else_o where_o acknowledge_v that_o they_o receive_v their_o learning_n from_o the_o barbarian_n and_o ancient_n who_o live_v near_o the_o god_n &c_n &c_n so_o clemens_n alexandr_n lib._n 1._o say_v that_o philosophy_n a_o thing_n various_o useful_a in_o time_n past_o shine_v from_o nation_n to_o nation_n among_o the_o barbarian_n whence_o afterward_o it_o come_v into_o greece_n what_o these_o barbaric_a nation_n be_v from_o who_o the_o grecian_n receive_v their_o philosophy_n have_v be_v already_o b._n 1._o ch._n 4._o §_o 1._o demonstrate_v and_o it_o will_v be_v far_a evident_a by_o what_o follow_v in_o the_o enumeration_n of_o particular_n how_o thales_n have_v recourse_n to_o egypt_n and_o phoenicia_n for_o his_o philosophy_n phâ—recydes_n to_o phoenicia_n for_o his_o pythagoras_n to_o phoenicia_n egypt_n and_o chaldea_n for_o his_o socrates_n and_o his_o scholar_n plato_n traduce_v they_o from_o egypt_n and_o phoenicia_n solon_n his_o law_n from_o egypt_n and_o zeno_n his_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o may_v suffice_v to_o make_v good_a our_o position_n on_o this_o supposition_n which_o be_v universal_o grant_v etc._n and_o shall_v be_v hereafter_o prove_v that_o the_o grecian_n receive_v their_o philosophy_n from_o these_o aforementioned_a egyptian_n phoenicians_n and_o chaldean_n but_o to_o make_v our_o demonstration_n more_o valid_a we_o shall_v give_v some_o more_o immediate_a though_o at_o present_a only_o general_a and_o inartificial_a proof_n that_o the_o grecian_a philosophy_n be_v traduce_v from_o the_o jewish_a church_n and_o scripture_n and_o we_o shall_v begin_v with_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o grecian_a philosopher_n themselves_o plato_n with_o other_o plato_n in_o his_o gratylus_n tell_v we_o plain_o that_o they_o the_o grecian_n receive_v their_o learning_n from_o the_o barbarian_n who_o be_v more_o ancient_a than_o themselves_o these_o barbarian_n clemens_n alexandrinus_n justin_n martyr_n epiphanius_n nicephorus_n and_o serranus_n understand_v to_o be_v the_o jew_n as_o before_o who_o name_n plato_n conceled_a thereby_o to_o avoid_v the_o envy_n of_o the_o people_n who_o be_v profess_v enemy_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o their_o religion_n as_o also_o to_o gain_v the_o more_o credit_n to_o himself_o but_o plato_n in_o his_o philebus_n speak_v more_o plain_o to_o this_o purpose_n acknowledge_v that_o the_o report_n or_o tradition_n he_o have_v receive_v of_o the_o unity_n of_o god_n as_o to_o his_o essence_n and_o plurality_n of_o person_n and_o decree_n be_v from_o the_o ancient_n who_o dwell_v near_o the_o god_n and_o be_v better_a than_o they_o the_o grecian_n who_o certain_o can_v be_v no_o other_o than_o the_o patriarch_n and_o jewish_a church_n from_o who_o all_o those_o tradition_n touch_v the_o unity_n of_o god_n and_o plurality_n of_o person_n and_o decree_n be_v traduce_v whence_o also_o plato_n acknowledge_v that_o the_o best_a and_o sure_a course_n to_o prove_v the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v by_o some_o divine_a word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o in_o his_o phaedo_fw-la the_o like_a he_o acknowledge_v elsewhere_o that_o he_o receive_v his_o knowledge_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o providence_n govern_v the_o world_n from_o the_o wise_a i._n e._n as_o it_o be_v conceive_v the_o jew_n and_o serranus_n in_o his_o preface_n to_o plato_n do_v confident_o affirm_v that_o plato_n receive_v his_o symbolic_a philosophy_n from_o the_o jew_n i._n e._n from_o the_o doctrine_n of_o moses_n and_o the_o prophet_n as_o all_o the_o learned_a and_o ancient_a christian_a doctor_n have_v judge_v though_o he_o industrious_o avoid_v the_o name_n of_o the_o jew_n which_o be_v odious_a we_o have_v also_o the_o testimony_n of_o other_o pagan_a philosopher_n concur_v herein_o as_o that_o famous_a say_n of_o numenius_n the_o pythagorean_n numenius_n what_o be_v plato_n but_o moses_n atticize_v also_o that_o of_o hermippus_n hermippus_n a_o most_o diligent_a and_o ancient_a writer_n of_o