs._n this_o lycophron_n the_o chalcidian_n confirm_v in_o his_o satirical_a comedy_n upon_o menedemus_n where_o silenus_n speak_v thus_o to_o the_o satyr_n son_n impious_a of_o a_o pious_a father_n i_o you_o see_v with_o your_o delight_n and_o sport_n comply_v but_o never_o by_o the_o god_n at_o such_o a_o feast_n in_o caria_n rhodes_n or_o lydia_n be_v a_o guest_n how_o plentiful_a and_o not_o long_o after_o a_o little_a pot_n half_o full_a of_o water_n clear_a rate_v at_o farthing_n five_o a_o boy_n do_v bear_v to_o every_o guest_n about_o vile_a lupin_n go_v with_o which_o the_o beggar_n table_n be_v scarce_a content_n whilst_o they_o drink_v after_o the_o feast_n menedemus_n propose_v question_n and_o instead_o of_o a_o desert_n give_v they_o discourse_n which_o excite_v all_o to_o temperance_n and_o continence_n these_o continue_v sometime_o till_o the_o crow_n of_o the_o cock_n break_v they_o off_o much_o against_o the_o will_n of_o his_o guest_n who_o never_o think_v they_o have_v enough_o of_o they_o chap._n iu._n his_o civil_a employment_n laert._n he_o be_v first_o contemn_v by_o his_o countryman_n and_o call_v dog_n and_o fool_n but_o at_o last_o so_o much_o honour_v by_o they_o that_o they_o commit_v the_o government_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n to_o his_o charge_n laert._n and_o pay_v he_o yearly_a two_o hundred_o talent_n whereof_o he_o send_v back_o fifty_o after_o he_o apply_v himself_o to_o civil_a business_n he_o be_v so_o thoughtful_a that_o go_v to_o put_v incense_n into_o a_o censer_n he_o put_v it_o beside_o crates_n reproach_v he_o for_o undertake_v public_a employment_n he_o send_v he_o to_o prison_n whereupon_o as_o he_o chance_v to_o pass_v by_o crates_n rise_v up_o and_o salute_v he_o with_o the_o title_n of_o agamemnonian_n leader_n of_o the_o city_n he_o be_v send_v ambassador_n from_o the_o eretrian_o to_o ptolemy_n and_o to_o lysimachus_n much_o honour_a wheresoever_o he_o come_v and_o to_o demetrius_n euseb._n all_o three_o king_n of_o macedonia_n of_o who_o demetrius_n first_o reign_v than_o lysimachus_n and_o after_o he_o pyrrhus_n intervening_a ptolemy_n some_o accuse_v he_o to_o demetrius_n that_o he_o will_v betray_v his_o city_n to_o ptolemy_n of_o which_o charge_n he_o acquit_v himself_o by_o a_o epistle_n begin_v thus_o menedemus_n to_o king_n demetrius_n health_n i_o hear_v that_o you_o be_v inform_v many_o thing_n concern_v we_o etc._n etc._n advise_v he_o to_o take_v heed_n of_o one_o of_o those_o that_o be_v his_o enemy_n name_v aeschylus_n when_o he_o be_v on_o embassy_n to_o demetrius_n he_o speak_v very_o earnest_o and_o effectual_o concern_v oropus_n antigonus_z also_o king_n of_o macedonia_n love_v he_o exceed_o
father_n and_o author_n of_o all_o thing_n idaea_n as_o to_o god_n be_v the_o notion_n of_o god_n as_o to_o we_o the_o primary_n intelligible_a as_o to_o matter_n a_o manner_n as_o to_o this_o sensible_a world_n a_o exemplar_n as_o to_o itself_o essence_n for_o whatsoever_o be_v make_v with_o understanding_n must_v necessary_o be_v refer_v to_o something_o as_o if_o something_o be_v make_v from_o another_o as_o my_o picture_n from_o i_o the_o exemplar_n thereof_o must_v be_v presuppose_v and_o if_o there_o be_v nothing_o eternal_a every_o artist_n conceive_v it_o first_o within_o himself_o then_o transfer_v the_o form_n thereof_o into_o matter_n they_o define_v idaea_n a_o eternal_a exemplar_n of_o thing_n which_o be_v according_a to_o nature_n for_o the_o great_a part_n of_o platonist_n will_v not_o allow_v a_o idea_n to_o be_v of_o thing_n that_o be_v make_v by_o art_n as_o of_o a_o shield_n or_o lute_n nor_o of_o thing_n which_o be_v praeternatural_a as_o of_o a_o fever_n or_o unnatural_a choler_n nor_o of_o singular_n as_o of_o socrates_n or_o plato_n nor_o of_o vile_a abject_a thing_n as_o of_o silth_n or_o straw_n nor_o of_o relative_n as_o of_o great_a and_o long_o for_o idea_n be_v the_o eternal_a notion_n of_o god_n perfect_a in_o themselves_o that_o there_o be_v idea_n they_o prove_v thus_o whether_o god_n be_v intellect_n or_o something_o intelligent_a he_o must_v have_v his_o intelligible_n and_o those_o eternal_a and_o immovable_a if_o so_o there_o be_v idea_n for_o if_o matter_n itself_o be_v in_o itself_o void_a of_o measure_n it_o be_v necessary_a that_o it_o receive_v measure_n from_o some_o superior_a that_o be_v whole_o remote_a from_o matter_n but_o the_o antecedent_n be_v true_a therefore_o the_o consequent_a and_o if_o so_o there_o be_v idea_n certain_a measure_n void_a of_o matter_n again_o if_o the_o world_n be_v not_o make_v by_o chance_n it_o must_v only_o be_v make_v of_o something_o but_o by_o something_o and_o not_o only_o so_o but_o after_o the_o likeness_n of_o something_o but_o that_o after_o who_o likeness_n it_o be_v make_v what_o be_v it_o but_o a_o idea_n whence_o it_o follow_v that_o there_o be_v idea_n again_o if_o intellect_n differ_v from_o true_a opinion_n that_o which_o be_v intelligible_a differ_v from_o that_o which_o be_v opinionable_a and_o if_o so_o there_o be_v intelligibles_fw-fr distinct_a from_o opinionable_v wherefore_o there_o be_v first_o intelligible_n as_o well_o as_o first_fw-mi sensible_fw-fr whence_o we_o conclude_v there_o be_v idea_n chap._n x._o of_o god_n we_o come_v next_o to_o speak_v of_o the_o three_o principle_n which_o plato_n though_o he_o think_v it_o almost_o ineffable_a conceive_v may_v be_v express_v in_o this_o manner_n if_o there_o be_v intelligible_n and_o those_o neither_o sensibles_fw-fr nor_o coherent_a with_o sensibles_fw-fr but_o adherent_a to_o first_o intelligible_n then_o be_v there_o first_o simple_a intelligibles_fw-fr as_o there_o be_v first_fw-mi sensibles_fw-fr the_o antecedent_n be_v true_a therefore_o the_o consequent_a but_o man_n subject_a to_o perturbation_n of_o sense_n when_o they_o will_v contemplate_v something_o intelligible_a present_o fall_v upon_o the_o thought_n of_o something_o sensible_a whereby_o at_o the_o same_o time_n they_o imagine_v magnitude_n or_o figure_n or_o colour_n and_o therefore_o can_v understand_v this_o sincere_o but_o the_o god_n be_v void_a of_o corporeal_a mixtion_n understand_v pure_o and_o sincere_o now_o because_o the_o intellect_n be_v better_a than_o the_o soul_n and_o that_o intellect_n which_o be_v always_o in_o act_n and_o at_o once_o understand_v all_o thing_n be_v better_a than_o that_o intellect_n which_o be_v in_o power_n and_o of_o these_o that_o be_v most_o excellent_a which_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o other_o and_o superior_a to_o all_o this_o can_v be_v nothing_o else_o but_o god_n who_o we_o call_v the_o first_o as_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o the_o intellect_n of_o the_o word_n always_o act_v he_o be_v himself_o immovable_a act_v upon_o the_o intellect_n of_o the_o world_n as_o the_o sun_n upon_o the_o eye_n when_o it_o turn_v eth_z towards_o he_o and_o as_o that_o which_o be_v desire_v move_v the_o appetite_n itself_o remain_v immovable_a so_o do_v this_o intellect_n move_v the_o intellect_n of_o all_o heaven_n now_o this_o first_o intellect_n be_v most_o fair_a must_v have_v the_o most_o fair_a intelligible_a but_o nothing_o be_v fair_a than_o itself_o therefore_o it_o always_o understand_v itself_o and_o its_o own_o notion_n which_o act_n be_v call_v operation_n moreover_o god_n be_v first_o eternal_a ineffable_a perfect_a in_o himself_o that_o be_v need_v none_o and_o ever_o perfect_a that_o be_v absolute_a in_o all_o time_n and_o every_o way_n perfect_a that_o be_v absolute_a in_o every_o part_n divinity_z essence_n truth_n harmony_n good_a neither_o do_v we_o so_o name_v these_o to_o distinguish_v one_o from_o the_o other_o but_o rather_o by_o they_o all_o to_o understand_v one_o he_o be_v say_v to_o be_v good_a because_o he_o bestow_v his_o benefit_n upon_o all_o according_a to_o their_o several_a capacity_n and_o so_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o good_n fair_a because_o he_o be_v in_o his_o essence_n both_o more_o and_o equal_a truth_n because_o he_o be_v the_o principle_n of_o all_o truth_n as_o the_o sun_n of_o all_o light_n and_o father_n as_o be_v cause_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o adorn_v the_o mind_n of_o heaven_n and_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n after_o his_o own_o exemplar_n and_o notion_n for_o according_a to_o his_o own_o will_v he_o fill_v all_o thing_n with_o himself_o exciting_a the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n and_o convert_v it_o to_o himself_o for_o he_o be_v cause_n of_o that_o intellect_n which_o be_v adorn_v by_o the_o father_n adorn_v also_o the_o nature_n of_o all_o this_o world_n he_o be_v likewise_o ineffable_a and_o as_o we_o say_v can_v only_o be_v perceive_v by_o the_o mind_n for_o he_o be_v neither_o genus_fw-la nor_o species_n nor_o difference_n neither_o can_v any_o accident_n be_v apply_v to_o he_o he_o be_v not_o ill_o for_o that_o it_o be_v impiety_n to_o affirm_v nor_o good_a for_o so_o he_o shall_v be_v term_v if_o he_o be_v mean_o or_o high_o participant_a of_o goodness_n nor_o difference_n for_o that_o can_v be_v make_v according_a to_o the_o notion_n of_o he_o nor_o quality_v for_o he_o be_v not_o make_v that_o which_o he_o be_v by_o quality_n nor_o perfect_v thereby_o nor_o void_a of_o quality_n for_o he_o be_v not_o deprive_v of_o any_o quality_n that_o appertain_v to_o he_o nor_o part_n of_o any_o thing_n nor_o as_o a_o whole_a constitute_v of_o part_n nor_o as_o the_o same_o or_o divers_a for_o nothing_o can_v happen_v to_o he_o whereby_o he_o may_v be_v distinguish_v from_o other_o neither_o do_v he_o move_v or_o be_v he_o move_v hence_o the_o first_o apprehension_n of_o he_o be_v by_o abstraction_n from_o these_o thing_n as_o we_o understand_v a_o point_n by_o abstraction_n from_o sensibles_fw-fr consider_v first_o a_o superficies_n then_o a_o line_n than_o a_o point_n the_o second_o be_v by_o analogy_n in_o this_o manner_n as_o the_o sun_n be_v to_o sight_n and_o visible_a thing_n himself_o not_o be_v sight_n yet_o afford_v the_o one_o to_o see_v the_o other_o to_o be_v see_v so_o be_v the_o first_o intellect_n to_o that_o intellect_n which_o be_v in_o our_o soul_n and_o to_o those_o thing_n which_o it_o understand_v for_o itself_o be_v not_o the_o intellect_n yet_o it_o perfect_v in_o these_o the_o act_n of_o intellection_n to_o those_o it_o afford_v that_o they_o be_v understand_v enlighten_v that_o truth_n which_o be_v in_o they_o the_o three_o way_n to_o understand_v he_o be_v thus_o when_o a_o man_n behold_v that_o beauty_n which_o be_v in_o body_n he_o proceed_v to_o that_o which_o be_v in_o the_o soul_n then_o to_o that_o which_o be_v in_o office_n and_o law_n last_o to_o the_o vast_a ocean_n of_o beauty_n after_o which_o he_o consider_v that_o which_o be_v good_a itself_o amiable_a itself_o expetible_a itself_o which_o shine_v like_o a_o light_n and_o meet_v the_o soul_n that_o which_o ascend_v unto_o it_o by_o these_o degree_n by_o this_o he_o comprehend_v god_n himself_o through_o reason_n of_o that_o excellence_n which_o consist_v in_o adoration_n of_o he_o he_o consider_v god_n void_a of_o part_n for_o nothing_o be_v before_o he_o a_o part_n and_o that_o of_o which_o something_o consist_v be_v precedent_n to_o that_o whereof_o it_o be_v a_o part_n for_o a_o superficies_n be_v before_o a_o body_n and_o a_o line_n before_o a_o superficies_n moreover_o god_n not_o have_v many_o part_n can_v neither_o be_v local_o move_v nor_o alter_v by_o quality_n for_o if_o he_o be_v alter_v it_o must_v be_v do_v by_o himself_o or_o some_o other_o if_o by_o some_o other_o that_o other_o must_v be_v of_o great_a power_n
body_n as_o be_v with_o we_o upon_o the_o earth_n which_o see_v they_o think_v they_o see_v true_a body_n as_o these_o if_o ever_o they_o shall_v be_v bring_v out_o of_o darkness_n into_o the_o clear_a light_n will_v questionless_a despise_v all_o thing_n which_o they_o see_v before_o and_o themselves_o much_o more_o as_o have_v be_v absolute_o deceive_v so_o they_o who_o rise_v up_o out_o of_o the_o darkness_n of_o this_o life_n to_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v divine_a and_o fair_a in_o all_o likelihood_n will_v contemn_v what_o before_o they_o most_o esteem_v and_o love_v more_o vehement_o this_o contemplation_n thus_o it_o appear_v that_o only_o what_o be_v good_a be_v honest_a and_o that_o virtue_n suffice_v to_o felicity_n moreover_n that_o good_a and_o fair_a consist_v in_o knowledge_n of_o the_o first_o good_a he_o declare_v in_o whole_a volume_n as_o concern_v those_o which_o be_v good_a by_o participation_n he_o speak_v thus_o in_o his_o first_o book_n of_o law_n good_a be_v twofold_a humane_a and_o divine_a etc._n etc._n if_o anything_o be_v disjoin_v from_o the_o first_o good_a and_o void_a of_o the_o essence_n thereof_o that_o be_v call_v good_a by_o the_o foolish_a which_o in_o euthydemo_n he_o affirm_v to_o be_v a_o great_a ill_n to_o the_o possessor_n that_o he_o conceive_v the_o virtue_n to_o be_v eligible_a in_o themselves_o be_v manifest_a in_o as_o much_o as_o he_o affirm_v that_o only_a to_o be_v good_a which_o be_v honest_a which_o he_o demonstrate_v in_o many_o dialogue_n particu_o in_o those_o of_o the_o commonwealth_n hence_o he_o conceive_v that_o man_n to_o be_v most_o happy_a and_o bless_a who_o have_v attain_v the_o science_n we_o mention_v yet_o not_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o honour_n which_o attend_v such_o a_o person_n nor_o of_o any_o other_o reward_n for_o though_o he_o be_v unknown_a to_o all_o man_n and_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v common_o account_v ill_n as_o dishonour_n banishment_n and_o death_n happen_v unto_o he_o he_o be_v notwithstanding_o happy_a on_o the_o contrary_a a_o man_n who_o want_v this_o knowledge_n though_o he_o possess_v all_o thing_n common_o esteem_v good_a riches_n power_n health_n strength_n and_o beauty_n he_o be_v nothing_o the_o more_o happy_a he_o assert_v a_o ultimate_a end_n conformable_a to_o all_o these_o which_o be_v to_o be_v make_v like_o unto_o god_n as_o far_o as_o humanity_n be_v capable_a of_o be_v such_o this_o he_o expound_v various_o sometime_o as_o in_o theaeteto_n he_o affirm_v our_o resemblance_n to_o god_n to_o consist_v in_o be_v prudent_a just_a and_o holy_a wherefore_o we_o must_v endeavour_v to_o fly_v with_o all_o possible_a celerity_n from_o hence_o to_o those_o this_o flight_n be_v the_o resemblance_n to_o god_n as_o much_o as_o be_v possible_a the_o similitude_n consist_v in_o prudence_n justice_n and_o sanctity_n sometime_o in_o justice_n only_o as_o in_o his_o last_o book_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n for_o a_o man_n be_v never_o desert_v by_o god_n whilst_o he_o endeavour_v to_o be_v just_a and_o by_o the_o very_a act_n of_o virtue_n as_o much_o as_o man_n be_v capable_a of_o he_o be_v render_v like_o unto_o god_n in_o phaedone_n he_o assert_v that_o this_o resemblance_n to_o god_n be_v acquire_v by_o temperance_n and_o justice_n thus_o be_v not_o they_o bless_v and_o happy_a and_o from_o hence_o shall_v go_v into_o the_o best_a place_n who_o have_v practise_v the_o popular_a civil_a virtue_n which_o they_o call_v temperance_n and_o justice_n again_o sometime_o he_o affirm_v that_o the_o end_n of_o life_n be_v to_o be_v like_a unto_o god_n sometime_o to_o follow_v god_n as_o when_o he_o say_v god_n indeed_o according_a to_o the_o old_a say_n contain_v the_o beginning_n midale_a and_o end_n of_o all_o thing_n etc._n etc._n sometime_o he_o join_v both_o together_o as_o when_o he_o say_v the_o soul_n follow_v god_n and_o be_v render_v like_o unto_o he_o etc._n etc._n the_o principle_n of_o utility_n be_v good_a itself_o but_o this_o be_v say_v of_o god_n therefore_o the_o end_n conformable_a to_o the_o principle_n be_v to_o become_v like_a unto_o god_n to_o the_o celestial_a or_o rather_o supercelestial_a god_n who_o have_v not_o virtue_n but_o be_v more_o