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and_o correctress_n of_o vice_n what_o can_v not_o only_o we_o be_v but_o the_o very_a life_n of_o man_n without_o thou_o thou_o have_v found_v city_n thou_o have_v invite_v scatter_v man_n to_o live_v in_o community_n thou_o have_v link_v they_o one_o to_o another_o first_o in_o habitation_n then_o in_o marriage_n and_o then_o in_o communication_n by_o letter_n and_o word_n thou_o be_v the_o inventress_n of_o law_n thou_o the_o mistress_n of_o manner_n and_o discipline_n we_o fly_v to_o thou_o seek_v help_n from_o thou_o to_o thou_o we_o commit_v ourselves_o as_o former_o in_o great_a part_n so_o now_o entire_o and_o in_o whole_a for_o one_o day_n lead_v well_o and_o according_a to_o thy_o precept_n be_v to_o be_v prefer_v before_o a_o immortality_n in_o vice_n who_o succour_n therefore_o shall_v we_o rather_o make_v use_n of_o than_o thou_o who_o have_v both_o free_o bestow_v on_o we_o tranquillity_n of_o life_n and_o take_v away_o from_o we_o the_o terror_n of_o death_n yet_o philosophy_n be_v so_o far_o from_o receive_v praise_n suitable_a to_o the_o benefit_n she_o have_v confer_v on_o man_n life_n that_o she_o be_v by_o the_o most_o slight_v nay_o by_o many_o revile_v o_o that_o any_o one_o shall_v dare_v to_o vilify_v the_o parent_n of_o life_n and_o stain_v his_o conscience_n with_o such_o parricide_n shall_v offer_v to_o be_v so_o unnatural_a and_o ungrateful_a as_o to_o accuse_v she_o who_o he_o ought_v to_o reverence_n although_o he_o can_v not_o comprehend_v but_o this_o error_n and_o gross_a darkness_n be_v in_o my_o opinion_n cast_v over_o the_o mind_n of_o the_o ignorant_a because_o they_o be_v not_o able_a to_o look_v so_o far_o backward_o nor_o do_v think_v that_o they_o be_v the_o philosopher_n by_o who_o first_o the_o life_n of_o man_n be_v civilise_v which_o thing_n though_o we_o see_v to_o have_v be_v most_o ancient_a yet_o we_o confess_v the_o name_n to_o be_v but_o modern_a sect_n iii_o the_o study_n of_o wisdom_n of_o the_o same_o stand_n with_o man_n for_o as_o to_o wisdom_n who_o can_v deny_v it_o to_o be_v ancient_a not_o for_o the_o thing_n only_o but_o also_o the_o name_n which_o acquire_v this_o honourable_a name_n among_o the_o ancient_n from_o the_o know_n of_o divine_a and_o humane_a thing_n as_o also_o the_o element_n and_o cause_n of_o every_o be_v therefore_o have_v we_o receive_v by_o tradition_n of_o those_o seven_o that_o they_o be_v both_o name_v and_o account_v sage_n by_o the_o greek_n and_o wise_a man_n by_o our_o countryman_n and_o many_o age_n before_o of_o c_o lycurgus_n in_o who_o time_n homer_n be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v before_o d_o the_o build_n of_o rome_n and_o in_o the_o heroical_a age_n of_o ulysses_n and_o nestor_n that_o they_o both_o true_o be_v and_o be_v repute_v such_o nor_o will_v there_o have_v be_v the_o
in_o meditation_n as_o in_o death_n p._n 54._o sect_n xxxii_o the_o adversary_n of_o the_o soul_n immortality_n confute_v p._n 56._o sect_n xxxiii_o the_o argument_n of_o panaetius_n answer_v p._n 58._o sect_n xxxiv_o upon_o supposition_n of_o the_o soul_n mortality_n death_n be_v not_o evil_a be_v a_o departure_n from_o evil_n p._n 59_o sect_n xxxv_o or_o from_o uncertain_a good_n p._n 61._o sect_n xxxvi_o such_o as_o we_o shall_v not_o miss_v p._n 63._o sect_n xxxvii_o since_o it_o have_v not_o appear_v dreadful_a even_o to_o common_a soldier_n p._n 65._o sect_n xxxviii_o much_o less_o shall_v it_o hinder_v promote_a the_o public_a good_a but_o as_o death_n be_v not_o terrible_a so_o neither_o be_v it_o amiable_a p._n 67._o sect_n thirty-nine_o the_o opinion_n of_o untimely_a death_n examine_v p._n 68_o sect_n xl._o we_o must_v live_v in_o our_o place_n undaunted_a and_o when_o our_o time_n be_v come_v die_v content_v after_o the_o example_n of_o theramenes_n p._n 70._o sect_n xli_o socrates_n p._n 72._o sect_n xlii_o the_o spartan_n