pythagoras_n life_n who_o plain_o affirm_v as_o josephus_n contra_fw-la ap._n lib._n 1._o that_o pythagoras_n translate_v many_o thing_n out_o of_o the_o jewish_a institutes_n into_o his_o own_o philosophy_n so_o aristotle_n in_o his_o book_n of_o politic_n make_v mention_n of_o many_o thing_n take_v out_o of_o the_o ancient_a lawgiver_n which_o exact_o suit_n with_o moses_n law_n as_o cunaeus_n observe_v thus_o diogenes_n laertius_n in_o his_o proem_n to_o the_o life_n of_o the_o philosopher_n begin_v with_o these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d some_o affirm_v that_o philosophy_n have_v its_o origine_fw-la from_o the_o barbarian_n that_o by_o the_o barbarian_n must_v be_v understand_v inclusive_o if_o not_o exclusive_o the_o jew_n be_v affirm_v by_o justin_n martyr_n clemens_n alexandrinus_n epiphanius_n and_o other_o as_o in_o what_o immediate_o precede_v §_o 2._o thus_o steuchus_n eugubinus_n de_fw-fr peren_n philosoph_n l._n 1._o c._n 12._o whence_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o the_o philosopher_n thought_n and_o speak_v those_o thing_n which_o they_o have_v learn_v from_o the_o barbarian_n the_o first_o barbarian_n be_v the_o chaldean_n egyptian_n and_o who_o we_o ought_v to_o place_n in_o the_o first_o rank_n the_o hebrew_n §_o 3._o we_o may_v add_v hereto_o the_o testimony_n of_o jew_n aristobulus_n as_o that_o of_o aristobulus_n the_o egyptian_a jew_n affirm_v that_o pythagoras_n translate_v many_o of_o his_o opinion_n out_o of_o the_o jewish_a discipline_n the_o like_a he_o affirm_v of_o plato_n as_o euseb_n praep_v evang._n l._n 9_o c._n 6._o and_o clemens_n alexand._n strom._n 1._o who_o also_o strom._n 5._o say_v that_o aristobulus_n affirm_v the_o same_o of_o the_o peripatetic_a philosophy_n viz._n that_o it_o depend_v on_o moses_n law_n and_o other_o of_o the_o prophet_n josephus_n l._n 1_o contra_fw-la apion_n say_v of_o pythagoras_n josephus_n that_o he_o do_v not_o only_o understand_v the_o jewish_a discipline_n but_o also_o 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if_o we_o consult_v the_o memoires_n of_o christian_n both_o ancient_n and_o modern_a we_o shall_v find_v abundant_a testimony_n conspire_v to_o make_v good_a this_o assertion_n that_o the_o grecian_n traduce_v their_o philosophy_n from_o the_o scripture_n and_o jewish_a church_n among_o the_o ancient_n we_o have_v tertullian_n apol._n c._n 17._o tertullian_n who_o of_o the_o poet_n say_v he_o who_o of_o the_o sophist_n be_v there_o who_o do_v not_o drink_v of_o the_o prophet_n fountain_n hence_o therefore_o the_o philosopher_n quench_v the_o thirst_n of_o their_o ingeny_n thus_o justin_n martyr_n in_o his_o paraenesis_n to_o the_o greek_n show_v how_o orpheus_n pythagoras_n 2._o plato_n homer_n etc._n etc._n borrow_a many_o thing_n from_o moses_n and_o he_o do_v industrious_o prove_v the_o novelty_n of_o the_o grecian_a philosophy_n out_o of_o polemo_n apion_n ptolemaeus_n mendisius_n philocrates_n and_o other_o so_o minucius_n in_o octavius_n the_o philosopher_n say_v he_o have_v imitate_v some_o shadow_n of_o interpolated_a truth_n from_o the_o divine_a prediction_n of_o the_o prophet_n so_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n
and_o moses_n their_o philosophy_n to_o which_o we_o shall_v add_v 1._o that_o of_o ludovicus_n vives_n on_o august_n de_fw-fr civet_fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 8._o cap._n 9_o the_o philosophy_n of_o the_o egyptian_n say_v he_o be_v very_o ancient_a but_o for_o the_o most_o part_n derive_v from_o the_o chaldean_n especial_o from_o abraham_n though_o they_o as_o diodorus_n write_v refer_v it_o to_o isis_n osiris_n vulcan_n mercury_n and_o hercules_n thus_o lud._n vives_n first_o this_o old_a tradition_n that_o the_o egyptian_a philosophy_n and_o thence_o the_o grecian_a spring_v from_o the_o chaldean_n be_v and_o that_o not_o without_o great_a probability_n by_o the_o learned_a interpret_v of_o the_o hebrew_n for_o abraham_n their_o ancestor_n be_v a_o chaldean_a and_o the_o hebrew_n themselves_o live_v under_o the_o chaldean_a empire_n at_o