excellent_a than_o all_o virtue_n wherefore_o it_o be_v right_o say_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d misery_n be_v a_o perversity_n of_o the_o genius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d beatitude_n be_v a_o good_a habit_n of_o the_o genius_n this_o similitude_n to_o god_n we_o shall_v obtain_v if_o we_o enjoy_v convenient_a nature_n in_o our_o manner_n education_n and_o sense_n according_a to_o law_n and_o chief_o by_o reason_n and_o discipline_n and_o institution_n of_o wisdom_n withdraw_a ourselves_o as_o much_o as_o possible_a from_o humane_a affair_n and_o be_v conversant_a in_o those_o thing_n only_o which_o be_v understand_v by_o contemplation_n the_o way_n to_o prepare_v and_o as_o it_o be_v to_o cleanse_v the_o daemon_n that_o be_v in_o we_o be_v to_o initiate_v ourselves_o into_o high_a discipline_n which_o be_v do_v by_o music_n arithmetic_n astronomy_n and_o geometry_n not_o without_o some_o respect_n of_o the_o body_n by_o gymnastick_a whereby_o it_o be_v make_v more_o ready_a for_o the_o action_n both_o of_o war_n and_o peace_n chap._n xxviii_o the_o definition_n and_o kind_n of_o virtue_n virtue_n be_v divine_a be_v the_o perfect_a and_o best_a affection_n of_o the_o soul_n which_o adorn_v a_o man_n and_o render_v he_o more_o excellent_a and_o ready_a as_o well_o for_o speech_n as_o action_n whether_o he_o do_v it_o alone_o or_o with_o other_o of_o the_o virtue_n some_o be_v place_v in_o the_o rational_a part_n some_o in_o the_o irrational_a for_o whereas_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o rational_a part_n be_v one_o that_o of_o the_o irascible_a another_o that_o of_o the_o concupiscible_a another_o the_o perfection_n of_o these_o must_v likewise_o be_v different_a that_o of_o the_o rational_a be_v prudence_n of_o the_o irascible_a fortitude_n of_o the_o concupiscible_a temperance_n prudence_n be_v the_o science_n of_o thing_n good_a bad_a and_o betwixt_o both_o temperance_n be_v a_o apt_a moderation_n of_o desire_n and_o appetite_n when_o when_o we_o call_v temperance_n a_o moderation_n and_o obedience_n we_o mean_v only_o this_o that_o it_o be_v a_o faculty_n cause_v all_o appetite_n to_o be_v subject_v unto_o it_o in_o decent_a order_n and_o submiss_a obedience_n to_o be_v command_v by_o nature_n this_o be_v the_o rational_a part_n fortitude_n be_v a_o lawful_a observation_n of_o a_o command_n difficult_a or_o not_o difficult_a that_o be_v it_o be_v a_o faculty_n which_o keep_v a_o lawful_a precept_n justice_n be_v a_o agreement_n among_o all_o these_o which_o cause_v that_o the_o three_o part_n of_o the_o soul_n agree_v with_o one_o another_o and_o that_o each_o be_v worthy_o conversant_a in_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v proper_a and_o belong_v unto_o it_o thus_o it_o be_v a_o common_a entire_a perfection_n of_o these_o three_o virtue_n prudence_n fortitude_n and_o temperance_n in_o such_o manner_n that_o reason_n command_v and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o part_n each_o according_a to_o its_o several_a property_n be_v restrain_v by_o reason_n and_o obey_v it_o hence_o it_o follow_v that_o the_o virtue_n be_v mutal_o consequent_a to_o one_o another_o fortitude_n be_v the_o conservation_n of_o a_o lawful_a precept_n be_v likewise_o conservative_n of_o right_a reason_n right_o reason_n proceed_v from_o prudence_n prudence_n coher_v with_o fortitude_n for_o it_o be_v the_o knowledge_n of_o good_a thing_n but_o no_o man_n can_v discern_v that_o which_o be_v good_a if_o he_o be_v distract_v by_o fear_n or_o involve_v in_o the_o like_a trouble_n in_o like_a manner_n neither_o can_v any_o man_n be_v wise_a and_o intemperate_a for_o than_o he_o be_v overcome_v by_o affection_n if_o a_o man_n do_v something_o contrary_a to_o reason_n plato_n affirm_v he_o do_v through_o ignorance_n and_o imprudence_n so_o that_o can_v be_v prudent_a that_o be_v intemperate_a or_o fearful_a whence_o it_o follow_v that_o the_o perfect_a virtue_n cohere_v to_o one_o another_o and_o be_v inseparable_a chap._n xxix_o of_o virtue_n vice_n and_o their_o difference_n the_o gift_n of_o nature_n and_o progress_n in_o they_o be_v call_v virtue_n also_o by_o reason_n of_o their_o similitude_n with_o the_o perfect_a virtue_n assume_v the_o same_o name_n in_o this_o sense_n we_o call_v all_o soldier_n stout_a and_o sometime_o call_v imprudent_a and_o rash_a person_n stout_a when_o we_o speak_v not_o of_o the_o perfect_a virtue_n for_o the_o perfect_a neither_o increase_n nor_o decrease_v but_o vice_n be_v intend_v and_o remit_v one_o man_n be_v more_o imprudent_a and_o more_o unjust_a than_o another_o neither_o do_v all_o the_o vice_n follow_v one_o another_o for_o they_o be_v certain_a contrary_n which_o be_v not_o compatible_a to_o the_o same_o
such_o be_v fury_n to_o cowardice_n and_o prodigality_n to_o covetousness_n nor_o can_v there_o be_v any_o man_n at_o once_o possess_v of_o all_o vice_n no_o more_o than_o a_o body_n torment_v by_o all_o disease_n moreover_o there_o be_v a_o mean_a affection_n which_o incline_v not_o plain_o either_o to_o vice_n or_o virtue_n for_o it_o be_v not_o necessary_a that_o all_o man_n must_v be_v good_a or_o bad_a they_o be_v such_o who_o have_v arrive_v at_o the_o height_n of_o these_o for_o it_o be_v not_o easy_a to_o pass_v sudden_o from_o virtue_n to_o vice_n because_o betwixt_o extreme_n there_o be_v a_o great_a interval_n and_o distance_n of_o virtue_n some_o be_v principal_a other_o concomitant_a principal_a be_v those_o which_o be_v in_o the_o rational_a part_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o by_o which_o the_o other_o virtue_n be_v perfect_v concomitant_a be_v those_o which_o be_v in_o the_o other_o part_n which_o be_v subject_a to_o affection_n these_o act_n honest_a thing_n according_a to_o reason_n not_o that_o which_o be_v in_o they_o for_o they_o have_v none_o but_o that_o which_o they_o receive_v from_o prudence_n which_o be_v confirm_v in_o they_o by_o custom_n and_o exercise_n now_o for_o as_o much_o as_o neither_o science_n nor_o art_n consist_v in_o any_o part_n of_o the_o soul_n but_o in_o the_o rational_a those_o virtue_n which_o be_v in_o the_o other_o part_n that_o be_v subject_a to_o affection_n can_v be_v teach_v because_o they_o be_v neither_o art_n nor_o science_n neither_o have_v they_o a_o peculiar_a doctrine_n prudence_n be_v a_o science_n which_o prescribe_v unto_o every_o one_o what_o be_v proper_a to_o he_o as_o a_o pilot_n or_o master_n of_o a_o ship_n to_o inferior_a ignorant_a sailor_n the_o like_a in_o a_o common_a soldier_n and_o a_o general_n for_o as_o much_o as_o ill_n be_v intend_v and_o remit_v offence_n can_v be_v equal_a but_o some_o must_v be_v great_a other_o lesser_a for_o which_o reason_n they_o who_o make_v law_n punish_v some_o more_o gentle_o other_o more_o severe_o and_o though_o virtue_n be_v certain_a height_n as_o be_v perfect_a and_o like_v unto_o that_o which_o be_v right_a yet_o in_o another_o respect_n they_o be_v call_v mediocrity_n because_o all_o or_o the_o most_o of_o they_o be_v place_v betwixt_o two_o vice_n whereof_o one_o sin_v in_o excess_n the_o other_o in_o defect_n as_o on_o the_o one_o side_n of_o liberality_n be_v covetousness_n on_o the_o other_o prodigality_n for_o in_o affection_n we_o recede_v from_o the_o mean_a when_o we_o relinquish_v that_o which_o be_v place_v in_o virtue_n either_o by_o excess_n or_o defect_n but_o neither_o he_o who_o behold_v his_o parent_n wrong_v be_v nothing_o move_v thereat_o nor_o he_o who_o be_v incense_v at_o the_o small_a matter_n void_a of_o passion_n or_o moderate_a but_o the_o quite_o contrary_a he_o who_o at_o the_o death_n of_o his_o parent_n grieve_v not_o be_v void_a of_o passion_n he_o who_o destroy_v himself_o with_o grieve_v be_v overpassionate_a and_o immoderate_a he_o who_o grieve_v moderate_o be_v moderate_o passionate_a in_o like_a manner_n he_o who_o fear_v upon_o all_o occasion_n and_o more_o than_o needs_o be_v timorous_a he_o who_o fear_v nothing_o be_v rash_a he_o only_o be_v stout_a that_o can_v keep_v a_o mean_a betwixt_o fear_n and_o rashness_n the_o like_a in_o all_o the_o rest_n and_o for_o as_o much_o as_o that_o which_o be_v mean_a in_o affection_n be_v likewise_o best_a and_o mediocrity_n be_v nothing_o but_o a_o mean_a betwixt_o excess_n and_o defect_n there_o be_v these_o virtue_n term_v mediocrity_n because_o in_o humane_a perturbation_n and_o passion_n they_o affect_v we_o a_o middle_a kind_n of_o way_n chap._n xxx_o that_o virtue_n be_v voluntary_a vice_n involuntary_a virtue_n be_v chief_o of_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v in_o our_o power_n not_o compulsive_a for_o it_o can_v not_o deserve_v praise_n if_o it_o come_v either_o by_o nature_n or_o divine_a decree_n it_o follow_v that_o virtue_n be_v voluntary_a beget_v by_o a_o servant_n generous_a and_o firm_a impulsion_n from_o this_o that_o virtue_n be_v voluntary_a it_o follow_v that_o vice_n be_v involuntary_a for_o who_o in_o the_o most_o excellent_a part_n of_o himself_o will_v ever_o voluntary_o choose_v that_o which_o be_v the_o great_a of_o all_o ill_n when_o a_o man_n be_v carry_v on_o to_o vice_n he_o first_o incline_v to_o it_o not_o as_o if_o it_o be_v ill_a but_o good_a and_o if_o he_o fall_v into_o ill_n doubtless_o he_o be_v deceive_v with_o think_v that_o this_o way_n by_o a_o lesser_a ill_n he_o may_v arrive_v at_o a_o great_a good_a and_o go_v in_o this_o manner_n unwilling_o to_o it_o for_o it_o be_v not_o possible_a a_o man_n shall_v pursue_v ill_a as_o it_o be_v ill_a without_o any_o hope_n of_o good_a or_o fear_v of_o a_o great_a ill_n all_o ill_a thing_n therefore_o which_o a_o ill_a man_n do_v be_v involuntary_a for_o injustice_n be_v involuntary_a to_o act_v unjust_o be_v so_o much_o more_o involuntary_a as_o the_o action_n of_o vice_n be_v beyond_o the_o idle_a habit_n thereof_o yet_o though_o wicked_a action_n be_v involuntary_a the_o wicked_a nevertheless_o aught_o to_o be_v punish_v and_o that_o not_o after_o one_o manner_n but_o according_a to_o the_o variety_n of_o hurt_n which_o they_o do_v to_o those_o they_o wrong_v that_o which_o be_v involuntary_a consist_v in_o ignorance_n of_o perturbation_n all_o which_o may_v be_v divert_v either_o by_o reason_n or_o civil_a custom_n or_o diligence_n chap._n xxxi_o of_o love_n and_o friendship_n friendship_n proper_o so_o term_v be_v make_v by_o a_o mutual_a reciprocal_a benevolence_n this_o be_v when_o either_o be_v as_o much_o concern_v for_o the_o happiness_n of_o the_o ot●er_n as_o of_o his_o own_o which_o equality_n be_v preserve_v only_o by_o similitude_n of_o manner_n for_o the_o like_a be_v friend_n to_o its_o like_a if_o they_o be_v both_o moderate_a but_o the_o intemperate_a can_v agree_v either_o with_o themselves_o or_o the_o moderate_a there_o be_v other_o thing_n which_o be_v think_v friendship_n but_o be_v be_v not_o such_o in_o which_o there_o appear_v some_o show_n of_o virtue_n of_o these_o be_v the_o natural_a goodwill_n of_o parent_n to_o their_o child_n and_o of_o kindred_n one_o to_o another_o as_o also_o that_o which_o be_v call_v civil_a and_o sociable_a these_o be_v not_o always_o accompany_v with_o mutual_a benevolence_n likewise_o the_o amatory_n art_n be_v a_o kind_n of_o friendship_n that_o which_o be_v honest_a be_v proper_a to_o a_o generous_a soul_n dishonest_a to_o a_o perverse_a mean_v to_o one_o mean_o affect_v for_o as_o the_o habit_n of_o the_o rational_a soul_n be_v threefold_a right_a dishonest_a and_o mean_v so_o many_o different_a kind_n be_v there_o of_o love_n which_o appear_v most_o clear_o in_o the_o difference_n of_o the_o end_n they_o propose_v unto_o themselves_o the_o dishonest_a aim_n only_o at_o corporeal_a pleasure_n and_o therefore_o be_v absolute_o brutish_a the_o honest_a consider_v the_o mind_n only_o as_o far_o as_o virtue_n appear_v in_o it_o the_o mean_a desire_v both_o the_o beauty_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o of_o the_o body_n of_o which_o love_n he_o who_o be_v worthy_a be_v mean_a likewise_o that_o be_v neither_o absolute_o honest_a nor_o dishonest_a hence_o that_o love_n which_o aim_v only_o at_o the_o body_n aught_o to_o be_v term_v a_o daemon_n rather_o than_o a_o deity_n which_o never_o descend_v to_o a_o human_a body_n transmit_v divine_a thing_n to_o man_n and_o human_a to_o god_n of_o the_o three_o kind_n of_o love_n that_o which_o be_v proper_a to_o a_o good_a man_n be_v remote_a from_o vicious_a affection_n be_v artificial_a whence_o it_o be_v place_v in_o the_o rational_a part_n of_o the_o soul._n the_o contemplation_n thereof_o be_v these_o to_o discern_v who_o be_v worthy_a of_o love_n and_o to_o contract_v friendship_n with_o he_o and_o enjoy_v it_o this_o discernment_n be_v make_v from_o his_o aim_n or_o desire_n whether_o they_o be_v generous_a and_o direct_v to_o a_o good_a end_n or_o violent_a and_o servant_n the_o contraction_n or_o acquisition_n of_o friendship_n be_v make_v not_o by_o wanton_a excessive_a praise_n but_o rather_o by_o reprehension_n show_v he_o that_o it_o be_v not_o convenient_a he_o shall_v live_v in_o that_o manner_n he_o do_v when_o he_o enjoy_v the_o love_n of_o he_o who_o he_o affect_v he_o must_v always_o exhort_v he_o to_o those_o thing_n by_o exercise_n whereof_o he_o may_v arrive_v at_o perfect_a habit_n their_o end_n be_v that_o of_o lover_n and_o belove_a they_o may_v at_o last_o become_v friend_n chap._n xxxii_o of_o passion_n in_o justice_n be_v so_o great_a a_o ill_a that_o it_o be_v better_a to_o suffer_v wrong_a then_o to_o do_v wrong_n for_o one_o belong_v to_o a_o wicked_a man_n the_o other_o to_o a_o