p._n 73._o sect_n xliii_o and_o theodorus_n the_o cyrenian_a a_o digression_n to_o the_o point_n of_o burial_n p._n 75._o sect_n xliv_o cruelty_n towards_o dead_a enemy_n and_o lament_v unburied_a friend_n reprove_v p._n 77._o sect_n xlv_o the_o custom_n of_o some_o savage_n herein_o condemn_v what_o decency_n to_o be_v observe_v in_o interment_n of_o the_o dead_a p._n 80._o sect_n xlvi_o glory_n after_o death_n shall_v abate_v the_o fear_n of_o die_v in_o prosperity_n p._n 82._o sect_n xlvii_o a_o epilogue_n after_o the_o mode_n of_o the_o greek_a rhetorician_n who_o will_v persuade_v we_o that_o death_n be_v the_o great_a good_a that_o can_v befall_v man_n and_o that_o from_o divine_a testimony_n p._n 84._o sect_n xlviii_o from_o those_o of_o demigod_n oracle_n and_o panegyrical_a commemoration_n of_o such_o as_o have_v die_v for_o their_o country_n p._n 87._o sect_n xlix_o the_o close_a of_o all_o apply_v the_o substance_n of_o the_o present_a debate_n to_o the_o reader_n benefit_n p._n 89._o the_o content_n of_o the_o second_o book_n patience_n under_o pain_n the_o proem_n sect_n 1_o 2_o 3_o 4._o sect_n i._o the_o benefit_n of_o philosophy_n p._n 92._o sect_n ii_o that_o the_o academic_a scheme_n be_v cautious_a and_o modest_a p._n 95._o sect_n iii_o the_o epicurean_a only_o regard_v by_o its_o own_o follower_n p._n 97._o sect_n iv._o the_o bad_a life_n of_o some_o teacher_n only_a scandal_n to_o their_o person_n not_o doctrine_n p._n 99_o seot_fw-la v._o the_o position_n make_v pain_n the_o great_a of_o all_o evil_n p._n 101._o sect_n vi_o the_o different_a maxim_n of_o philosopher_n on_o that_o subject_a p._n 103._o sect_n vii_o epicurus_n contradict_v himself_o herein_o the_o tragical_a impatience_n of_o philoctetes_n p._n 104._o sect_n viii_o ix_o hercules_n p._n 106._o 108._o sect_n x._o prometheus_n p._n 109._o sect_n xi_o digression_n against_o the_o poet_n p._n 111._o sect_n xii_o and_o some_o heterodox_n philosopher_n p._n 114._o sect_n xiii_o pain_n must_v not_o betray_v we_o to_o indecent_a carriage_n p._n 115._o sect_n fourteen_o must_v be_v oppose_v with_o courage_n p._n 117._o sect_n xv._n inure_v to_o labour_n dispose_v to_o a_o patient_a endure_v of_o pain_n p._n 120._o sect_n xvi_o xvii_o the_o power_n of_o exercise_n p._n 121._o 123._o sect_n xviii_o the_o force_n of_o reason_n p._n 126._o sect_n xix_o the_o direction_n of_o epicurus_n impracticable_a p._n 127._o sect_n xx._n virtue_n personate_v make_v her_o exhortation_n p._n 129._o sect_n xxi_o the_o manner_n of_o subdue_a our_o passion_n to_o reason_n p._n 130._o sect_n xxii_o armour_n against_o impatience_n p._n 133._o sect_n xxiii_o faintness_n of_o spirit_n dishonourable_a p._n 136._o sect_n xxiv_o resolution_n necessary_a to_o war._n p._n 137._o sect_n xxv_o in_o trial_n at_o home_n p._n 140._o sect_n xxvi_o and_o in_o all_o laudable_a enterprise_n p._n 142._o sect_n xxvii_o our_o patience_n must_v be_v of_o equal_a temper_n as_o to_o the_o field_n in_o battle_n or_o the_o bed_n of_o sickness_n p._n 144._o the_o content_n of_o the_o three_o book_n the_o cure_n of_o discontent_n premise_v in_o sect._n 1_o 2_o 3._o sect_n i._o the_o reluctancy_n of_o deprave_a man_n against_o his_o soul_n cure_v with_o some_o cause_n of_o his_o depravity_n p._n 148._o sect_n ii_o further_n cause_n of_o the_o depravation_n of_o humane_a nature_n p._n 150._o sect_n iii_o that_o the_o soul_n may_v have_v remedy_n for_o its_o distemper_n p._n 151._o sect_n iv._o the_o position_n offer_v it_o as_o a_o probable_a opinion_n that_o a_o wise_a man_n be_v liable_a to_o discontent_n p._n 153._o sect_n v._o that_o man_n import_v by_o passion_n be_v mad._n p._n 154._o sect_n vi_o the_o absurdity_n of_o deny_v a_o wise_a man_n all_o use_n of_o the_o affection_n be_v decline_v p._n 157._o sect_n vii_o the_o position_n impugned_a by_o a_o argument_n from_o the_o topick_n of_o fortitude_n p._n 158._o sect_n viii_o by_o another_o