that_o time_n when_o this_o old_a say_n begin_v among_o the_o grecian_n mention_v by_o plato_n &c_n &c_n of_o which_o more_o hereafter_o 2._o lud._n 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in_o josephus_n testify_v and_o this_o opinion_n as_o some_o think_v may_v be_v found_v on_o psal_n 105.22_o it_o be_v credible_a also_o that_o they_o get_v some_o thing_n from_o the_o israelite_n who_o also_o descend_v from_o abraham_n and_o hence_o aristophanes_n in_o avibus_fw-la call_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o suidas_n also_o observe_v thus_o ger._n vossius_fw-la de_fw-fr philosoph_n sectis_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 2._o §_o 2._o 3._o the_o confession_n of_o the_o egyptian_n themselves_o relate_v by_o diodorus_n egyptian_n seem_v clear_o to_o intimate_v and_o prove_v our_o assertion_n for_o in_o that_o they_o refer_v their_o philosophy_n original_o to_o isis_n osiris_n mercury_n 3._o etc._n etc._n it_o be_v very_o probable_a that_o these_o feign_a name_n be_v original_o give_v to_o the_o patriarch_n especial_o to_o joseph_n by_o the_o egyptian_n who_o be_v unwilling_a to_o own_o the_o hebrew_n as_o author_n of_o their_o wisdom_n give_v these_o borrow_a name_n unto_o joseph_n etc._n etc._n according_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o that_o infant_n age._n athan._n kircher_n oedipi_fw-la egypt_n tom._n 3._o c._n 1._o make_v hermâ—s_n trismegistus_n the_o author_n of_o the_o egyptian_n hieroglyphic_n philosophy_n yet_o so_o as_o that_o we_o receive_v the_o first_o lineament_n thereof_o from_o the_o patriarch_n his_o word_n be_v hermes_n trismegistus_n contemplate_v this_o world_n compose_v of_o so_o great_a variety_n of_o thing_n as_o a_o scene_n distinguish_v with_o most_o polite_a image_n he_o right_o suppose_v that_o these_o creature-image_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d symbol_n of_o god_n etc._n etc._n and_o hence_o the_o first_o rudiment_n of_o hieroglyphic_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d proceed_v which_o be_v adumbrate_v by_o the_o first_o patriarch_n adam_n enoch_n noah_n câ—am_n and_o perfect_v by_o hermes_n spring_v up_o unto_o the_o form_n by_o the_o stupendous_a architecture_n of_o hieroglyphic_n that_o mercury_n call_v by_o the_o grecian_n hermes_n can_v be_v no_o other_o than_o joseph_n have_v be_v already_o prove_v in_o the_o story_n of_o joseph_n philosophy_n as_o also_o part_v 1._o book_n 2._o chap._n 7._o §_o 10._o of_o the_o egyptian_a theogonie_n testimony_n but_o serranus_n that_o great_a philologist_n in_o his_o preface_n to_o plato_n speak_v more_o full_o and_o express_o touch_v the_o traduction_n of_o the_o egyptian_a philosophy_n from_o the_o patriarch_n and_o scripture_n revelation_n his_o word_n be_v these_o that_o the_o egyptian_n retain_v many_o thing_n from_o the_o tradition_n of_o the_o patriarch_n the_o ancient_a history_n of_o moses_n demonstrate_v &_o that_o they_o derive_v many_o thing_n from_o the_o clear_a fountain_n of_o the_o scripture_n which_o yet_o they_o contaminate_v by_o their_o own_o mud_n or_o fable_n be_v no_o way_n to_o be_v doubt_v thus_o serranus_n but_o of_o this_o more_o hereafter_o in_o the_o life_n of_o pythagoras_n and_o plato_n 10._o the_o like_a hornius_n hist_o philos_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 10._o which_o see_v in_o what_o precede_v of_o joseph_n chap._n 1._o §_o 9_o §_o 9_o to_o make_v good_a yet_o far_o our_o assertion_n touch_v the_o traduction_n of_o the_o egyptian_a philosophy_n from_o the_o jewish_a church_n we_o now_o shall_v endeavour_v to_o give_v some_o artifiicial_a argument_n or_o demonstration_n from_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o cause_n by_o show_v what_o influence_n the_o patriarch_n and_o jewish_a church_n have_v on_o the_o egyptian_a wisdom_n as_o well_o in_o its_o first_o rise_n as_o after_o improvement_n first_o that_o the_o egyptian_n be_v no_o way_n famous_a for_o wisdom_n or_o philosophy_n before_o the_o abode_n of_o the_o patriarch_n with_o they_o be_v evident_a by_o their_o own_o concession_n