so_o interpret_v by_o origen_n and_o some_o platonist_n expound_v the_o ocean_n style_v by_o homer_n father_n of_o god_n and_o man_n this_o angelic_a mind_n principle_n and_o fountain_n of_o all_o other_o creature_n gemistius_n neptune_n as_o commander_n of_o all_o water_n of_o all_o mind_n angelical_a and_o humane_a this_o be_v that_o live_a fountain_n whereof_o he_o that_o drink_v shall_v never_o thirst_v these_o be_v the_o water_n whereon_o david_n say_v god_n have_v found_v the_o world_n sect._n fourteen_o porus_n the_o affluence_n of_o idea_n proceed_v from_o god_n be_v style_v by_o plato_n the_o son_n of_o metis_n counsel_n in_o imitation_n of_o the_o scripture_n whence_o our_o saviour_n by_o dionysius_n areop_n be_v term_v the_o angel_n of_o counsel_n that_o be_v the_o messenger_z of_o god_n the_o father_n so_o avicen_n call_v the_o first_o cause_n conciliative_a the_o mind_n not_o have_v idea_n from_o itself_o but_o from_o god_n by_o who_o counsel_n she_o receive_v knowledge_n and_o art_n to_o frame_v this_o visible_a world_n sect._n xv._n love_n sympos_fw-la according_a to_o plato_n be_v young_a and_o old_a of_o the_o god_n they_o as_o all_o other_o thing_n have_v a_o twofold_n be_v ideal_o and_o natural_a the_o first_o god_n in_o his_o natural_a be_v be_v love_n who_o dispense_v they_o to_o all_o the_o rest_n the_o last_o in_o his_o ideal_o love_n be_v bear_v in_o the_o descent_n of_o the_o idea_n into_o the_o angelic_a mind_n which_o can_v not_o be_v perfect_a till_o they_o its_o essence_n be_v make_v so_o by_o love_n conversion_n to_o god_n the_o angelic_a mind_n owe_v its_o natural_a be_v to_o love_n the_o other_o god_n who_o succeed_v this_o mind_n necessary_o be_v young_a than_o he_o in_o their_o natural_a be_v though_o they_o precede_v he_o in_o their_o ideal_o as_o not_o bear_v till_o these_o idea_n though_o imperfect_o be_v join_v to_o the_o inform_v nature_n sect._n xvi_o the_o kingdom_n of_o necessity_n be_v say_v to_o be_v before_o that_o of_o love_n sympos_fw-la every_o creature_n consist_v of_o two_o nature_n material_a the_o imperfect_a which_o we_o here_o understand_v by_o necessity_n and_o formal_a the_o occasion_n of_o perfection_n that_o whereof_o it_o most_o partake_v be_v say_v to_o be_v predominant_a and_o the_o creature_n to_o be_v subject_a to_o it_o hence_o be_v necessity_n matter_n suppose_v to_o reign_v when_o the_o idea_n be_v imperfect_a and_o all_o imperfection_n to_o happen_v during_o that_o time_n all_o perfection_n after_o love_n begin_v his_o reign_n for_o when_o the_o mind_n be_v by_o he_o convert_v to_o god_n that_o which_o before_o be_v imperfect_a in_o she_o be_v perfect_v sect._n xvii_o sympos_fw-la venus_n be_v say_v to_o commend_v fate_n the_o order_n and_o concatenation_n of_o cause_n and_o effect_n in_o this_o sensible_a world_n call_v fate_n depend_v on_o the_o order_n of_o the_o intelligible_a world_n providence_n hence_o platonist_n place_n providence_n the_o order_v of_o idea_n in_o the_o first_o mind_n depend_v upon_o god_n its_o ultimate_a end_n to_o which_o it_o lead_v all_o other_o thing_n thus_o venus_n be_v the_o order_n of_o those_o idea_n whereon_o fate_n the_o world_n order_n depend_v command_v it_o fate_n be_v divide_v into_o three_o part_n clotho_n lachesis_n and_o atropos_n that_o which_o be_v one_o in_o providence_n indivisible_a in_o eternity_n when_o it_o come_v into_o time_n and_o fate_n be_v divisible_a into_o past_a present_a and_o future_a other_o apply_v atropos_n to_o the_o fix_a sphere_n clotho_n to_o the_o seven_o planet_n lachesis_n to_o sublunary_a thing_n temporal_a corporeal_a thing_n only_o be_v subject_v to_o fate_n the_o rational_a soul_n be_v incorporeal_a predominate_v over_o it_o but_o be_v subject_v to_o providence_n to_o serve_v which_o be_v true_a liberty_n by_o who_o the_o will_v obey_v its_o law_n be_v lead_v to_o the_o acquisition_n of_o her_o desire_a end_n and_o as_o often_o as_o she_o endeavour_v to_o loose_v herself_o from_o this_o servitude_n of_o free_a she_o become_v a_o servant_n and_o slave_n to_o fate_n of_o who_o before_o she_o be_v the_o mistress_n to_o deviate_v from_o the_o law_n of_o providence_n be_v to_o forsake_v reason_n to_o follow_v sense_n and_o irrational_a appetite_n which_o be_v corporeal_a be_v under_o fate_n he_o that_o serve_v these_o be_v much_o more_o a_o servant_n than_o those_o he_o serve_v sect._n xviii_o as_o from_o god_n idea_n descend_v into_o the_o angelic_a mind_n by_o which_o the_o love_n of_o intellectual_a beauty_n be_v beget_v in_o she_o call_v divine_a love_n so_o the_o same_o idea_n descend_v from_o the_o angelic_a mind_n into_o the_o rational_a soul_n so_o much_o the_o more_o imperfect_a in_o she_o as_o she_o want_v of_o angelical_a perfection_n from_o these_o spring_n human_a love_n plato_n discourse_v of_o the_o first_o plotinus_n of_o the_o latter_a who_o by_o the_o same_o argument_n whereby_o he_o prove_v ideas_n not_o accidental_a but_o substantial_a in_o the_o angelic_a mind_n evince_v likewise_o the_o specifical_a reason_n the_o idea_n in_o the_o soul_n to_o be_v substantial_a term_v the_o soul_n venus_n as_o have_v a_o specious_a splendid_a love_n in_o respect_n of_o these_o specifical_a reason_n sect._n xix_o vulgar_a love_n be_v the_o appetite_n of_o sensible_a beauty_n through_o corporeal_a sight_n the_o cause_n of_o this_o beauty_n be_v the_o visible_a heaven_n by_o its_o move_a power_n as_o our_o motive_n faculty_n consist_v in_o muscle_n and_o nerve_n the_o instrument_n of_o its_o operation_n so_o the_o motive_n faculty_n of_o heaven_n be_v fit_v with_o a_o body_n proper_a for_o circular_a sempiternal_a motion_n through_o which_o body_n the_o soul_n as_o a_o painter_n with_o his_o pencil_n change_v this_o inferior_a matter_n into_o various_a form_n thus_o vulgar_a venus_n the_o beauty_n of_o material_a form_n have_v her_o casual_a be_v from_o the_o move_a power_n of_o the_o heaven_n her_o formal_a from_o colour_n enlighten_v by_o the_o visible_a sun_n as_o idea_n by_o the_o invisible_a her_o participate_v in_o the_o figure_n and_o just_a order_n of_o part_n communicate_v to_o sight_n by_o mediation_n of_o light_n and_o colour_n by_o who_o interest_n only_o it_o procure_v love_n sect._n xx._n as_o when_o the_o idea_n descend_v into_o the_o mind_n there_o arise_v a_o desire_n of_o enjoy_v that_o from_o whence_o this_o ideal_a beauty_n come_v so_o when_o the_o species_n of_o sensible_a beauty_n flow_v into_o the_o eye_n there_o spring_v a_o twofold_a appetite_n of_o union_n with_o that_o whence_o this_o beauty_n be_v derive_v one_o sensual_a the_o other_o rational_a the_o principle_n of_o bestial_a and_o human_a love_n if_o we_o follow_v sense_n we_o judge_v the_o body_n wherein_o we_o behold_v this_o beauty_n to_o be_v its_o fountain_n whence_o proceed_v a_o desire_n of_o coition_n the_o most_o intimate_a union_n with_o it_o this_o be_v the_o love_n of_o irrational_a creature_n but_o reason_n know_v that_o the_o body_n be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v its_o original_a that_o it_o be_v destructive_a to_o it_o and_o the_o more_o it_o be_v sever_v from_o the_o body_n the_o more_o it_o enjoy_v its_o own_o nature_n and_o dignity_n we_o must_v not_o fix_v with_o the_o species_n of_o sense_n in_o the_o body_n but_o refine_v that_o species_n from_o all_o relic_n of_o corporeal_a infection_n and_o because_o man_n may_v be_v understand_v by_o the_o rational_a soul_n either_o consider_v apart_o or_o in_o its_o union_n to_o the_o body_n in_o the_o first_o sense_n human_a love_n be_v the_o image_n of_o the_o celestial_a in_o the_o second_o desire_v of_o sensible_a beauty_n this_o be_v by_o the_o soul_n abstract_v from_o matter_n and_o as_o much_o as_o its_o nature_n will_v allow_v make_v intellectual_a the_o great_a part_n of_o man_n reach_v no_o high_a than_o this_o other_o more_z perfect_a remember_v that_o more_o perfect_a beauty_n which_o the_o soul_n before_o immerse_v in_o the_o body_n behold_v be_v inflame_v with_o a_o incredible_a desire_n of_o review_v it_o in_o pursuit_n whereof_o they_o separate_z themselves_o as_o much_o as_o possible_a from_o the_o body_n of_o which_o the_o soul_n return_v to_o its_o first_o dignity_n become_v absolute_a mistress_n this_o be_v the_o image_n of_o celestial_a love_n by_o which_o man_n arise_v from_o one_o perfection_n to_o another_o till_o his_o soul_n whole_o unite_v to_o the_o intellect_n be_v make_v a_o angel_n purge_a from_o material_a dross_n and_o transform_v into_o spiritual_a flame_n by_o this_o divine_a power_n he_o mount_v up_o to_o the_o intelligible_a heaven_n and_o happy_o rest_v in_o his_o father_n bosom_n sect._n xxi_o vulgar_a love_n be_v only_o in_o soul_n immerse_v in_o matter_n and_o overcome_v by_o it_o or_o at_o least_o hinder_v by_o perturbation_n and_o passion_n angelic_a love_n be_v in_o the_o intellect_n eternal_a as_o it_o yet_o but_o infer_v the_o great_a part_n turn_v
and_o deception_n and_o true_a and_o false_a judgement_n be_v only_o in_o thing_n contingent_a and_o mutable_a chap._n vi_o of_o one_o the_o same_o and_o diverse_a 2._o one_o be_v a_o affection_n of_o ens_fw-la not_o a_o substance_n as_o pythagoras_n and_o plato_n affirm_v but_o a_o categoreme_a predicate_v of_o every_o thing_n as_o it_o be_v ens._n to_o one_o be_v opposite_a many_o by_o privative_a opposition_n and_o therefore_o one_o be_v manifest_v by_o many_o as_o indivisible_a by_o divisible_a the_o privation_n by_o the_o habit_n for_o divisible_a be_v more_o know_v to_o sense_n then_o indivisible_a and_o multitude_n than_o unity_n to_o one_o be_v refer_v the_o same_o equal_a like_a to_o many_o di●ers_n ●●equall_a unlike_a 3._o thing_n be_v divers_a either_o by_o genus_fw-la or_o species_n by_o genus_fw-la those_o which_o have_v not_o the_o same_o matter_n nor_o a_o mutual_a generation_n or_o whereof_o one_o pertain_v to_o corruptible_a substance_n the_o other_o to_o incorruptible_a by_o species_n those_o which_o have_v the_o same_o genus_fw-la genus_fw-la be_v that_o wherein_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v diverse_a be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o same_o according_a to_o substance_n chap._n vii_o of_o immortal_a eternal_a and_o immovable_a substance_n 6._o substance_n be_v threefold_a two_o kind_n natural_a whereof_o one_o be_v corruptible_a as_o animal_n the_o other_o sempiternal_a as_o heaven_n the_o three_o be_v immovable_a that_o there_o be_v a_o perpetual_a immovable_a substance_n be_v prove_v thus_o substance_n be_v first_o ens_fw-la therefore_o if_o all_o substance_n be_v corruptible_a all_o thing_n likewise_o must_v be_v corruptible_a which_o be_v false_a for_o there_o be_v a_o eternal_a local_a motion_n circular_a proper_a to_o heaven_n which_o it_o be_v not_o possible_a shall_v have_v have_v a_o beginning_n or_o shall_v have_v a_o dissolution_n no_o more_o than_o time_n if_o therefore_o time_n be_v eternal_a as_o motion_n there_o must_v necessary_o be_v some_o incorruptible_a and_o eternal_a substance_n not_o only_o that_o wherein_o that_o eternal_a motion_n exist_v the_o heaven_n itself_o but_o one_o substance_n which_o so_o move_v that_o though_o it_o remain_v its_o self_n movable_a yet_o it_o move_v other_o from_o eternity_n to_o eternity_n not_o have_v only_o the_o power_n of_o move_v but_o be_v continual_o in_o the_o act_n of_o motion_n for_o plato_n and_o the_o rest_n who_o conceive_v god_n to_o have_v do_v nothing_o for_o a_o great_a while_n err_v because_o that_o power_n be_v frustraneous_a which_o be_v not_o reduce_v to_o act_v beside_o motion_n will_v not_o have_v be_v eternal_a unless_o the_o move_a substance_n be_v not_o only_o eternal_a and_o in_o perpetual_a actual_a motition_n but_o such_o likewise_o that_o it_o can_v not_o but_o it_o must_v move_v always_o as_o be_v a_o pure_a act_n void_a of_o power_n hence_o the_o substance_n which_o cause_n eternal_a motion_n be_v void_a of_o matter_n for_o they_o move_v from_o a_o eternal_a act_n and_o be_v void_a of_o all_o power_n in_o thing_n that_o sometime_o be_v sometime_o be_v not_o power_n be_v precedent_a to_o act_v but_o simple_o and_o absolute_o act_n be_v precedent_n to_o power_n for_o neither_o thing_n natural_a nor_o artificial_a be_v reduce_v from_o power_n to_o act_v but_o by_o something_o that_o actual_o exist_v now_o if_o the_o same_o thing_n always_o return_v by_o a_o circular_a motion_n it_o necessary_o follow_v that_o there_o be_v something_o eternal_a which_o remain_v ever_o the_o same_o and_o operate_v in_o the_o same_o manner_n such_o a_o eternal_a first_o moving_z substance_n be_v the_o first_o heaven_n the_o vicissitude_n of_o generation_n and_o corruption_n be_v not_o cause_v by_o the_o first_o heaven_n for_o that_o move_v always_o in_o the_o same_o manner_n but_o by_o the_o inferior_a orb_n especial_o the_o sun_n which_o by_o his_o accession_n bring_v life_n by_o his_o recession_n death_n to_o all_o thing_n mortal_a thus_o be_v the_o first_o heaven_n eternal_a for_o it_o be_v move_v with_o eternal_a motion_n beside_o which_o there_o be_v something_o which_o always_o move_v and_o be_v never_o move_v itself_o and_o be_v eternal_a and_o substance_n and_o act_n chap._n viii_o of_o go_n 7._o this_o first_o mover_n move_v in_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o thing_n appetible_a and_o intelligible_a that_o be_v it_o so_o move_v other_o as_o itself_o remain_v immovable_a the_o motion_n of_o the_o first_o agent_n as_o it_o be_v the_o first_o efficient_a cause_n consist_v in_o that_o influence_n thereof_o whereby_o it_o concur_v effective_o with_o the_o inferior_a intelligence_n in_o move_v its_o own_o orb_n wherefore_o the_o efficience_n of_o the_o first_o mover_n be_v a_o application_n of_o the_o power_n of_o the_o inferior_a mover_n to_o their_o proper_a work_n wherein_o he_o concur_v with_o they_o active_o and_o independent_o thus_o the_o intelligence_n move_v the_o heaven_n not_o for_o the_o generation_n of_o inferior_a thing_n for_o the_o end_n must_v be_v more_o noble_a than_o the_o mean_n but_o for_o that_o chief_a and_o amiable_a good_a whereunto_o they_o endeavour_v to_o be_v like_a as_o their_o ultimate_a end_n the_o first_o mover_n be_v void_a of_o mutation_n a_o ens_fw-la whole_o and_o simple_o necessary_a and_o consequent_o the_o principle_n of_o all_o upon_o this_o first_o principle_n depend_v heaven_n and_o nature_n because_o without_o he_o their_o ultimate_a end_n and_o first_o efficient_a nothing_o can_v be_v or_o be_v operate_v this_o first_o mover_n god_n enjoy_v the_o most_o perfect_a life_n perpetual_a and_o most_o pleasant_a which_o absolute_a felicity_n be_v proper_a to_o he_o for_o as_o much_o as_o he_o understand_v and_o contemplate_v himself_o with_o infinite_a delight_n for_o as_o we_o be_v happy_a in_o contemplation_n that_o last_v but_o a_o little_a while_n so_o be_v god_n most_o happy_a in_o the_o infinite_a and_o most_o perfect_a contemplation_n of_o himself_o who_o be_v of_o all_o thing_n most_o admirable_a god_n be_v a_o eternal_a live_a being_n the_o best_a of_o being_n a_o immovable_a substance_n separate_v from_o sensible_a thing_n void_a of_o corporeal_a quantity_n without_o part_n and_o indivisible_a for_o such_o must_v that_o principle_n or_o substance_n be_v which_o move_v in_o infinite_a time_n nothing_o finite_a have_v infinite_a power_n all_o magnitude_n must_v be_v either_o finite_a or_o infinite_a finite_a magnitude_n can_v move_v in_o infinite_a time_n infinite_a magnitude_n there_o be_v not_o as_o we_o prove_v in_o the_o physic_n god_n be_v impossible_a not_o subject_a to_o alteration_n the_o first_o local_a motion_n which_o be_v the_o circular_a not_o be_v compatible_a to_o god_n because_o he_o be_v immovable_a it_o follow_v that_o other_o motion_n that_o induce_v passion_n or_o alteration_n and_o be_v late_a than_o local_a motion_n can_v likewise_o be_v competent_a to_o he_o chap._n ix_o of_o intelligence_n 8._o beside_o this_o first_o substance_n the_o mover_n of_o the_o first_o heaven_n th●re_o must_v likewise_o be_v other_o substance_n separate_v from_o matter_n eternal_a and_o immovable_a precedent_n over_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o inferior_a orb_n so_o that_o after_o what_o number_n and_o order_v those_o orb_n be_v dispose_v according_a to_o the_o same_o be_v these_o eternal_a move_n and_o immovable_a substance_n order_v from_o the_o number_n of_o the_o motion_n may_v be_v collect_v the_o number_n of_o the_o sphere_n and_o consequent_o of_o the_o substance_n move_v which_o according_a to_o aristotle_n be_v 47._o heaven_n be_v numerical_o one_o because_o the_o first_o mover_n be_v one_o it_o be_v a_o ancient_a tradition_n that_o these_o first_o substance_n that_o move_v the_o heaven_n be_v go_n this_o opinion_n be_v true_o divine_a but_o what_o be_v add_v that_o they_o have_v the_o shape_n of_o man_n or_o some_o other_o animal_n be_v only_o invent_v for_o persuasion_n of_o the_o common_a people_n for_o use_v of_o law_n and_o the_o convenience_n of_o life_n thus_o much_o may_v serve_v for_o a_o short_a view_n of_o his_o metaphysic_n theophrastus_n chap._n i._n his_o country_n parent_n master_n theophrastus_n succeed_v aristotle_n he_o be_v bear_v at_o erestus_n as_o exil_fw-fr plutarch_n laertius_n and_o other_o affirm_v a_o sea-town_n of_o les●os_n seat_v upon_o a_o hill_n as_o 13._o strabo_n describe_v it_o distant_a from_o sigrium_n 18_o stadia_fw-la his_o father_n be_v name_v melante_n as_o laert._n athenodorus_n affirm_v according_a to_o suid._n other_o leo_n by_o profession_n a_o full_a theophrastus_n be_v first_o call_v tyrtamus_fw-la he_o hear_v leucippus_n in_o his_o own_o country_n afterward_o go_v to_o plato_n and_o last_o become_v a_o auditor_n of_o aristotle_n who_o change_v the_o roughness_n of_o his_o name_n call_v he_o as_o suidas_n say_v first_o euphrastus_fw-la afterward_o theophrastus_n from_o the_o divine_a eloquence_n of_o his_o speech_n wherein_o as_o cicero_n 1._o pliny_n laertius_n 13._o strabo_n and_o other_o aver_v he_o excel_v all_o the_o