from_o that_o of_o temperance_n p._n 160._o sect_n ix_o by_o a_o induction_n from_o particular_a passion_n as_o of_o wrath_n envy_n p._n 161._o sect_n x._o and_o pity_n p._n 163._o sect_n xi_o the_o cause_n of_o dissatisfaction_n be_v a_o mistake_n in_o judgement_n p._n 165._o sect_n xii_o the_o picture_n of_o discontent_n in_o certain_a unfortunate_a prince_n p._n 167._o sect_n xiii_o we_o shall_v not_o despair_v whatever_o our_o circumstance_n be_v p._n 169._o sect_n fourteen_o meditation_n on_o possible_a mishap_n abate_v their_o evil_a when_o come_v p._n 170._o sect_n xv._n be_v also_o ground_n of_o constancy_n p._n 172._o sect_n xvi_o the_o contrary_a tenet_n of_o epicurus_n and_o his_o follower_n p._n 174._o sect_n xvii_o the_o true_a remedy_n assign_v p._n 175._o sect_n xviii_o and_o verify_v in_o the_o case_n of_o thyestes_n aeetes_n telamonius_n p._n 177._o sect_n xix_o and_o andromache_n p._n 180._o sect_n xx._n epicurus_n prove_v inconstant_a to_o his_o own_o principle_n p._n 182._o sect_n xxi_o the_o stoutness_n of_o the_o epicurean_o take_v down_o p._n 184._o sect_n xxii_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o cyrenian_a sect_n how_o far_o allowable_a p._n 185._o sect_n xxiii_o forecast_n of_o possible_a calamity_n be_v needful_a p._n 187._o sect_n xxiv_o the_o use_n of_o precedent_n p._n 189._o sect_n xxv_o the_o cavil_v that_o the_o common_a condition_n of_o mortality_n be_v ineffectual_a in_o point_n of_o comfort_n examine_v p._n 191._o sect_n xxvi_o trouble_v of_o mind_n to_o be_v a_o duty_n be_v a_o mistake_n p._n 192._o sect_n xxvii_o farther_o illustrate_v p._n 194._o sect_n xxviii_o that_o mistake_v rectify_v by_o consideration_n that_o our_o sorrow_n avail_v nothing_o p._n 196._o sect_n xxix_o that_o the_o matter_n of_o our_o disquiet_n be_v by_o misapprehension_n aggravate_v beyond_o its_o own_o nature_n p._n 199._o sect_n xxx_o that_o motive_n of_o consolation_n too_o often_o prove_v ineffectual_a proceed_v not_o from_o defect_n in_o they_o but_o our_o own_o indisposition_n p._n 201._o sect_n xxxi_o directory_n for_o comforter_n as_o to_o the_o season_n p._n 203._o sect_n xxxii_o the_o method_n p._n 204._o sect_n xxxiii_o that_o it_o be_v a_o duty_n not_o to_o be_v swallow_v up_o of_o grief_n p._n 205._o sect_n xxxiv_o a_o passage_n clear_v to_o the_o remedy_n of_o disquiet_n arise_v from_o the_o particular_a passion_n p._n 207._o the_o content_n of_o the_o four_o book_n the_o government_n of_o the_o passion_n the_o preface_n sect._n 1_o 2_o 3._o sect_n i._o the_o ancient_a roman_n probable_o not_o stranger_n to_o polite_a learning_n because_o borderer_n upon_o greece_n the_o great_a p._n 209._o sect_n ii_o because_o acquaint_v with_o music_n poetry_n and_o oratory_n p._n 211._o sect_n iii_o but_o philosophy_n be_v of_o late_a date_n with_o the_o roman_n p._n 212._o sect_n iv._o the_o position_n that_o it_o be_v probable_a thâ—â—_n a_o wise_a man_n be_v not_o free_a from_o all_o passion_n p._n 214._o sect_n v._o the_o method_n of_o the_o ensue_a disputation_n p._n 216._o sect_n vi_o the_o definition_n of_o the_o passion_n in_o general_n p._n 217._o sect_n vii_o the_o intellect_n to_o be_v accessary_a to_o the_o passion_n p._n 219._o sect_n viii_o the_o subordinate_a passion_n define_v those_o under_o discontent_n and_o fear_n p._n 220._o sect_n ix_o those_o under_o pleasure_n and_o lust_n p._n 222._o sect_n x._o the_o original_a of_o the_o soul_n distemper_n p._n 223._o sect_n xi_o the_o cause_n of_o passion_n and_o antipathy_n p._n 224._o sect_n xii_o the_o analogy_n between_o the_o soul_n and_o body_n sickness_n in_o ill_a habit_n p._n 226._o sect_n xiii_o the_o similitude_n between_o soundness_n and_o unsoundness_n of_o body_n and_o soul_n p._n 227._o sect_n fourteen_o their_o dissimilitude_n p._n 229._o sect_n xv._n the_o cure_n of_o the_o soul_n infirmity_n p._n 230._o sect_n xvi_o especial_o to_o be_v in_o moderation_n p._n 231._o