for_o they_o confess_v they_o owe_v all_o their_o wisdom_n to_o their_o god_n isis_n osiris_n but_o principal_o to_o mercury_n or_o theuth_n who_o they_o call_v hermes_n etc._n etc._n so_o plato_n in_o phaedro_n bring_v in_o socrates_n relate_v 6._o that_o the_o egyptian_n worship_v a_o certain_a god_n who_o they_o call_v theuth_n who_o find_v out_o and_o teach_v they_o all_o art_n and_o letter_n in_o that_o time_n when_o thamus_n hold_v the_o empire_n of_o egypt_n this_o theuth_n be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o egyptian_a mercury_n of_o who_o jamblichus_n most_o skilful_a in_o the_o egyptian_a theology_n lib._n the_o myster_n egypt_n cap._n 1._o thus_o write_v the_o egyptian_n report_n mercury_n to_o be_v the_o moderator_n and_o god_n of_o wisdom_n and_o eloquence_n and_o they_o declare_v that_o by_o he_o not_o only_a letter_n be_v find_v out_o and_o reduce_v into_o order_n but_o also_o that_o the_o principle_n of_o all_o learning_n be_v collect_v and_o publish_v in_o many_o thousand_o book_n by_o he_o patriarch_n now_o that_o all_o the_o egyptian_a god_n be_v young_a than_o the_o patriarch_n or_o at_o least_o but_o borrow_a name_n give_v to_o they_o be_v general_o assert_v by_o the_o learned_a 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greek_n and_o roman_n even_o unto_o the_o barbarian_n of_o the_o mahometan_n almost_o 3000_o year_n jacob_n see_v the_o flourish_a state_n of_o this_o kingdom_n which_o then_o have_v a_o pious_a king_n with_o who_o he_o have_v frequent_a conference_n and_o who_o take_v care_n that_o the_o true_a doctrine_n shall_v be_v propagate_v far_o and_o near_o and_o in_o the_o famine_n afford_v relief_n to_o many_o neighbour_a nation_n thus_o far_o carrion_n or_o melancthon_n by_o which_o we_o see_v what_o care_n joseph_n take_v for_o inform_v the_o egyptian_a priest_n in_o the_o knowleedge_n of_o the_o true_a god_n and_o sound_a philosophy_n the_o scripture_n also_o make_v a_o honourable_a mention_n of_o joseph_n care_n of_o and_o provision_n for_o the_o priest_n as_o gen._n 47.22_o 22_o by_o assign_v they_o portion_n and_o settle_v their_o land_n and_o as_o he_o take_v this_o care_n for_o their_o body_n and_o succession_n in_o follow_v age_n so_o we_o can_v conceive_v but_o that_o he_o take_v much_o more_o care_n for_o their_o soul_n and_o the_o soul_n
of_o philosophize_v as_o hereafter_o §_o 10._o go_n we_o proceed_v now_o to_o the_o matter_n of_o sanchoniathon_n philosophy_n which_o will_v give_v we_o a_o far_a demonstration_n that_o it_o be_v traduce_v from_o some_o scriptural_a or_o jewish_a tradition_n touch_v his_o metaphysic_n and_o theology_n sanchoniathon_n treat_v of_o god_n his_o worship_n &c_n &c_n of_o angel_n and_o of_o the_o soul_n that_o sanchoniathon_n write_v of_o the_o phenician_a theology_n theodoret_n therapeut_fw-fr serm._n 2._o assure_v we_o out_o of_o porphyry_n in_o these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sanchoniathon_n the_o berytian_a writ_n the_o theology_n of_o the_o phoenicians_n and_o porphyry_n great_o admire_v sanchoniathon_n etc._n etc._n suidas_n also_o tell_v that_o beside_o the_o institutes_n of_o the_o phoenicians_n sanchoniathon_n write_v also_o of_o the_o theology_n of_o the_o egyptian_n now_o this_o theology_n of_o which_o he_o treat_v consist_v chief_o in_o his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o origination_n of_o the_o god_n and_o the_o sacrifice_n or_o worship_n they_o give_v unto_o they_o as_o for_o his_o account_n of_o the_o original_n of_o their_o god_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o they_o receive_v their_o name_n and_o attribute_n the_o chief_a of_o they_o from_o some_o scriptural_a relation_n or_o tradition_n of_o the_o jew_n which_o will_v easy_o appear_v by_o a_o brief_a enumeration_n the_o chief_a of_o the_o phenician_a god_n be_v the_o sun_n call_v by_o sanchoniathon_n beelsamen_n 1.16_o in_o the_o phenician_a and_o hebrew_n dialect_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v the_o lord_n of_o heaven_n so_o philo_n byblius_n out_o of_o sanchoniathon_n