thin_a diet_n and_o drink_v water_n to_o go_v negligent_o in_o habit_n shave_a without_o coat_n without_o shoe_n and_o silent_a look_v upon_o themselves_o as_o they_o go_v he_o bring_v they_o up_o likewise_o to_o hunt_v on_o the_o other_o side_n they_o take_v great_a care_n of_o diogenes_n and_o recommend_v he_o to_o their_o parent_n alex._n when_o alexander_n be_v upon_o expedition_n against_o the_o persian_a many_o philosopher_n come_v to_o salute_v he_o the_o same_o duty_n he_o expect_v from_o diogenes_n who_o be_v at_o that_o time_n at_o the_o craneum_n a_o gymnasium_n in_o corinth_n where_o he_o live_v idle_o not_o mind_v alexander_n alexander_n therefore_o go_v and_o find_v he_o out_o sit_v in_o the_o sun_n he_o rise_v a_o little_a to_o look_v upon_o the_o great_a crowd_n of_o people_n that_o come_v along_o with_o alexander_n who_o salute_v he_o ask_v diognes_n what_o he_o will_v desire_v of_o he_o he_o answer_v that_o you_o will_v stand_v aside_o a_o little_a from_o betwixt_o i_o and_o the_o sun_n hereat_o alexander_n be_v so_o surprise_v and_o so_o much_o admire_v his_o high_a mind_n that_o his_o attendant_n in_o return_v laugh_v thereat_o but_o i_o say_v he_o be_v i_o not_o alexander_n will_v choose_v to_o be_v diogenes_n chap._n iu._n his_o philosophy_n laert._n and_o concern_v opinion_n he_o say_v there_o be_v a_o twofold_a exercitation_n one_o spiritual_a the_o other_o corporeal_a if_o in_o the_o first_o of_o these_o we_o employ_v ourselves_o constant_o frequent_a fantasy_n will_v occur_v which_o facilitate_v the_o performance_n of_o virtue_n the_o one_o can_v be_v without_o the_o other_o a_o good_a habit_n and_o strength_n be_v necessary_a both_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o the_o body_n that_o virtue_n be_v easy_o acquire_v by_o exercitation_n he_o argue_v in_o as_o much_o as_o in_o the_o mechanic_n art_n and_o other_o that_o artist_n by_o practice_n quick_o arrive_v at_o a_o extraordinary_a readiness_n therein_o and_o wrestler_n and_o musician_n excel_v one_o another_o according_a to_o the_o continual_a pame_n they_o take_v therein_o one_o more_o than_o another_o and_o if_o they_o shall_v have_v take_v the_o same_o pain_n about_o their_o soul_n it_o will_v not_o have_v be_v unprofitable_o and_o imperfect_o employ_v he_o say_v nothing_o in_o life_n can_v be_v right_o do_v without_o exercitation_n and_o that_o exercitation_n can_v master_v any_o thing_n for_o whereas_o man_n shall_v choose_v natural_a labour_n whereby_o they_o may_v live_v happy_o they_o on_o the_o contrary_n make_v choice_n of_o the_o unprofitable_a and_o through_o their_o own_o folly_n be_v in_o continual_a misery_n for_o even_o the_o contempt_n of_o pleasure_n if_o we_o accustom_v ourselves_o thereto_o will_v be_v most_o pleasant_a and_o as_o they_o who_o inure_v themselves_o to_o a_o voluptuous_a life_n can_v be_v take_v off_o it_o without_o much_o trouble_n and_o grief_n so_o they_o who_o exercise_v themselves_o in_o a_o contrary_a manner_n with_o as_o great_a ease_n contemn_v even_o the_o pleasure_n themselves_o he_o ascribe_v not_o so_o much_o to_o law_n as_o to_o nature_n he_o affirm_v that_o he_o follow_v the_o same_o course_n of_o life_n with_o hercules_n prefer_v nothing_o before_o liberty_n he_o assert_v that_o all_o thing_n belong_v to_o the_o wise_a argue_v thus_o all_o thing_n belong_v to_o the_o god_n the_o god_n be_v friend_n to_o wise_a person_n all_o thing_n be_v common_a among_o friend_n therefore_o all_o thing_n belong_v to_o the_o wise_a as_o concern_v law_n he_o hold_v that_o without_o it_o a_o commonwealth_n can_v not_o be_v order_v for_o say_v he_o without_o a_o city_n there_o can_v be_v any_o profit_n of_o civil_a thing_n a_o city_n be_v a_o civil_a thing_n of_o law_n without_o a_o city_n there_o be_v no_o profit_n therefore_o law_n be_v civil_a he_o deride_v nobility_n glory_n and_o the_o like_a say_v they_o be_v the_o ornament_n or_o veil_n of_o wickedness_n and_o that_o only_o a_o right_a commonwealth_n ought_v to_o be_v honour_v he_o hold_v that_o there_o ought_v to_o be_v a_o community_n of_o woman_n conceive_v marriage_n to_o be_v nothing_o and_o that_o every_o man_n and_o woman_n may_v enjoy_v one_o another_o as_o they_o please_v themselves_o and_o consequent_o that_o all_o child_n shall_v be_v in_o common_a he_o hold_v that_o it_o be_v not_o unlawful_a to_o take_v any_o thing_n out_o of_o a_o temple_n or_o to_o feed_v upon_o live_a creature_n neither_o be_v it_o impious_a to_o eat_v man_n flesh_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o practice_n of_o other_o nation_n add_v that_o all_o thing_n be_v in_o all_o and_o by_o all_o in_o bread_n there_o be_v flesh_n in_o flesh_n bread_n the_o remainder_n of_o flesh_n and_o bread_n be_v insinuate_v by_o occult_a passage_n into_o other_o body_n and_o evaporate_n in_o like_a manner_n this_o laertius_n cite_v out_o of_o a_o tragedy_n of_o his_o name_n thyestes_n if_o say_v he_o that_o tragedy_n belong_v to_o he_o and_o not_o rather_o to_o philiscus_n or_o pasiphon_n music_n geometry_n astronomy_n and_o the_o like_a he_o reject_v as_o unprofitable_a and_o unnecessary_a chap._n v._n his_o apophthegm_n laert._n he_o be_v very_o acute_a say_v laertius_n in_o deride_v other_o he_o say_v euclides_n school_n be_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o a_o school_n but_o anger_n for_o the_o dialectic_o affect_v litigious_a dispute_n he_o say_v plato_n school_n be_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o a_o exercitation_n but_o consumption_n he_o say_v when_o he_o look_v upon_o pilot_n physician_n and_o philosopher_n man_n be_v the_o wise_a of_o all_o creature_n but_o when_o he_o look_v upon_o interpreter_n of_o dream_n prophet_n or_o person_n puff_v up_o with_o wealth_n or_o honour_n nothing_o be_v more_o foolish_a then_o man_n he_o say_v that_o he_o often_o sound_v it_o convenient_a in_o life_n to_o have_v ready_a a_o answer_n or_o a_o rope_n at_o a_o great_a feast_n see_v plato_n eat_v olive_n why_o say_v he_o you_o be_v a_o wise_a man_n and_o go_v to_o sicily_n for_o such_o entertainment_n do_v you_o not_o enjoy_v they_o he_o answer_v by_o the_o god_n diogenes_n i_o feed_v upon_o olive_n there_o likewise_o as_o well_o as_o upon_o other_o thing_n diogenes_n reply_v why_o then_o need_v you_o to_o have_v go_v to_o syracuse_n be_v there_o no_o olive_n at_o that_o time_n in_o attica_n this_o phavorinus_n ascribe_v to_o aristippus_n add_v that_o as_o he_o be_v eat_v fig_n he_o meet_v he_o and_o say_v taste_n the_o other_o take_v and_o eat_v i_o bid_v you_o say_v he_o taste_n and_o not_o devour_v in_o the_o presence_n of_o some_o friend_n of_o plato_n send_v to_o he_o by_o dionysius_n diogenes_n tread_v under_o foot_n plato_n robe_n say_v i_o tread_v under_o foot_n plato_n pride_n but_o diogenes_n answer_v plato_n how_o proud_a be_v you_o yourself_o when_o you_o think_v you_o contemn_v pride_n sotion_n relate_v this_o as_o say_v to_o the_o cynic_n by_o plato_n 133_o diogenes_n send_v to_o plato_n for_o wine_n and_o fig_n he_o send_v he_o a_o large_a vessel_n of_o wine_n and_o fig_n whereupon_o diogenes_n as_o you_o say_v he_o be_v demand_v how_o much_o 2._o and_o 2._o be_v answer_v 20._o so_o you_o neither_o grant_v what_o i_o request_n nor_o answer_v what_o i_o demand_v thus_o censure_v his_o verbosity_n be_v demand_v in_o what_o part_n of_o greece_n he_o have_v see_v good_a man_n man_n say_v he_o no_o where_o but_o good_a boy_n at_o lacedaemon_n make_v a_o serious_a discourse_n and_o perceive_v that_o no_o man_n come_v to_o hear_v he_o he_o begin_v to_o sing_v whereat_o a_o great_a many_o gather_v together_o who_o he_o reproach_v for_o come_v to_o trifle_n be_v so_o backward_o to_o serious_a thing_n he_o say_v man_n contest_v in_o undermine_v or_o kick_v but_o none_o about_o goodness_n he_o wonder_v at_o grammarian_n who_o inquire_v after_o the_o misfortune_n of_o ulysses_n forget_v their_o own_o and_o at_o musician_n who_o whilst_o they_o tune_v their_o instrument_n have_v discordant_a affection_n in_o their_o soul_n and_o at_o the_o mathematician_n that_o gaze_v upon_o the_o sun_n and_o moon_n neglect_a what_o be_v just_a at_o their_o foot_n and_o at_o 296._o orator_n who_o study_v to_o speak_v just_a thing_n and_o neglect_v to_o act_v they_o and_o last_o at_o covetous_a person_n for_o dispraise_v money_n which_o they_o love_v above_o all_o thing_n he_o reprehend_v those_o who_o though_o they_o commend_v just_a man_n for_o think_v themselves_o to_o be_v above_o money_n yet_o esteem_v the_o rich_a happy_a he_o be_v angry_a at_o those_o who_o when_o they_o sacrifice_v to_o the_o god_n for_o their_o health_n feast_v at_o the_o same_o time_n contrary_a to_o their_o health_n he_o wonder_v at_o servant_n who_o see_v their_o master_n eat_v
excessive_o do_v not_o take_v away_o their_o meat_n he_o praise_v those_o who_o be_v about_o to_o marry_v will_v not_o marry_v who_o be_v about_o to_o go_v sea_n will_v not_o go_v to_o sea_n who_o be_v about_o to_o undertake_v some_o public_a office_n will_v not_o undertake_v it_o and_o who_o be_v about_o to_o bring_v up_o child_n forbear_v to_o bring_v they_o up_o and_o who_o can_v compose_v themselves_o to_o live_v with_o great_a man_n yet_o never_o go_v to_o they_o he_o say_v when_o we_o stretch_v out_o our_o hand_n to_o our_o friend_n we_o shall_v never_o clutch_v our_o fist_n one_o bring_v he_o into_o a_o new_a house_n and_o forbid_v he_o to_o spit_v he_o spit_v in_o his_o face_n say_v he_o can_v not_o find_v a_o worse_a place_n some_o ascribe_v this_o to_o aristippus_n cry_v out_o upon_o a_o time_n man_n come_v hither_o a_o great_a many_o flock_v about_o he_o who_o he_o fall_v upon_o with_o his_o stick_n and_o beat_v they_o say_v i_o call_v man_n not_o varlet_n this_o hecaton_n in_o his_o chr●ae_n relate_v alexander_n say_v if_o he_o have_v not_o be_v bear_v alexander_n he_o will_v have_v desire_v to_o have_v be_v bear_v diogenes_n he_o say_v they_o be_v not_o maim_v who_o be_v dumb_a and_o blind_a but_o they_o who_o have_v not_o a_o wallet_n go_v once_o half_o shave_v to_o a_o feast_n of_o young_a man_n as_o metrocles_n relate_v they_o beat_v he_o whereupon_o he_o take_v their_o name_n and_o set_v they_o down_o in_o a_o parchment_n roll_n he_o wear_v it_o at_o his_o breast_n whereby_o be_v know_v they_o be_v revile_v and_o beat_v he_o say_v he_o be_v the_o dog_n of_o the_o praise_v but_o none_o of_o the_o praiser_n dare_v go_v a_o hunt_n with_o he_o to_o one_o say_v at_o the_o pythian_a game_n i_o overcome_v man_n no_o say_v he_o i_o the_o man_n you_o the_o slave_n to_o those_o who_o say_v to_o he_o you_o be_v now_o old_a take_v your_o ease_n what_o say_v he_o if_o i_o be_v to_o run_v a_o race_n shall_v i_o give_v over_o when_o i_o be_v almost_o at_o the_o end_n or_o rather_o contest_v with_o great_a courage_n find_v demosthenes_n the_o orator_n at_o dinner_n in_o a_o common_a victual_v house_n who_o ashamed_a will_v have_v steal_v away_o nay_o say_v he_o you_o be_v now_o the_o more_o popular_a aelian_a relate_v it_o thus_o diogenes_n be_v at_o dinner_n in_o a_o common_a victual_v house_n and_o see_v demosthenes_n pass_v by_o invite_v he_o in_o demosthenes_n refuse_v do_v you_o think_v it_o say_v diogenes_n a_o disparagement_n to_o dine_v here_o when_o your_o master_n dine_v here_o every_o day_n mean_v the_o common_a people_n to_o who_o orator_n be_v but_o servant_n to_o some_o stranger_n who_o be_v desirous_a to_o see_v demosthenes_n point_v to_o he_o with_o his_o middle_a finger_n this_o say_v he_o be_v he_o that_o lead_v the_o athenian_n in_o reproof_n to_o one_o who_o have_v throw_v away_o his_o bread_n and_o be_v ashamed_a to_o take_v it_o up_o again_o he_o tie_v a_o string_n about_o the_o neck_n of_o a_o bottle_n and_o drag_v it_o after_o he_o through_o the_o ceramick_a he_o say_v most_o man_n be_v mad_a praeter_fw-la digitum_fw-la all_o but_o the_o finger_n if_o any_o man_n shall_v walk_v point_v with_o his_o middle_a finger_n he_o will_v be_v think_v mad_a if_o his_o forefinger_n not_o so_o he_o say_v the_o most_o precious_a thing_n be_v sell_v cheap_a and_o so_o on_o the_o contrary_a for_o a_o statue_n will_v cost_v 3000_o piece_n of_o silver_n a_o peck_n of_o wheat_n two_o piece_n of_o brass_n to_o one_o who_o come_v to_o he_o to_o study_v philosophy_n he_o give_v a_o fish_n and_o bid_v he_o follow_v he_o the_o other_o ashamed_a throw_v it_o away_o and_o depart_v not_o long_o after_o meet_v the_o same_o person_n he_o laugh_v say_v the_o friendship_n betwixt_o you_o and_o i_o be_v break_v off_o by_o a_o fish_n diocl●s_n relate_v it_o thus_o one_o say_v to_o he_o command_v i_o diogenes_n he_o give_v he_o a_o penny_n worth_a of_o cheese_n to_o bring_v after_o he_o the_o other_o refuse_v to_o carry_v it_o our_o friendship_n say_v he_o a_o pennyworth_n of_o cheese_n have_v dissolve_v see_v a_o boy_n drink_v water_n in_o the_o hollow_a of_o his_o hand_n he_o take_v his_o little_a cup_n out_o of_o his_o wallet_n and_o throw_v it_o away_o say_v the_o boy_n outgo_v he_o in_o srugality_n he_o throw_v away_o his_o dish_n also_o see_v a_o boy_n that_o have_v break_v he_o sup_v up_o his_o broth_n in_o the_o same_o manner_n see_v a_o woman_n prostrate_v herself_o unhandsome_o in_o prayer_n and_o desirous_a to_o reprove_v her_o superstition_n as_o zoilus_n the_o pergaean_a report_n come_v to_o she_o and_o say_v be_v you_o not_o ashamed_a woman_n that_o god_n who_o stand_v behind_o you_o for_o all_o thing_n be_v full_a of_o he_o shall_v see_v you_o in_o this_o undecent_a posture_n he_o say_v such_o as_o beat_v other_o ought_v to_o be_v consecrate_v to_o aesculapius_n the_o god_n of_o chirurgery_n he_o say_v against_o fortune_n we_o must_v oppose_v courage_n against_o nature_n law_n against_o passion_n reason_n in_o the_o craneum_n alexander_n stand_v by_o he_o as_o the_o sun_n shine_v say_v to_o he_o ask_v of_o i_o what_o thou_o will_v he_o answer_v do_v not_o stand_v between_o i_o and_o the_o sun_n one_o read_v a_o long_a tedious_a discourse_n and_o come_v at_o last_o near_o a_o blank_a leaf_n at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o book_n be_v of_o good_a courage_n friend_n say_v he_o i_o see_v land_n to_o one_o prove_v by_o the_o horn_a syllogism_n that_o he_o have_v horn_n he_o feel_v of_o his_o forehead_n but_o i_o say_v he_o feel_v none_o in_o like_a manner_n another_o maintain_v there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o motion_n he_o rise_v up_o and_o walk_v to_o one_o dispute_v concern_v meteor_n how_o long_o be_v it_o say_v he_o since_o you_o come_v from_o heaven_n a_o wicked_a man_n have_v write_v over_o the_o door_n of_o his_o house_n let_v no_o ill_a thing_n enter_v here_o which_o way_n then_o say_v he_o must_v the_o master_n come_v in_o he_o anoint_v his_o foot_n with_o sweet_a unguent_n say_v the_o scent_n go_v from_o the_o crown_n of_o his_o head_n into_o the_o air_n but_o from_o his_o foot_n to_o his_o nostril_n to_o some_o athenian_n that_o persuade_v he_o to_o be_v initiate_v into_o some_o religious_a mystery_n allege_v that_o such_o as_o be_v initiate_v have_v the_o chief_a place_n in_o the_o other_o world_n it_o be_v ridiculous_a say_v he_o if_o agesilaus_n and_o epaminondas_n live_v there_o among_o bog_n and_o the_o common_a people_n that_o be_v initiate_v live_v in_o the_o bless_a island_n or_o as_o plutarch_n hear_v these_o verse_n of_o socrates_n thrice_o happy_a they_o who_o do_v these_o mystery_n survey_v they_o only_o after_o death_n be_v bless_v all_o misery_n pursue_v the_o rest_n what_o say_v he_o shall_v patoetion_n the_o thie●e_n be_v in_o better_a condition_n because_o he_o be_v initiate_v than_o epaminondas_n mouse_n come_v to_o he_o as_o he_o be_v at_o dinner_n see_v say_v he_o diogenes_n also_o maintain_v parasite_n ●3_n diogenes_n be_v present_a at_o a_o discourse_n of_o plato_n will_v not_o mind_v it_o whereat_o plato_n angry_a say_v thou_o dog_n why_o mind_v thou_o not_o diogenes_n unmoved_a answer_v yet_o i_o never_o return_v to_o the_o place_n where_o i_o be_v sell_v as_o dog_n do_v allude_v to_o pl●to's_n voyage_n to_o sicily_n return_v from_o a_o bath_n one_o ask_v he_o if_o there_o be_v many_o man_n there_o he_o say_v no_o the_o other_o ask_v if_o there_o be_v much_o company_n he_o say_v there_o be_v plato_n define_v man_n a_o two-footed_a animal_n without_o wing_n and_o this_o definition_n be_v approve_v diogenes_n take_v a_o cock_n and_o pluck_v off_o all_o its_o feather_n turn_v it_o into_o plato_n school_n say_v this_o be_v plato_n man_n whereupon_o to_o the_o definition_n be_v add_v have_v broad_a nail_n to_o one_o demand_v at_o what_o time_n he_o shall_v dine_v if_o thou_o be_v rich_a say_v he_o when_o thou_o will_v if_o poor_a when_o thou_o can_v at_o megara_n see_v their_o sheep_n with_o thick_a fleece_n and_o their_o child_n almost_o naked_a it_o be_v better_a say_v he_o to_o be_v the_o sheep_n of_o a_o megaraean_a than_o his_o son_n to_o one_o who_o hit_v he_o with_o the_o end_n of_o a_o long_a pole_n bid_v he_o he_o take_v heed_n why_o say_v he_o do_v you_o mean_v to_o hit_v i_o again_o he_o say_v the_o orator_n be_v the_o servant_n of_o the_o multitude_n crown_n the_o bile_n of_o glory_n 4._o he_o light_v a_o candle_n at_o noon_n say_v i_o look_v for_o a_o man_n he_o stand_v in_o the_o rain_n without_o any_o shelter_n some_o that_o be_v present_a pity_v he_o plato_n who_o be_v there_o
to_o be_v shave_v divert_v he_o hold_v that_o the_o end_n be_v science_n which_o be_v to_o live_v so_o as_o to_o refer_v all_o thing_n to_o science_n join_v with_o life_n that_o science_n be_v a_o habit_n susceptive_a of_o fantasy_n fall_v under_o reason_n yet_o sometime_o he_o say_v there_o be_v no_o end_n but_o that_o the_o end_n itself_o be_v change_v by_o the_o thing_n and_o those_o which_o be_v join_v to_o the_o thing_n as_o brass_n of_o which_o the_o statue_n of_o alexander_n or_o socrates_n be_v make_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o end_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d differ_v one_o be_v object_v to_o unwise_a person_n as_o well_o as_o wise_a the_o other_o to_o wise_a only_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v betwixt_o virtue_n and_o vice_n be_v indifferent_n his_o book_n be_v write_v in_o a_o short_a stile_n consist_v of_o few_o word_n but_o very_o efficacious_a wherein_o be_v contain_v what_o he_o hold_v contrary_a to_o zeno._n his_o write_n these_o of_o exercitation_n of_o passion_n of_o suspicion_n the_o lawgiver_n majeutick_n antipheron_n the_o master_n the_o preparative_a the_o directive_n hermes_n medea_n dialogue_n moral_a thesis_n his_o disciple_n be_v call_v herilian_n name_v by_o cicero_n as_o a_o particular_a sect_n among_o the_o socratics_n dionysius_n son_n of_o theophantus_fw-la laert._n a_o heracleot_n from_o the_o change_n of_o his_o opinion_n surname_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o retractor_n he_o be_v from_o the_o beginning_n studious_o addict_v to_o learning_n and_o write_v poem_n of_o all_o kind_n then_o betake_v himself_o to_o aratus_n be_v much_o please_v with_o he_o of_o philosopher_n he_o first_o hear_v as_o diocles_n affirm_v heraclides_fw-la his_o countryman_n then_o alexinus_n and_o menedemus_n after_o these_o zeno._n revolt_a from_o zeno_n he_o addict_v himself_o to_o the_o cyrenaean_n he_o go_v to_o common_a house_n and_o addict_v himself_o to_o other_o pleasure_n he_o assert_v the_o end_n to_o be_v pleasure_n and_o that_o by_o reason_n of_o his_o own_o purblindnesse_n for_o be_v much_o grieve_v thereat_o he_o dare_v not_o affirm_v grief_n to_o be_v one_o of_o the_o indifferent_n he_o die_v eighty_o year_n old_a starve_v his_o write_n be_v thus_o entitle_v of_o apathy_n 2._o of_o riches_n and_o favour_n and_o punishment_n of_o the_o use_n of_o man_n of_o good_a fortune_n of_o the_o king_n of_o the_o ancients_n of_o thing_n that_o be_v praise_v of_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o barbarian_n sphaerus_n be_v of_o bosphorus_n he_o first_o hear_v zeno_n than_o cleanthes_n and_o have_v make_v a_o sufficient_a progress_n in_o learning_n go_v to_o alexandria_n to_o ptolemy_n philopater_n where_o there_o arise_v a_o dispute_n whether_o a_o wise_a man_n do_v opinionate_a and_o sphaerus_n maintain_v that_o he_o do_v not_o the_o king_n command_v some_o quince_n athenaeus_n say_v bird_n of_o wax_n to_o be_v set_v before_o he_o wherewith_o sphaerus_n be_v cozen_v the_o king_n cry_v out_o that_o he_o assent_v to_o a_o false_a phantasy_n sphaerus_n present_o answer_v that_o he_o assent_v not_o that_o they_o be_v quince_n but_o that_o it_o be_v probable_a they_o be_v quince_n but_o comprehensive_a fantasy_n differ_v from_o probable_a athen._n for_o that_o be_v never_o false_a but_o in_o probable_a matter_n sometime_o a_o thing_n fall_v out_o otherwise_o than_o we_o imagine_v laert._n mnesistratus_n accuse_v he_o that_o he_o deny_v ptolemy_n to_o be_v king_n he_o answer_v that_o he_o think_v ptolemy_n or_o such_o a_o one_o be_v king_n his_o write_n be_v these_o of_o the_o world_n of_o the_o seed_n of_o element_n of_o fortune_n of_o least_n against_o atom_n and_o apparition_n of_o the_o organ_n of_o sense_n upon_o heraclitus_n five_o dissertation_n of_o moral_a description_n of_o office_n of_o appetite_n of_o passion_n 2._o dissertation_n of_o a_o kingdom_n of_o the_o lacedaemonian_a commonwealth_n of_o lycurgus_n and_o socrates_n 3._o of_o law_n of_o divination_n erotick_a dialogue_n of_o the_o eretriack_a philosopher_n of_o thing_n like_a of_o definition_n of_o habit_n of_o contrary_n 3._o of_o reason_n of_o riches_n of_o glory_n of_o death_n of_o the_o art_n of_o dialectic_a 2._o of_o categorem_n of_o ambiguity_n epistle_n cleanthes_n who_o zeno_n compare_v to_o write_v table_n that_o be_v so_o hard_o they_o will_v not_o easy_o admit_v a_o impression_n but_o have_v once_o receive_v it_o keep_v it_o long_o he_o succeed_v zeno_n of_o he_o therefore_o apart_o philon_n a_o theban_a callippus_n a_o corinthian_a possidonius_fw-la a_o alexandrian_a athenodorus_n of_o soli_n there_o be_v two_o more_o of_o the_o same_o name_n stoic_n zeno_n a_o sidonian_a last_o in_o the_o catalogue_n of_o his_o disciple_n must_v be_v remember_v a_o eretrian_a youth_n mention_v by_o 198._o stobaeus_n who_o hear_v zeno_n till_o he_o come_v to_o be_v a_o man_n then_o return_v to_o eretria_n his_o father_n ask_v he_o what_o he_o have_v learn_v all_o that_o time_n he_o answer_v he_o will_v short_o let_v he_o see_v and_o do_v so_o for_o not_o long_o after_o his_o father_n in_o anger_n do_v beat_v he_o which_o he_o take_v quiet_o say_v this_o i_o have_v learn_v to_o bear_v with_o the_o anger_n of_o a_o father_n and_o not_o to_o oppose_v it_o in_o the_o life_n of_o zeno_n for_o as_o much_o as_o he_o be_v author_n of_o that_o sect_n it_o will_v be_v requisite_a to_o give_v account_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o stoic_n in_o general_a wherein_o if_o the_o term_n seem_v harsh_o render_v it_o will_v easy_o be_v forgive_v by_o those_o who_o consider_v the_o stoic_n be_v no_o less_o particular_a in_o their_o word_n then_o in_o their_o doctrine_n the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o stoic_n the_o first_o part_n chap._n i._n of_o philosophy_n in_o general_a and_o particular_o of_o dialectic_a 1._o wisdom_n be_v the_o science_n of_o thing_n divine_a and_o humane_a philosophy_n be_v the_o exercitation_n of_o convenient_a art_n convenient_a be_v only_o and_o supreme_a virtue_n of_o virtue_n in_o the_o most_o general_a sense_n there_o be_v three_o kind_n natural_a moral_a rational_a for_o which_o cause_n philosophy_n likewise_o have_v three_o part_n physic_n ethick_n logic_n physic_n when_o we_o inquire_v concern_v the_o world_n and_o the_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n ethick_n be_v employ_v about_o humane_a life_n logic_n be_v that_o part_n which_o concern_v reason_n which_o be_v also_o call_v dialectic_a laert._n thus_o zeno_n the_o cittiean_a first_o divide_v it_o in_o his_o book_n of_o speech_n and_o chrysippus_n in_o his_o first_o book_n of_o speech_n and_o in_o his_o first_o of_o physics_n and_o apollodorus_n ephillus_fw-la in_o his_o first_o book_n of_o introduction_n into_o doctrine_n and_o eudromus_fw-la in_o his_o moral_a institution_n and_o diogenes_n the_o babylonian_a and_o possidonius_fw-la these_o part_n apollodorus_n call_v place_n c●rysippus_n and_o eudromus_fw-la species_n other_o genu_n that_o logic_n be_v a_o part_n of_o philosophy_n distinct_a from_o the_o rest_n wherein_o all_o the_o stoic_n agree_v be_v prove_v by_o two_o arguments●_n the_o first_o this_o categ_n every_o thing_n which_o use_v another_o if_o that_o which_o the_o thing_n use_v use_v be_v neither_o part_n nor_o particle_n nor_o part_n of_o part_n of_o any_o other_o it_o must_v be_v part_n or_o particle_n of_o the_o thing_n use_v as_o medicine_n use_v the_o art_n of_o prescribe_v diet_n which_o be_v be_v neither_o part_n nor_o particle_n of_o any_o other_o be_v consequent_o a_o part_n or_o particle_n of_o medicine_n of_o part_n as_o to_o the_o cure_n of_o particle_n as_o to_o the_o practice_n prio_fw-la philosophy_n be_v conversant_a about_o logic_n logic_n therefore_o be_v either_o a_o part_n or_o particle_n of_o philosophy_n but_o a_o particle_n it_o be_v not_o for_o it_o be_v not_o a_o part_n either_o of_o the_o contemplative_a or_o the_o active_a that_o which_o be_v a_o particle_n of_o any_o thing_n aught_o to_o have_v the_o same_o matter_n and_o scope_n with_o that_o whereof_o it_o be_v a_o part_n logic_n have_v neither_o of_o these_o common_a with_o active_a philosophy_n the_o matter_n whereof_o be_v humane_a thing_n and_o moderation_n of_o appetite_n the_o common_a scope_n what_o in_o they_o be_v to_o be_v embrace_v or_o shun_v but_o the_o matter_n of_o logic_n be_v proposition_n the_o scope_n to_o demonstrate_v by_o a_o composure_n of_o proposition_n that_o which_o necessary_o fall_v out_o upon_o the_o collection_n neither_o be_v logic_n a_o part_n of_o the_o contemplative_a the_o matter_n whereof_o be_v thing_n divine_a the_o end_n contemplation_n of_o they_o now_o if_o it_o be_v not_o a_o part_n either_o of_o the_o contemplative_a or_o the_o active_a it_o be_v not_o a_o particle_n of_o philosophy_n but_o equal_o separate_v from_o both_o these_o and_o consequent_o it_o must_v be_v a_o part_n of_o it_o categor_n the_o second_o argument_n be_v thus_o no_o art_n frame_v its_o own_o
possible_a follow_v not_o impossible_a and_o that_o which_o be_v past_a be_v not_o true_a of_o necessity_n other_o that_o something_o be_v possible_a which_o be_v not_o true_a that_o whatsoever_o be_v past_a be_v true_a of_o necessity_n and_o that_o to_o possible_a follow_v also_o impossible_a furthermore_o of_o axiom_n some_o be_v laert._n probable_a some_o paradoxall_a some_o reasonable_a a_o probable_a axiom_n be_v that_o which_o persuade_v we_o by_o a_o specious_a show_n to_o assent_v unto_o it_o as_o whatsoever_o bring_v forth_o another_o be_v a_o mother_n which_o be_v false_a for_o the_o hen_n be_v not_o the_o mother_n of_o the_o egg_n laert._n paradoxall_a axiom_n be_v those_o which_o seem_v true_a only_o to_o the_o wise_a parad._n contrary_a to_o the_o opinion_n of_o all_o other_o 25_o these_o be_v likewise_o in_o other_o art_n beside_o philosophy_n for_o what_o be_v strange_a than_o to_o prick_v the_o eye_n for_o the_o recovery_n of_o sight_n if_o we_o say_v this_o to_o one_o ignorant_a of_o chirurgery_n will_v he_o not_o laugh_v at_o it_o it_o be_v not_o therefore_o strange_a that_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v true_a in_o philosophy_n shall_v seem_v paradox_n to_o the_o unlearned_a laert._n a_o reasonable_a axiom_n be_v that_o which_o have_v many_o condition_n requisite_a to_o the_o truth_n thereof_o as_o i_o shall_v live_v to_o morrow_n chap._n xxiv_o of_o reciprocal_a axiom_n hitherto_o of_o the_o contrariety_n and_o repugnance_n of_o axiom_n now_o of_o their_o consent_n and_o agreement_n whereby_o one_o follow_v and_o be_v correspondent_a to_o another_o either_o according_a to_o truth_n or_o falsehood_n by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d reciprocation_n of_o reciprocation_n there_o be_v three_o kind_n the_o first_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d perversion_n a_o migration_n into_o false_a the_o second_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d conversion_n a_o migration_n into_o true_a the_o three_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d equipollence_n into_o the_o same_o chap._n xxv_o of_o sign_n to_o the_o place_n of_o axiom_n appertain_v likewise_o sign_n 1._o sign_n be_v a_o axiom_n antecedent_n in_o a_o true_a connex_v and_o have_v power_n to_o detect_v the_o consequent_a signo_fw-la sign_n be_v take_v two_o way_n common_o for_o whatsoever_o fall_v under_o any_o sense_n and_o signify_v something_o that_o proceed_v from_o it_o and_o proper_o for_o that_o which_o declare_v a_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o manifest_a thing_n which_o be_v certain_a require_v no_o sign_n 10._o for_o they_o be_v comprehend_v of_o themselves_o neither_o those_o which_o be_v whole_o uncertain_a for_o they_o can_v no_o way_n be_v comprehend_v philos._n but_o those_o only_a which_o be_v uncertain_a in_o time_n or_o by_o nature_n may_v be_v comprehend_v by_o sign_n but_o not_o by_o the_o same_o thing_n that_o be_v uncertain_a in_o time_n be_v comprehend_v by_o commemorative_a sign_n thing_n uncertain_a by_o nature_n be_v comprehend_v by_o demonstrative_a of_o sign_n therefore_o some_o be_v demonstrative_a other_o communicative_a a_o communicative_a sign_n be_v that_o which_o be_v so_o near_o to_o the_o thing_n that_o together_o with_o the_o sign_n the_o thing_n itself_o appear_v into_o the_o knowledge_n whereof_o the_o sign_n bring_v we_o as_o smoke_n which_o when_o we_o see_v we_o know_v it_o proceed_v from_o fire_n a_o demonstrative_a sign_n be_v that_o which_o not_o be_v observe_v before_o with_o a_o evident_a sign_n lead_v we_o by_o that_o to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o thing_n as_o when_o a_o female_a have_v milk_n we_o present_o know_v that_o she_o have_v bring_v forth_o chap._n xxvi_o of_o reason_n or_o argument_n dialectic_a be_v the_o discipline_n of_o speech_n conclude_v by_o reason_n reason_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sometime_o call_v also_o argument_n and_o interrogation_n be_v according_a to_o laert._n crinis_n that_o which_o consist_v of_o one_o or_o more_o sumption_n and_o a_o assumption_n and_o a_o inference_n as_o if_o it_o be_v day_n it_o be_v light_a but_o it_o be_v day_n therefore_o it_o be_v light_a sumption_n assumption_n inserence_n the_o reason_n of_o the_o stoic_n differ_v from_o the_o syllogism_n of_o aristotle_n in_o three_o respect_n prio_fw-la first_o a_o syllogism_n according_a to_o aristotle_n can_v have_v less_o than_o two_o proposition_n a_o reason_n may_v have_v but_o one_o as_o thou_o live_v theresore_n thou_o breathe_v which_o kind_a antipater_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d second_o in_o syllogism_n something_o beside_o that_o which_o be_v grant_v in_o the_o premise_n but_o in_o reason_n the_o conclusion_n may_v be_v the_o same_o with_o both_o or_o either_o of_o the_o sumption_n the_o first_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o if_o it_o be_v day_n it_o be_v day_n but_o it_o be_v day_n therefore_o it_o be_v day_n pr._n the_o second_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o it_o be_v either_o day_n or_o not_o day_n but_o it_o be_v not_o day_n therefore_o it_o be_v not_o day_n prio_fw-la last_o in_o syllogism_n the_o conclusion_n must_v necessary_o follow_v by_o reason_n of_o the_o premise_n whereas_o there_o be_v three_o kind_n of_o reason_n which_o have_v not_o this_o property_n the_o first_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d already_o mention_v the_o second_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o methodical_o conclusive_a reason_n as_o the_o first_o be_v great_a than_o the_o second_o the_o second_o be_v great_a than_o the_o three_o therefore_o the_o first_o be_v great_a than_o the_o three_o this_o conclude_v necessary_o but_o not_o syllogistical_o unless_o this_o proposition_n be_v put_v in_o the_o first_o place_n what_o be_v great_a than_o another_o be_v great_a also_o than_o that_o which_o be_v less_o than_o that_o other_o of_o the_o same_o kind_n be_v that_o theorem_fw-la in_o the_o first_o of_o euclid_n element_n this_o line_n be_v equal_a to_o that_o therefore_o this_o line_n be_v likewise_o equal_a to_o that_o which_o be_v true_a indeed_o but_o to_o conclude_v syllogistical_o require_v this_o universal_a proposition_n those_o which_o be_v equal_a to_o a_o three_o be_v equal_a to_o one_o another_o the_o three_o kind_n of_o reason_n from_o which_o syllogism_n differ_v by_o this_o property_n be_v 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d redundant_fw-la reason_n and_o those_o of_o two_o kind_n the_o first_o be_v such_o as_o have_v a_o superfluous_a sumption_n as_o every_o just_a thing_n be_v honest_a every_o honest_a thing_n be_v good_a every_o good_a thing_n be_v expetible_a in_o itself_o therefore_o every_o just_a thing_n be_v good_a the_o second_o be_v those_o in_o which_o the_o proper_a conclusion_n be_v not_o infer_v but_o something_o consequent_a or_o accident_n as_o that_o argument_n of_o epicure_n whatsoever_o be_v dissolve_v have_v not_o sense_n whatsoever_o have_v not_o sense_n pertain_v not_o to_o we_o therefore_o death_n pertain_v not_o to_o we_o whereas_o to_o conclude_v syllogistical_o we_o shall_v say_v therefore_o whatsoever_o be_v dissolve_v pertain_v to_o we_o in_o a_o reason_n or_o argument_n the_o sumption_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o assumption_n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d term_v by_o aristotle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v axiom_n receive_v by_o consent_n of_o the_o adversary_n for_o construction_n of_o that_o which_o be_v call_v inference_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o aristotle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d conclusion_n because_o it_o be_v infer_v from_o the_o rest_n 2._o of_o sumption_n and_o assumption_n according_a to_o chrysippus_n there_o be_v four_o difference_n the_o first_o scientifick_a the_o second_o exercitative_a or_o as_o aristotle_n call_v it_o dialectic_a the_o three_o probable_a and_o rhetorical_a the_o four_o sophistick_a chap._n xxvii_o of_o conclusive_a reason_n empir_n of_o reason_n there_o be_v two_o kind_n conclusive_a and_o not-conclusive_a conclusive_a reason_n be_v those_o in_o which_o the_o sumption_n be_v grant_v from_o the_o concession_n thereof_o the_o inference_n seem_v to_o follow_v conclusive_a reason_n in_o respect_n of_o their_o matter_n be_v of_o two_o kind_n true_a and_o false_a true_a be_v those_o which_o from_o true_a sumption_n collect_v a_o true_a inference_n not-true_a the_o contrary_n the_o law_n and_o rule_n of_o true_a and_o false_a reason_n be_v these_o 1._o truth_n be_v consequent_a to_o truth_n as_o if_o it_o be_v day_n it_o be_v light_a 2._o false_a be_v consequent_a to_o false_a as_o if_o it_o be_v false_a that_o it_o be_v night_n it_o be_v likewise_o false_a that_o it_o be_v dark_a 3._o false_a be_v consequent_a to_o true_a as_o earth_n if_o it_o fly_v be_v earth_n 4._o false_a be_v not_o consequent_a to_o true_a for_o because_o it_o be_v earth_n it_o be_v not_o therefore_o consequent_a that_o it_o fly_v again_o of_o true_a reason_n some_o be_v demonstrative_a other_o not-demonstrative_a a_o demonstrative_a reason_n be_v that_o which_o by_o thing_n that_o be_v certain_a or_o
perspicuous_a collect_v that_o which_o be_v uncertain_a and_o less_o perspicuous_a as_o if_o sweat_v issue_n through_o the_o skin_n we_o may_v understand_v pore_n but_o sweat_n issue_v through_o the_o skin_n therefore_o we_o may_v understand_v pore_n not-demonstrative_a be_v contrary_a as_o if_o it_o be_v day_n it_o be_v light_a but_o it_o be_v day_n therefore_o it_o be_v light_a herein_o the_o inference_n it_o be_v light_n be_v certain_a chap._n xxviii_o of_o syllogistick_a conclusive_a reason_n or_o syllogism_n conclusive_a reason_n as_o to_o their_o from_o likewise_o be_v of_o two_o kind_n syllogistical_o conclusive_a and_o not_o syllogistical_o conclusive_a laert._n syllogistically-conclusive_a reason_n or_o syllogism_n be_v those_o which_o either_o can_v be_v more_o conclude_v or_o whereof_o one_o or_o more_o of_o the_o sumption_n be_v reduce_v to_o those_o which_o can_v be_v conclude_v again_o as_o if_o dion_n walk_v he_o be_v move_v syllogism_n by_o which_o the_o stoic_n understand_v only_o the_o tropical_a or_o hypotheticall_a be_v of_o three_o kind_n connex_v disjunct_n conjunct_a epictet_n a_o connex_v syllogism_n be_v when_o two_o be_v so_o connect_v in_o themselves_o that_o one_o be_v the_o antecedent_n the_o other_o the_o consequent_a in_o such_o manner_n as_o if_o the_o antecedent_n be_v assert_v the_o consequent_a follow_v and_o the_o consequent_a be_v take_v away_o the_o antecedent_n be_v likewise_o take_v away_o as_o if_o it_o be_v day_n it_o be_v not_o night_n this_o antecedent_n be_v true_a therefore_o it_o follow_v it_o be_v night_n this_o kind_n of_o syllogism_n pertain_v to_o the_o first_o and_o second_o mood_n in_o the_o first_o it_o be_v call_v from_o position_n of_o the_o antecedent_n to_o position_n of_o the_o consequent_a in_o the_o second_o from_o negation_n of_o the_o antecedent_n to_o negation_n of_o the_o consequent_a the_o law_n concern_v the_o truth_n or_o falsehood_n of_o these_o syllogism_n be_v the_o same_o with_o those_o of_o connex_v axiom_n of_o connex_v syllogism_n there_o be_v two_o kind_n connex_v in_o themselves_o as_o if_o it_o be_v light_n it_o be_v light_n but_o it_o be_v light_n therefore_o it_o be_v light_a and_o connex_v by_o other_o as_o if_o it_o be_v day_n it_o be_v light_n but_o it_o be_v day_n therefore_o it_o be_v light_a a_o conjunct_a syllogism_n be_v 1._o when_o we_o deny_v something_o conjunct_a and_o to_o these_o add_v another_o negation_n and_o of_o these_o take_v the_o first_o that_o what_o remain_v be_v take_v away_o as_o ibid._n it_o can_v be_v that_o a_o legacy_n be_v money_n and_o money_z not_o a_o legacy_n but_o a_o legacy_n be_v money_n therefore_o money_n be_v a_o legacy_n simpl●c_fw-la a_o disjunct_a syllogism_n be_v that_o in_o which_o there_o can_v be_v more_o than_o one_o thing_n true_a or_o that_o in_o which_o if_o one_o be_v the_o other_o be_v not_o or_o if_o one_o be_v not_o the_o other_o be_v as_o it_o be_v either_o day_n or_o night_n but_o it_o not_o night_n therefore_o it_o be_v day_n for_o one_o be_v assert_v the_o other_o be_v take_v away_o and_o so_o on_o the_o contrary_n 14._o the_o evidence_n of_o this_o syllogism_n chrysippus_n conceive_v to_o be_v so_o great_a that_o even_o dog_n have_v knowledge_n thereof_o for_o come_v to_o a_o place_n where_o there_o be_v three_o way_n if_o by_o the_o send_v they_o find_v that_o the_o beast_n have_v not_o go_v in_o two_o of_o they_o they_o run_v direct_o to_o the_o three_o without_o scent_v as_o if_o they_o argue_v thus_o the_o beast_n go_v either_o this_o way_n or_o that_o way_n or_o that_o way_n but_o neither_o this_o way_n nor_o that_o way_n therefore_o that_o way_n the_o law_n of_o disjunct_a syllogism_n be_v the_o same_o as_o those_o of_o disjunct_a axiom_n chap._n xxix_o of_o mood_n laert._n syllogistick_n conclusive_a reason_n be_v dispose_v into_o mood_n of_o mood_n there_o be_v two_o kind_n the_o first_o simple_a proper_o call_v a_o mood_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d define_v a_o kind_n of_o figure_n of_o the_o reason_n as_o thus_o if_o the_o first_o be_v the_o second_o be_v but_o the_o first_o be_v therefore_o the_o second_o be_v it_o be_v observable_a by_o the_o way_n that_o the_o stoic_n for_o letter_n use_v number_n the_o other_o compound_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o be_v consistent_a of_o both_o reason_n and_o mood_n as_o if_o plato_n live_v plato_n breathe_v but_o the_o first_o therefore_o the_o second_o this_o be_v use_v in_o a_o long_a syntax_n that_o it_o be_v not_o necessary_a to_o speak_v a_o long_a assumption_n or_o a_o long_a inference_n but_o they_o abbreviate_v they_o thus_o but_o the_o first_o therefore_o the_o second_o of_o mood_n or_o trope_n there_o be_v two_o kind_n one_o of_o indemonstrable_n so_o term_v not_o that_o they_o can_v be_v demonstrate_v but_o because_o they_o conclude_v so_o evident_o that_o they_o need_v not_o be_v reprove_v the_o other_o of_o demonstrable_n of_o indemonstrable_a mood_n there_o be_v according_a to_o chrysippus_n five_o according_a to_o c●p●l_n other_o more_o or_o less_o the_o first_o wherein_o every_o reason_n consist_v of_o a_o connex_v and_o a_o antecedent_n from_o which_o begin_v the_o connex_v and_o the_o consequent_a be_v infer_v as_o if_o the_o first_o than_o the_o second_o but_o the_o first_o therefore_o the_o second_o the_o second_o indemonstrable_a be_v which_o by_o the_o consequent_a of_o the_o connex_v and_o the_o contrary_a of_o the_o consequent_a have_v a_o conclusion_n contrary_n to_o the_o antecedent_n as_o if_o it_o be_v day_n it_o be_v light_a but_o it_o be_v night_n therefore_o it_o be_v not_o day_n the_o three_o be_v that_o which_o by_o a_o negative_a complication_n and_o one_o of_o those_o which_o be_v in_o the_o complication_n infer_v the_o contrary_a to_o that_o which_o remain_v as_o plato_n be_v not_o both_o dead_a and_o alive_a but_o plato_n be_v dead_a therefore_o plato_n be_v not_o alive_a the_o four_o be_v that_o which_o by_o a_o disjunctive_a and_o one_o of_o those_o which_o be_v in_o the_o disjunctive_a conclude_v the_o contrary_a to_o that_o which_o remain_v as_o either_o it_o be_v the_o first_o or_o second_o but_o it_o be_v the_o first_o therefore_o it_o be_v not_o the_o second_o the_o five_o be_v that_o wherein_o the_o whole_a reason_n be_v connect_v by_o a_o disjunctive_a and_o one_o of_o those_o which_o be_v in_o the_o disjunctive_a of_o the_o contrary_a infer_v the_o rest_n as_o either_o it_o be_v night_n or_o it_o be_v day_n but_o it_o be_v not_o night_n therefore_o it_o be_v day_n chap._n xxxi_o of_o not-syllogistick-conclusive_a reason_n laert._n reason_n not-syllogistically-conclusive_a which_o be_v likewise_o especial_o call_v as_o their_o genus_fw-la conclusive_a in_o opposition_n to_o syllogism_n be_v those_o which_o conclude_v not_o by_o way_n of_o syllogism_n as_o it_o be_v false_a that_o it_o be_v both_o night_n and_o day_n but_o it_o be_v day_n therefore_o it_o be_v not_o night_n and_o this_o of_o chrysippus_n whatsoever_o be_v good_a be_v laudable_a whatsoever_o be_v laudable_a be_v honest_a therefore_o whatsoever_o be_v good_a be_v honest_a these_o not-syllogistick_a or_o categorick-conclusives_a be_v frequent_o use_v by_o the_o stoic_n as_o by_o zeno_n in_o cicero_n but_o immethodical_o not_o reduce_v to_o mood_n and_o figure_n those_o they_o apply_v only_o to_o tropical_a reasons●_n as_o in_o which_o consist_v the_o sole_a way_n and_o order_n of_o inference_n the_o categoricall_a be_v not_o syllogism_n because_o in_o they_o something_o be_v ever_o omit_v and_o therefore_o they_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d immethodical_o conclusive_a as_o in_o that_o argument_n of_o chrysippus_n last_o mention_v two_o assumption_n and_o a_o inference_n be_v omit_v for_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v thus_o if_o it_o be_v good_a it_o be_v laudable_a but_o it_o be_v good_a therefore_o it_o be_v laudable_a and_o again_o if_o it_o be_v laudable_a it_o be_v honest_a but_o it_o be_v laudable_a therefore_o it_o be_v honest_a hence_o be_v derive_v those_o reason_n which_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d adjic●ent_a and_o adject_n consist_v of_o proposition_n continual_o assume_v without_o conclusion_n adject_n be_v those_o who_o conclusion_n be_v omit_v adjicient_fw-la those_o who_o demonstrative_a proposition_n be_v omit_v as_o the_o first_o of_o every_o second_o the_o second_o of_o every_o three_o the_o three_o of_o every_o four_o therefore_o the_o first_o of_o every_o forth_o in_o this_o adject_n the_o conclusion_n be_v omit_v which_o be_v therefore_o the_o first_o of_o every_o three_o chap._n xxxi_o of_o not-conclusive_a reason_n laert._n not-conclusive_a reason_n be_v those_o who_o opposite_a to_o the_o inference_n be_v repugnant_a to_o the_o connexion_n of_o the_o sumption_n logic._n they_o be_v of_o four_o kind_n 1._o by_o incoherence_n 2._o by_o redundance_n 3._o by_o be_v in_o a_o ill_a
wherefore_o they_o be_v as_o stoic_n zeno_n say_v inseparable_a connex_v to_o one_o another_o as_o chrysippus_n apollodorus_n and_o hecaton_n affirm_v he_o who_o have_v one_o have_v all_o say_v stoic_n chrysippus_n and_o he_o who_o do_v according_a to_o one_o do_v according_a to_o all_o he_o who_o have_v virtue_n be_v not_o only_o contemplative_a but_o also_o practic_a of_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v to_o be_v do_v thing_n which_o be_v to_o be_v do_v be_v either_o expetible_a tolerable_a distributible_a or_o retainable_a so_o that_o whosoever_o do_v one_o thing_n wise_o do_v another_o just_o another_o constant_o another_o temperate_o and_o so_o be_v both_o wise_a magnanimous_a just_a and_o temperate_a stob._n notwithstanding_o these_o virtue_n differ_v from_o one_o another_o by_o their_o head_n for_o the_o head_n of_o prudence_n be_v to_o contemplate_v and_o do_v well_o that_o which_o be_v to_o be_v do_v in_o the_o first_o place_n and_o in_o the_o second_o to_o contemplate_v what_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v avoid_v as_o obstructive_a to_o that_o which_o be_v to_o be_v do_v the_o proper_a head_n of_o temperance_n be_v to_o compose_v our_o own_o appetite_n in_o the_o first_o place_n and_o to_o consider_v they_o in_o the_o second_o those_o under_o the_o subordinate_a virtue_n as_o be_v obstructive_a and_o divertive_a of_o appetite_n the_o head_n of_o fortitude_n 〈◊〉_d the_o first_o place_n to_o consider_v all_o that_o we_o be_v to_o undergo_v in_o the_o second_o other_o subordinate_a virtue_n the_o head_n of_o justice_n be_v in_o the_o first_o place_n to_o consider_v what_o every_o one_o deserve_v in_o the_o second_o the_o rest_n for_o all_o virtue_n consider_v the_o thing_n that_o belong_v to_o all_o and_o the_o subordinate_a to_o one_o another_o whence_o panaetius_n say_v it_o be_v in_o virtue_n as_o in_o many_o archer_n who_o shoot_v at_o one_o mark_v distinguish_v by_o divers_a colour_n every_o one_o aim_n at_o the_o mark_n but_o one_o propose_v to_o himself_o the_o white_a line_n another_o the_o black_a and_o so_o of_o the_o rest_n for_o as_o these_o place_n their_o ultimat_fw-la end_n in_o hit_v the_o mark_n but_o every_o one_o propose_v to_o himself_o a_o several_a manner_n of_o hit_v so_o all_o virtue_n have_v beatitude_n which_o be_v place_v conformable_o to_o nature_n for_o their_o end_n but_o several_a person_n pursue_v it_o several_a way_n stob._n as_o virtue_n be_v inseparable_a so_o be_v they_o the_o same_o substantial_o with_o the_o supreme_a part_n of_o the_o soul_n in_o which_o respect_n all_o virtue_n be_v say_v to_o be_v a_o body_n for_o the_o intellect_n and_o soul_n be_v a_o body_n for_o the_o soul_n be_v a_o warm_a spirit_n innate_a in_o we_o therefore_o our_o soul_n be_v a_o live_a creature_n for_o it_o have_v life_n and_o sense_n especial_o the_o supreme_a part_n thereof_o call_v the_o intellect_n wherefore_o all_o virtue_n be_v a_o live_a creature_n because_o it_o be_v essential_o the_o intellect_n and_o therefore_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o that_o expression_n be_v consequent_a to_o this_o assertion_n stob._n between_o virtue_n and_o vice_n there_o be_v no_o medium_n contrary_a to_o the_o peripatetic_n who_o assert_v a_o mean_a progression_n betwixt_o virtue_n and_o vice_n for_o all_o man_n have_v a_o natural_a appetite_n to_o good_a and_o as_o a_o stick_n be_v either_o straight_a or_o crooked_a so_o man_n must_v be_v either_o just_a or_o unjust_a but_o can_v be_v either_o more_o or_o less_o just_a or_o unjust_a ldert_n that_o virtue_n may_v be_v learned_a be_v assert_v by_o chrysippus_n in_o his_o first_o book_n of_o the_o end_n and_o by_o cleanthes_n and_o possidonius_fw-la in_o his_o exhortation_n and_o hecaton_n because_o man_n of_o bad_a be_v make_v good_a stob._n that_o it_o may_v be_v lose_v be_v likewise_o affirm_v by_o c●rysippus_n deny_v by_o cleanthes_n the_o first_o ●aith_n it_o may_v be_v lose_v by_o drunkenness_n or_o madness_n the_o other_o that_o it_o can_v be_v lose_v by_o reason_n of_o the_o firm_a comprehension_n of_o the_o soul._n l●e●●_n virtue_n be_v in_o itself_o virtue_n and_o not_o for_o hope_n or_o fear_v of_o any_o external_a thing_n it_o be_v expetible_a in_o itself_o for_o which_o reason_n when_o we_o do_v any_o thing_n amiss_o we_o be_v ashamed_a as_o know_v that_o only_a to_o be_v good_a which_o be_v honest_a lae●●_n in_o virtue_n consist_v felicity_n for_o the_o end_n of_o virtue_n be_v to_o live_v convenient_a to_o nature_n every_o virtue_n be_v able_a to_o make_v a_o man_n live_v convenient_a to_o nature_n for_o man_n have_v natural_a inclination_n for_o the_o find_v out_o of_o office_n for_o the_o composure_n of_o appetite_n for_o tolerance_n and_o distribution_n virtue_n therefore_o be_v selfe-sufficient_a to_o beatitude_n as_o zeno_n chrysippus_n and_o hecaton_n assert_v for_o if_o ●aith_o he_o magnanimity_n as_o conceive_v all_o thing_n to_o be_v below_o itself_o be_v selfe-sufficient_a and_o that_o be_v a_o part_n of_o virtue_n virtue_n itself_o which_o despise_v all_o thing_n that_o obstruct_v she_o must_v also_o be_v selfe-sufficient_a to_o beatitude_n but_o panaetius_n and_o possidonius_fw-la deny_v that_o virtue_n be_v selfe-sufficient_a affirm_v that_o it_o require_v the_o assistance_n of_o health_n strength_n and_o necessary_n yet_o they_o hold_v that_o virtue_n be_v always_o use_v as_o cleanthes_n affirm_v for_o it_o can_v be_v lose_v and_o be_v always_o practise_v by_o a_o perfect_a mind_n which_o be_v good_a laert_n justice_n be_v not_o by_o nature_n but_o by_o prescription_n as_o law_n and_o right_a reason_n thus_o chrysippus_n in_o his_o book_n of_o honest_a stub_n virtue_n have_v many_o attribute_n it_o be_v call_v 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o good_a because_o it_o lead_v we_o to_o right_a life_n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o it_o be_v approve_v without_o any_o controversy_n as_o be_v most_o excellent_a 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o it_o be_v worthy_a of_o much_o study_n 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o it_o may_v just_o be_v praise_v 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o it_o invit_v those_o who_o desire_v it_o 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o it_o conduce_v to_o goodness_n of_o life_n 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o it_o be_v useful_a 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o it_o be_v right_o expetible_a 9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o be_v present_v it_o profit_v be_v absent_a it_o it_o do_v not_o 10._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o it_o have_v a_o use_n that_o exceed_v the_o labour_n 11._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o it_o be_v alone_o sufficient_a to_o he_o that_o have_v it_o 12._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o it_o take_v away_o all_o want_n 13._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o it_o be_v common_a in_o use_n and_o extend_v to_o all_o the_o use_n of_o life_n chap._n x._o of_o the_o end_n st●b_n the_o end_n be_v that_o for_o who_o sake_n all_o office_n be_v do_v but_o itself_o be_v not_o do_v for_o the_o sake_n of_o any_o or_o that_o to_o which_o all_o thing_n do_v convenient_o in_o life_n be_v refer_v itself_o be_v refer_v to_o nothing_o stob._n the_o end_n be_v take_v three_o way_n first_o for_o the_o final_a good_a which_o consist_v in_o rational_a conversation_n second_o for_o the_o scope_n which_o be_v convenient_a life_n in_o relation_n thereto_o last_o for_o the_o ultimate_a of_o expetible_n unto_o which_o all_o the_o rest_n be_v refer_v stob._n scope_n and_o end_n differ_v for_o scope_n be_v the_o propose_a body_n which_o they_o who_o pursue_v beatitude_n aim_v at_o felicity_n be_v propose_v as_o the_o scope_n but_o the_o end_n be_v the_o attainment_n of_o that_o felicity_n if_o a_o man_n throw_v a_o spear_n or_o a_o arrow_n at_o any_o thing_n he_o must_v do_v all_o thing_n that_o he_o may_v take_v his_o aim_n aright_o and_o yet_o so_o as_o to_o do_v all_o thing_n whereby_o he_o may_v hit_v so_o when_o we_o say_v it_o be_v the_o ultimate_a end_n of_o man_n to_o obtain_v the_o principle_n of_o nature_n we_o imply_v in_o like_a manner_n he_o must_v do_v all_o thing_n necessary_a to_o take_v aim_n and_o all_o thing_n likewise_o to_o the_o hit_v of_o the_o mark_n but_o this_o be_v the_o last_o the_o chief_a good_a in_o life_n that_o as_o to_o be_v select_v notdesired_a reason_n be_v give_v to_o rational_a creature_n for_o the_o most_o perfect_a direction_n to_o live_v according_a to_o reason_n be_v in_o they_o to_o live_v according_a to_o nature_n that_o be_v the_o artificer_n of_o appetite_n hence_o stob._n zeno_n first_o in_o his_o discourse_n of_o human_a nature_n affirm_v that_o the_o end_n be_v to_o live_v conformable_o that_o be_v to_o live_v according_a to_o one_o reason_n concordant_o as_o on_o the_o contrary_a savage_a beast_n
opiniona'e_a or_o think_v but_o believe_v or_o know_v for_o he_o never_o assent_v to_o any_o falsity_n ●cb_n ignorance_n be_v a_o infirm_a assent_n he_o think_v all_o firm_o there_o be_v two_o kind_n of_o opinion_n one_o a_o assent_n to_o thing_n not_o comprehend_v the_o other_o a_o weak_a belief_n neither_o of_o these_o be_v in_o a_o wise_a man_n for_o he_o never_o assent_v without_o comprehension_n and_o then_o always_o firm_o for_o nothing_o be_v hide_v from_o he_o otherwise_o he_o may_v have_v a_o false_a opinion_n therefore_o he_o be_v never_o diffident_a faith_n be_v proper_a to_o a_o wise_a man_n for_o it_o be_v a_o firm_a existimation_n a_o science_n be_v a_o firm_a habit_n therefore_o a_o wicked_a man_n do_v neither_o know_v nor_o believe_v 3._o a_o wise_a man_n must_v imitate_v the_o cynic_n for_o cynicisme_n be_v the_o near_a way_n for_o virtue_n as_o apollodorus_n in_o his_o ethick_n stob._n other_o say_v a_o wise_a man_n ought_v to_o continue_v in_o that_o sect_n if_o he_o have_v be_v thereof_o but_o if_o he_o have_v not_o to_o enter_v into_o it_o laert._n a_o wise_a man_n may_v upon_o occasion_n eat_v man_n flesh_n of_o this_o already_o among_o the_o office_n paradox_n a_o wise_a man_n only_o be_v free_a the_o wicked_a be_v slave_n for_o liberty_n be_v the_o power_n of_o do_v according_a to_o our_o own_o judgement_n servitude_n be_v a_o privation_n of_o the_o power_n of_o do_v according_a to_o our_o own_o judgement_n there_o be_v another_o kind_n of_o servitude_n which_o consist_v in_o subjection_n a_o three_o in_o be_v possess_v and_o subject_v to_o which_o be_v oppose_v vicious_a domination_n laert._n a_o wise_a man_n only_o be_v a_o king_n for_o monarchy_n be_v a_o principality_n subordinate_a to_o none_o which_o only_o consist_v in_o the_o wise_a as_o chrysippus_n in_o his_o treatise_n that_o zeno_n use_v word_n proper_o for_o say_v he_o a_o prince_n must_v know_v both_o good_a and_o bad_a which_o none_o of_o the_o wicked_a know_v stob._n dominion_n and_o the_o kind_n thereof_o monarchy_n magistracy_n generalship_n admiralty_n and_o the_o like_a be_v only_o proper_a to_o a_o wise_a man_n therefore_o the_o wise_a only_a command_n though_o not_o actual_o yet_o potential_o laert._n a_o wise_a man_n only_o be_v proper_a to_o be_v a_o magistrate_n judge_n and_o orator_n but_o not_o any_o of_o the_o wicked_a laert._n a_o wise_a man_n be_v void_a of_o sin_n for_o he_o can_v fall_v into_o error_n laert._n a_o wise_a man_n be_v innocent_a and_o uninjurious_a for_o he_o can_v hurt_v either_o himself_o or_o other_o stob._n nor_o receive_v nor_o do_v any_o injury_n for_o injury_n be_v a_o hurtful_a injustice_n which_o be_v not_o compatible_a to_o a_o wise_a man_n although_o he_o may_v be_v unjust_o assault_v for_o he_o have_v within_o himself_o all_o good_a and_o virtue_n be_v not_o capable_a of_o vice_n or_o harm_n stob._n a_o wise_a man_n be_v not_o merciful_a nor_o pardon_v any_o remit_v nothing_o of_o the_o punishment_n inflict_v by_o law_n as_o know_v they_o to_o be_v proportion_v to_o not_o exceed_v the_o offence_n and_o that_o whosoever_o sin_v sin_v out_o of_o his_o own_o wickedness_n a_o wise_a man_n therefore_o be_v not_o benign_a for_o he_o who_o be_v benign_a mitigate_v the_o rigour_n of_o justice_n and_o conceive_v the_o punishment_n inflict_v by_o law_n to_o be_v great_a than_o they_o ought_v but_o a_o wise_a man_n know_v the_o law_n to_o be_v good_a or_o a_o right_a reason_n command_v what_o be_v to_o be_v do_v and_o what_o not_o 〈◊〉_d a_o wise_a man_n nothing_o wonder_v at_o those_o thing_n which_o seem_v paradoxall_a as_o charon_n cave_n the_o ebb_a and_o flow_v of_o the_o sea_n and_o hot_a spring_n and_o ebullition_n of_o fire_n laert._n a_o wise_a man_n will_v not_o live_v in_o a_o desert_n for_o he_o be_v communicative_a by_o nature_n and_o practic_a and_o will_v undertake_v exercise_n to_o strengthen_v his_o body_n laert._n a_o wise_a man_n will_v pray_v request_v good_a thing_n of_o the_o god_n as_o possidonius_fw-la affirm_v in_o his_o first_o of_o office_n and_o hecaton_n in_o his_o thirteen_o of_o paradox_n stob._n a_o wise_a man_n only_o be_v a_o friend_n friendship_n be_v only_o among_o the_o wise_a for_o in_o they_o only_o be_v a_o unanimity_n as_o to_o thing_n that_o concern_v life_n and_o community_n so_o as_o our_o friend_n may_v make_v use_n of_o they_o as_o free_o as_o we_o ourselves_o unanimity_n be_v the_o science_n of_o common_a good_a a_o friend_n be_v expetible_a in_o himself_o plenty_n of_o friend_n be_v a_o good_a but_o among_o the_o wicked_a there_o be_v no_o friendship_n for_o friendship_n be_v real_a and_o not_o feign_a it_o be_v impossible_a it_o shall_v consist_v without_o faith_n and_o constancy_n but_o in_o the_o wicked_a there_o be_v infidelity_n and_o inconstancy_n and_o hostility_n and_o therefore_o not_o friendship_n but_o some_o external_a connexion_n whereby_o necessity_n or_o opinion_n tie_v they_o together_o laert._n a_o wise_a man_n do_v all_o thing_n well_o as_o we_o say_v all_o pipe_n play_v the_o ismenian_a tune_n well_o stob._n he_o do_v all_o thing_n wise_o temperate_o prudent_o modest_o and_o according_a to_o the_o other_o virtue_n throughout_o the_o whole_a course_n of_o his_o life_n a_o wicked_a man_n do_v all_o amiss_o sin_v in_o the_o whole_a course_n of_o his_o life_n inconstant_a by_o nature_n often_o grieve_v by_o his_o own_o ill_a action_n wretched_a and_o trouble_a for_o as_o much_o as_o he_o be_v vex_v at_o the_o thing_n do_v so_o much_o be_v he_o angry_a at_o himself_o for_o be_v the_o author_n of_o it_o 4._o a_o wise_a man_n lo●eth_v 3._o ●vertuously_o those_o who_o beauty_n express_v their_o inward_a virtue_n thus_o zeno_n chrysippus_n and_o apollodorus_n affirm_v for_o love_n be_v a_o impulsion_n of_o benevolence_n raise_v from_o beauty_n which_o love_n be_v not_o of_o conjunction_n but_o of_o friendship_n for_o this_o reason_n zeno_n though_o he_o be_v in_o love_n with_o thrasonides_n a_o young_a woman_n that_o be_v in_o his_o power_n yet_o suppress_v his_o affection_n because_o she_o be_v averse_a from_o he_o this_o chrysippus_n call_v the_o love_n of_o friendship_n it_o be_v no_o way_n discommendable_a for_o beauty_n be_v the_o flower_n of_o virtue_n laert._n a_o wise_a man_n upon_o ●●casion_n will_v die_v voluntary_o for_o his_o country_n and_o friend_n or_o in_o case_n he_o seize_v by_o some_o excessive_a pain_n loss_n of_o his_o sense_n or_o incurable_a disease_n stob._n a_o wise_a man_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fo●_n he_o compass_v that_o which_o be_v propose_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o he_o be_v every_o way_n augment_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o he_o have_v attain_v the_o just_a height_n of_o wisdom_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o he_o be_v invincible_a and_o insuperable_a the_o wicked_a be_v the_o contrary_a stob._n a_o wise_a man_n profit_v the_o wise_a and_o be_v mutual_o profit_v by_o all_o the_o wise_a though_o not_o friend_n or_o acquaintance_n for_o betwixt_o they_o there_o be_v a_o concord_n and_o community_n of_o good_n and_o he_o who_o benefit_v another_o benefit_v likewise_o himself_o a_o wicked_a man_n neither_o confer_v nor_o receive_v benefit_n for_o one_o be_v to_o move_v towards_o virtue_n the_o other_o be_v to_o be_v move_v towards_o virtue_n stob._n a_o wise_a man_n be_v a_o good_a o●conomist_n skilful_a to_o '_o acquire_v wealth_n oeconomist_n be_v a_o habit_n active_a and_o contemplative_a in_o the_o business_n of_o a_o family_n oeconomy_n be_v the_o order_n of_o expense_n work_n and_o possession_n the_o science_n of_o acquisition_n be_v a_o reason_n whereby_o wealth_n be_v attain_v which_o some_o account_n in_o indifferent_n other_o in_o good_a but_o no_o wicked_a man_n be_v a_o good_a oeconomist_n since_o only_o a_o wise_a man_n know_v from_o whence_o how_o and_o how_o far_o gain_n may_v be_v a_o squire_v stob._n a_o wise_a man_n only_o be_v perfect_a for_o he_o want_v no_o virtue_n a_o wicked_a man_n be_v imperfect_a for_o he_o have_v no_o virtue_n therefore_o the_o wise_a be_v always_o happy_a the_o wicked_a miserable_a which_o happiness_n according_a to_o chrysippus_n differ_v nothing_o from_o that_o of_o god_n nor_o be_v l●sse_o expetible_a the_o wicked_a partake_v of_o no_o good_a because_o virtue_n and_o that_o which_o partake_v thereof_o be_v good_a and_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v convenient_a and_o requisite_a be_v proper_a only_o to_o the_o wise_a as_o the_o contrary_n to_o the_o wicked_a stob._n a_o wise_a man_n be_v only_o rich_a for_o good_a be_v true_a riches_n and_o ill_o true_a poverty_n a_o wicked_a man_n be_v poor_a not_o have_v the_o mean_n to_o become_v rich_a stob._n a_o wise_a man_n be_v only_o obedient_a the_o wicked_a can_v neither_o obey_v nor_o command_v stob._n a_o wise_a man_n only_o be_v honourable_a for_o
he_o why_o he_o draw_v water_n he_o answer_v do_v i_o only_o draw_v water_n do_v i_o not_o also_o dig_v and_o water_v the_o ground_n and_o all_o for_o the_o sake_n of_o philosophy_n for_o zeno_n bring_v he_o up_o to_o this_o and_o bid_v he_o bring_v he_o a_o obolus_fw-la gain_v by_o his_o labour_n upon_o a_o time_n he_o bring_v in_o his_o gain_n before_o all_o his_o disciple_n say_v cleanthes_n if_o he_o will_v can_v maintain_v another_o cleanthes_n but_o they_o who_o have_v wherewithal_o to_o maintain_v themselves_o will_v be_v supply_v by_o other_o yet_o study_v philosophy_n nothing_o the_o more_o diligent_o hence_o cleanthes_n be_v call_v a_o second_o hercules_n he_o be_v very_o laborious_a but_o dull_a and_o slow_a he_o use_v to_o write_v the_o dictate_v of_o zeno_n in_o shell_n and_o the_o shoulderblade_n of_o ox_n for_o want_v of_o money_n to_o buy_v paper_n he_o be_v his_o auditor_n 19_o year_n for_o these_o reason_n though_o zeno_n have_v many_o other_o eminent_a disciple_n yet_o he_o succeed_v he_o in_o the_o school_n chap._n ii_o his_o apothegm_n laert._n his_o fellow-disciple_n deride_v he_o he_o take_v it_o patient_o and_o be_v call_v ass_n answer_v he_o only_o can_v bear_v zeno_n burden_n another_o time_n be_v reproach_v as_o timorous_a therefore_o say_v he_o i_o sin_v little_a prefer_v his_o own_o poverty_n before_o the_o plenty_n of_o the_o rich_a whilst_o they_o say_v he_o play_n at_o ball_n i_o manure_v a_o hard_a barren_a soil_n he_o often_o chide_v himself_o be_v all_o alone_a which_o aristo_n overhear_v who_o say_v he_o do_v you_o chide_v he_o smile_v answer_v a_o grey-headed_a old_a fellow_n without_o wit_n to_o one_o that_o say_v arcesilaus_n abrogate_a the_o office_n of_o life_n peace_n say_v he_o dispraise_v he_o not_o for_o though_o he_o take_v away_o office_n in_o discourse_n he_o commend_v they_o in_o his_o action_n to_o who_o arcesilaus_n say_v i_o can_v endure_v flattery_n i_o do_v indeed_o flatter_v reply_v cleanthes_n when_o i_o say_v you_o speak_v one_o thing_n and_o do_v another_o to_o one_o that_o ask_v what_o he_o shall_v teach_v his_o son_n he_o answer_v in_o the_o word_n of_o electra_n peace_n peace_n a_o little_a step_n a_o lacedaemonian_a saying_n that_o labour_n be_v good_a he_o laugh_v answer_v my_o son_n thou_o of_o a_o generous_a race_n be_v come_v dispute_v with_o a_o young_a man_n he_o ask_v he_o whether_o he_o do_v feel_v the_o other_o answer_v he_o do_v he_o reply_v why_o then_o do_v i_o not_o feel_v that_o you_o feel_v sosythius_fw-la the_o poet_n say_v in_o the_o public_a theatre_n when_o cleanthes_n be_v present_a those_o who_o cleanthes_n madness_n lead_v away_o he_o sit_v still_o not_o change_v his_o countenance_n whereupon_o the_o auditor_n applaud_v he_o turn_v out_o sosythius_fw-la who_o afterward_o come_v to_o cleanthes_n tell_v he_o he_o be_v sorry_a that_o he_o have_v reproach_v he_o cleanthes_n answer_v it_o be_v unfit_a i_o shall_v behold_v unconcerned_a bacchus_n and_o hercules_n deride_v by_o the_o poet_n and_o be_v angry_a '_o at_o a_o little_a word_n against_o myself_o he_o compare_v the_o peripatetic_n to_o lute_n that_o make_v good_a music_n but_o hear_v it_o not_o themselves_o hold_v according_o to_o zeno_n that_o the_o mind_n may_v be_v discern_v in_o the_o countenance_n some_o merry_a young_a man_n bring_v a_o effeminate_a youth_n to_o he_o rustical_o clothe_v desire_v his_o opinion_n of_o that_o man_n disposition_n he_o bid_v he_o depart_v which_o the_o other_o go_v to_o do_v sneeze_v cleanthes_n present_o cry_v out_o i_o have_v find_v out_o the_o man_n he_o be_v effeminate_a to_o one_o that_o be_v all_o alone_a talk_n to_o himself_o you_o discourse_n say_v he_o with_o a_o man_n that_o be_v not_o ill_a to_o one_o that_o be_v reproach_v he_o with_o his_o age_n i_o will_v be_v go_v say_v he_o but_o when_o i_o consider_v that_o i_o be_o in_o health_n fit_a to_o write_v and_o study_v i_o raber_n choose_v to_o stay_v 2._o cleanthes_n bid_v those_o who_o come_v to_o hear_v he_o to_o fancy_v pleasure_n paint_v in_o a_o tablet_n rich_o habit_v and_o adorn_v sit_v upon_o a_o throne_n the_o virtue_n stand_v about_o she_o as_o her_o handmaid_n do_v nothing_o else_o but_o wait_n on_o her_o command_n and_o whisper_v in_o her_o ear_n if_o it_o can_v be_v phancy_v of_o a_o picture_n to_o bid_v she_o take_v heed_n of_o do_v any_o thing_n imprudent_o that_o may_v offend_v the_o mind_n of_o man_n or_o any_o thing_n that_o may_v occasion_v grief_n 116._o he_o say_v whosoever_o swear_v at_o the_o same_o time_n swear_v true_o or_o forswear_v himself_o if_o he_o intend_v to_o do_v that_o which_o he_o swear_v though_o he_o do_v it_o not_o he_o swear_v true_o if_o he_o intend_v it_o not_o he_o be_v forswear_v 126._o one_o observe_v he_o silent_a say_v to_o he_o why_o do_v you_o hold_v your_o peace_n it_o be_v pleasant_a to_o talk_v to_o friend_n it_o be_v indeed_o answer_v cleanthes_n but_o the_o more_o pleasant_a it_o be_v the_o more_o we_o ought_v to_o allow_v they_o the_o freedom_n of_o it_o 210._o he_o say_v that_o unlearned_a man_n differ_v from_o beast_n in_o their_o figure_n 212._o be_v demand_v why_o among_o the_o ancient_n when_o there_o be_v few_o philosopher_n there_o be_v more_o eminent_a then_o at_o this_o time_n he_o answer_v because_o than_o they_o mind_v the_o thing_n itself_o now_o only_o in_o word_n to_o one_o that_o ask_v he_o 229._o how_o a_o man_n may_v be_v rich_a he_o answer_v by_o be_v poor_a in_o desire_n chap._n iii_o his_o write_n he_o leave_v behind_o he_o say_v laertius_n these_o excellent_a book_n of_o time_n of_o zeno_n philosophy_n explication_n of_o heraclitus_n 3._o of_o sense_n 4._o of_o art_n to_o democritus_n to_o aristarchus_n to_o erillus_fw-la of_o appetite_n 2._o archaeology_n of_o god_n of_o giant_n of_o hymeneal_n of_o a_o poet._n of_o office_n 3_o of_o right_a consultation_n of_o gratitude_n protreptick_a of_o virtue_n of_o ingenuity_n of_o gorgippus_n of_o envy_n of_o love_n of_o liberty_n the_o art_n of_o love_n of_o honour_n of_o glory_n the_o politiek●_n of_o counsel_n of_o law_n of_o judge_v of_o the_o reason_n of_o live_v of_o speech_n 3_o of_o the_o end_n of_o honest_a thing_n of_o action_n of_o science_n of_o a_o kingdom_n of_o friendship_n of_o a_o symposium_fw-la that_o the_o virtue_n of_o man_n and_o woman_n be_v the_o same_o that_o a_o wise_a man_n may_v use_v sophism_n of_o chria_n dissertation_n 2._o of_o pleasure_n of_o property_n of_o inexplicables_n of_o dialectic_a of_o trope_n of_o categoreme_n beside_o these_o be_v mention_v zen._n of_o atom_n of_o brass_n deign_v of_o sumption_n fabulous_a tradition_n 4._o the_o art_n of_o rhetoric_n chap._n iu._n his_o death_n he_o live_v according_a to_o laertius_n 80._o year_n according_a to_o lucian_n 99_o the_o occasion_n of_o his_o death_n this_o be_v trouble_v with_o a_o forenesse_n of_o his_o gum_n stobaeus_n say_v a_o ulcer_n under_o his_o tongue_n he_o be_v enjoin_v by_o the_o physician_n to_o fast_v two_o day_n which_o he_o do_v and_o be_v well_o then_o they_o tell_v he_o he_o may_v eat_v again_o but_o he_o will_v not_o say_v he_o be_v now_o go_v a_o great_a way_n on_o his_o journey_n stob._n will_v you_o have_v i_o ●aith_o he_o have_v pass_v over_o the_o great_a part_n of_o my_o life_n return_v back_o again_o and_o begin_v it_o anew_o laert._n have_v fast_v two_o day_n more_o he_o die_v epithet_n simplicius_n say_v he_o see_v a_o exquisite_a statue_n of_o cleanthes_n in_o assus_n a_o example_n of_o the_o magnificence_n of_o the_o romance_n senate_n dedicate_v to_o his_o honour_n chrysippus_n chap._n i._n his_o life_n chrysippus_n be_v of_o soli_n laert._n a_o city_n of_o cilicia_n afterward_o call_v pompeiopolis_n his_o father_n be_v of_o tarsis_n name_v apollonius_n or_o as_o suidas_n apollonides_n who_o come_v and_o live_v at_o soli_n which_o perhaps_o give_v laertius_n and_o from_o he_o suidas_n occasion_n to_o doubt_n whether_o chrysippus_n himself_o be_v not_o of_o tarsis_n he_o first_o exercise_v in_o the_o hippodrome_n hecaton_n say_v that_o have_v waste_v his_o patrimony_n in_o the_o king_n service_n he_o apply_v himself_o to_o philosophy_n come_v to_o athens_n he_o hear_v as_o some_o affirm_v zeno_n or_o rather_o as_o diocles_n and_o other_o cleanthes_n from_o who_o whilst_o he_o be_v yet_o alive_a he_o dissent_v he_o be_v a_o eminent_a philosopher_n ingenious_a and_o acute_a in_o every_o thing_n so_o that_o in_o most_o opinion_n he_o differ_v from_o zeno_n and_o cleanthes_n to_o who_o he_o will_v only_o say_v tell_v i_o the_o doctrine_n and_o let_v i_o alone_o for_o proof_n if_o at_o any_o time_n he_o cross_v cleanthes_n in_o dispute_n he_o be_v afterward_o sorry_a for_o it_o often_o say_v of_o happiness_n in_o all_o i_o be_o
to_o zeno_n and_o philomathes_n suspect_v to_o be_v spurious_a 1._o the_o three_o order_n of_o coincident_a reason_n to_o athenade_n 1._o spurious_a coincident_a reason_n as_o to_o the_o medium_n 3._o spurious_a of_o aminius_n disjunction_n 1._o the_o four_o order_n of_o hypothesis_n to_o meleager_n 3_o hypothetick_a reason_n in_o law_n to_o meleager_n 1_o hypothetick_a reason_n for_o introduction_n 2._o hypothetick_a reason_n of_o theorem_n 2._o solution_n of_o hedyllus_n hypothetick_n 2._o solution_n of_o alexander_n hypothetick_n 3._o spurious_a of_o exposition_n to_o leodamas_n 1_o the_o five_o order_n of_o introduction_n to_o the_o lie_a reason_n to_o aristocreon_n 1_o lie_v reason_n to_o the_o introduction_n 1._o of_o the_o lie_a reason_n to_o aristocreon_n 6._o the_o six_o order_n against_o those_o who_o think_v true_a and_o false_a be_v one_o 1._o against_o those_o who_o dissolve_v the_o lie_a reason_n by_o distinction_n 2_o demonstration_n that_o infinite_n be_v not_o to_o be_v divide_v 1._o upon_o that_o which_o have_v be_v say_v against_o the_o division_n of_o infinite_n to_o pasylus_n 3_o solution_n according_a to_o the_o ancient_n to_o dioscorides_n 1_o of_o the_o solution_n of_o the_o lie_a reason_n to_o aristocreon_n 3_o solution_n of_o hedyllus_fw-la '_o s_o hypothetick_n to_o aristocreon_n and_o apollas_n the_o seven_o order_n against_o those_o who_o say_v the_o lie_a reason_n have_v false_a sumption_n 1._o of_o the_o negative_a to_o aristocreon_n 2._o negative_a reason_n to_o gymnasias_n 1_o of_o the_o diminutive_a reason_n to_o stesagoras_n 2._o of_o opinionative_n and_o quiescent_n reason_n to_o onetor_n 2._o of_o the_o veil_a reason_n to_o aristobulus_n 2._o of_o the_o occult_a reason_n to_o athenade_n 1._o the_o eight_o order_n of_o the_o nullity_n to_o menecrates_n 8._o of_o reason_n consist_v of_o indefinite_a and_o definite_a to_o pasylus_n 2._o of_o the_o nullity_n to_o epicrates_n 1_o the_o nine_o order_n of_o sophism_n to_o heraclide_n and_o pollis_n 2._o of_o insoluble_a dialectic_a reason_n to_o dioscorides_n 5._o against_o arcesilaus_n method_n to_o sphaerus_n 1_o the_o ten_o order_n against_o custom_n to_o metrodorus_n 6._o of_o the_o logical_a place_n beside_o these_o four_o difference_n there_o be_v disperse_v not_o contain_v in_o the_o body_n of_o logical_a question_n 39_o of_o the_o ethick_n place_n for_o direction_n of_o moral_a notion_n the_o first_o order_n description_n of_o speech_n to_o theoporus_fw-la 1._o moral_a thesis_n 1._o probable_a sumption_n for_o doctrine_n to_o philomathes_n 3_o definition_n of_o civil_a person_n to_o metrodorus_n 2._o definition_n of_o wicked_a person_n to_o metrodorus_n 2._o definition_n of_o mean_a person_n to_o metrodorus_n 2._o general_n definition_n to_o metrodorus_n 7._o definition_n of_o other_o art_n to_o metrodorus_n 2._o the_o second_o order_n of_o thing_n like_a to_o aristocles_n 3_o of_o definition_n to_o metrodorus_n 7._o the_o three_o order_n of_o thing_n not_o right_o object_v against_o definition_n to_o laodamas_n 7._o probable_n for_o definition_n to_o dioscorides_n of_o species_n and_o genus_fw-la to_o gorgippides_n 2._o of_o division_n 1._o of_o contrary_n to_o dionysius_n 2._o probable_n for_o division_n genu_n and_o species_n of_o contrary_n 1._o the_o four_o order_n of_o etymologick_n to_o diocles_n 6_o etymologick_n to_o diocles_n 4._o the_o five_o order_n of_o proverb_n to_o zenodotus_n 2._o of_o poem_n to_o philomathes_n 1_o how_o poem_n must_v be_v hear_v 2._o against_o critic_n to_o diodorus_n 1_o of_o the_o moral_a place_n of_o common_a speech_n according_a to_o art_n and_o virtue_n the_o first_o order_n against_o rescription_n to_o timonax_n 1_o how_o we_o think_v and_o speak_v singular_n 1._o of_o notion_n to_o laodamas_n 2._o of_o suspicion_n to_o pythonax_n 2._o demonstration_n that_o a_o wise_a man_n do_v not_o opinionate_a 1._o of_o comprehension_n and_o science_n and_o ignorance_n 4._o of_o speech_n 2._o of_o the_o use_n of_o speech_n to_o leptines_n the_o second_o order_n that_o the_o ancient_n approve_v dialectic_a with_o demonstration_n to_o zeno_n 2._o of_o dialectic_a to_o aristocreon_n 4._o upon_o the_o objection_n against_o dialectic_a 3._o of_o rhetoric_n to_o dioscorides_n 4._o the_o three_o order_n of_o habitude_n to_o cleon_n 3_o of_o art_n and_o sloth_n to_o aristocreon_n 4._o of_o the_o difference_n of_o virtue_n to_o diodorus_n what_o virtue_n be_v 1._o of_o virtue_n to_o pollis_n of_o the_o moral_a place_n concern_v good_a and_o ill_a the_o first_o order_n of_o honesty_n and_o pleasure_n to_o aristocreon_n 10._o demonstration_n that_o pleasure_n be_v not_o the_o chief_a end_n 4._o demonstration_n that_o pleasure_n be_v not_o good_a 4_o of_o those_o which_o be_v said********_n thus_o conclude_v the_o seven_o book_n of_o laertius_n and_o who_o see_v not_o that_o the_o last_o of_o these_o title_n be_v defective_a and_o moreover_o that_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o order_n concern_v this_o place_n of_o good_a and_o ill_a whereof_o this_o be_v but_o the_o first_o be_v want_v doubtless_o the_o end_n of_o this_o book_n be_v imperfect_a and_o want_v if_o not_o the_o life_n of_o any_o stoical_a philosopher_n who_o succeed_v chrysippus_n whereof_o he_o mention_n zeno_n and_o other_o else_o where_o yet_o at_o least_o a_o considerable_a part_n of_o his_o catalogue_n contain_v the_o rest_n of_o his_o ethick_n write_n and_o all_o his_o physic_n many_o of_o which_o be_v elsewhere_o cite_v even_o by_o laertius_n himself_o which_o as_o the_o learned_a casau●on_n have_v observe_v he_o will_v not_o have_v ascribe_v to_o laertius_n neglect_n that_o chrysippus_n book_n of_o law_n be_v not_o mention_v of_o his_o ethick_n write_n beside_o those_o here_o name_v be_v these_o 4._o of_o law_n 11._o introduction_n to_o the_o consideration_n of_o thing_n good_a or_o ill_n 8._o of_o honest._n 6._o of_o consent_n 7._o of_o thing_n expetible_a in_o themselves_o 4._o of_o thing_n not_o expetible_a in_o themselves_o stoic_a of_o politic_a rep._n of_o end_n zen._n of_o passion_n laert._n of_o ethick_n question_n laert._n of_o life_n whereof_o plutarch_n cite_v the_o 4_o book_n laert._n that_o zeno_n use_v name_n proper_o laert._n of_o justice_n the_o first_o book_n cite_v by_o la●rtius_n laert._n of_o life_n and_o transaction_n rep_v of_o office_n repugn_v demonstration_n of_o justice._n repugn_v protreptic_o not_o of_o the_o end_n repug_o of_o a_o commonwealth_n repug_o of_o the_o office_n of_o a_o judge_n repug_o of_o good_n repug_o of_o habit_n to_o physic_n belong_v these_o laert._n physics_n laert._n of_o the_o soul_n the_o 12_o book_n cite_v by_o laertius_n laert._n of_o providence_n the_o first_o book_n cite_v laert._n of_o the_o go_n laert._n of_o fate_n laert._n of_o divination_n laert._n of_o the_o philosophy_n of_o the_o ancient_n rep_v in_o calumniation_n of_o the_o sense_n not_o of_o jupiter_n repug_o of_o nature_n rep_v physical_a thesis_n rep_v of_o substance_n rep_v of_o motion_n not_o physical_a question_n the_o three_o book_n cite_v laert._n of_o vacuity_n laert._n epistle_n the_o number_n of_o all_o his_o write_n according_a to_o laertius_n be_v 705._o he_o write_v so_o much_o that_o he_o have_v often_o occasion_n to_o treat_v upon_o the_o same_o subject_n and_o set_v down_o whatsoever_o come_v into_o his_o mind_n he_o often_o correct_v and_o enlarge_v it_o by_o the_o testimony_n of_o other_o whence_o have_v in_o one_o book_n insert_v all_o euripides's_fw-fr medea_n one_o have_v the_o book_n in_o his_o hand_n answer_v another_o that_o ask_v he_o what_o book_n it_o be_v it_o be_v chrysippus_n medea_n and_o apollodorus_n the_o athenian_a in_o his_o collection_n of_o doctrine_n assert_v that_o epicurus_n have_v write_v many_o book_n upon_o his_o own_o strength_n without_o use_v the_o testimony_n of_o other_o and_o that_o he_o therein_o far_o exceed_v chrysippus_n add_v these_o word_n for_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v take_v out_o of_o chrysippus_n write_n all_o that_o belong_v to_o other_o man_n he_o will_v leave_v the_o paper_n blank_a seneca_n give_v this_o censure_n of_o he_o 3._o he_o be_v most_o subtle_a and_o acute_a penetrate_v into_o the_o depth_n of_o truth_n he_o speak_v to_o the_o thing_n that_o be_v to_o be_v do_v and_o use_v no_o more_o word_n than_o be_v necessary_a to_o the_o understanding_n thereof_o but_o add_v that_o his_o 4._o acuteness_n be_v too_o fine_a be_v many_o time_n blunt_v and_o retort_v upon_o itself_o even_o when_o he_o seem_v to_o have_v do_v something_o he_o only_o prick_v not_o pierce_v laert._n some_o there_o be_v who_o inveigh_v against_o he_o as_o one_o that_o write_v many_o obscene_a thing_n not_o sit_v to_o be_v speak_v as_o in_o his_o commentary_n of_o the_o ancient_a physiologist_n what_o he_o write_v concern_v jupiter_n and_o juno_n be_v obscene_o feign_v deliver_v that_o in_o 600_o paragraph_n which_o the_o most_o impudent_a person_n will_v not_o have_v commit_v to_o writing_n for_o say_v they_o he_o have_v relate_v the_o story_n most_o unhandsome_o