theology_n of_o the_o sun_n euseb_n praepar_fw-la lib._n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o they_o say_v be_v god_n who_o they_o repute_v the_o only_a lord_n of_o heaven_n call_v he_o beelsamen_n which_o be_v among_o the_o phoenicians_n lord_n of_o heaven_n this_o seem_v to_o be_v but_o a_o corrupt_a tradition_n of_o gen._n 1.16_o 1.16_o where_o it_o be_v say_v that_o god_n make_v the_o great_a light_n to_o rule_v the_o day_n and_o the_o lesser_a light_n to_o rule_v the_o night_n whence_o the_o phoenicians_n style_v the_o moon_n belsisama_n the_o queen_n of_o heaven_n because_o as_o the_o sun_n rule_v by_o day_n so_o the_o moon_n by_o night_n but_o sanchoniathon_n in_o the_o fore_n quote_v euseb_n praep_v lib._n 1._o proceed_v to_o give_v the_o extract_n of_o his_o god_n in_o these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o these_o be_v produce_v eliun_n call_v the_o most_o high_a eliun_n in_o the_o phenician_a and_o hebrew_n 14.19_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d elion_n be_v one_o of_o the_o name_n the_o scripture_n give_v unto_o god_n and_o signify_v the_o most_o high_a so_o that_o we_o can_v rational_o doubt_v but_o that_o sanchoniathon_n borrow_v this_o jaol-god_n from_o some_o scriptural_a relation_n then_o he_o add_v that_o this_o god_n eliun_n beget_v the_o heaven_n and_o earth_n which_o seem_v evident_o to_o be_v take_v from_o moses_n word_n gen._n 14.19_o 22._o 22._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o the_o most_o high_a god_n that_o produce_v the_o heaven_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v also_o to_o produce_v as_o the_o lxx_o render_v it_o zach._n 13.5_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o so_o it_o be_v render_v gen._n 4.1_o then_o sanchoniathon_n proceed_v thus_o the_o first_o bear_v of_o the_o son_n of_o heaven_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v ilos_n who_o also_o be_v call_v kronos_n or_o saturn_n ilos_n be_v apparent_o from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d el_fw-es a_o name_n of_o god_n which_o the_o phoenicians_n give_v to_o their_o idol_n saturn_n so_o damascius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o phoenicians_n and_o syrian_n name_v their_o saturn_n el._n whence_o the_o grecian_n call_v the_o sun_n which_o be_v the_o phenician_a saturn_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d then_o it_o follow_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o companion_n of_o ilos_n phaen._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eloah_n i._n e._n saturn_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d elohim_n as_o if_o one_o shall_v say_v the_o saturn_n thus_o sanchoniathon_n by_o which_o it_o seem_v evident_a that_o he_o have_v not_o only_o some_o tradition_n of_o the_o god_n of_o israel_n his_o several_a name_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o also_o some_o break_a fragment_n of_o the_o trinity_n which_o he_o here_o seem_v to_o express_v under_o his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hence_o the_o platonist_n seem_v to_o have_v traduce_v their_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bethel_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o hereafter_o it_o follow_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o god_n uranus_n i_o e._n heaven_n excogitated_a or_o imagine_v the_o baetulia_n when_o he_o frame_v the_o live_a stone_n that_o these_o baetulia_n or_o stone_n which_o the_o phoenicians_n worship_v be_v take_v up_o by_o they_o in_o imitation_n of_o jacob_n anoint_v the_o stone_n and_o consecrate_v the_o place_n where_o he_o have_v receive_v a_o vision_n be_v very_o probable_a if_o we_o consider_v gen._n 28.18_o where_o it_o be_v say_v he_o call_v the_o place_n bethel_n and_o gen._n 31.13_o i_o be_o the_o god_n of_o bethel_n where_o thou_o anoint_v the_o stone_n and_o if_o bochart_n conjecture_n hold_v true_a as_o it_o seem_v probable_a sanchoniathon_n original_a of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o e._n anoint_a stone_n so_o that_o the_o translaror_n transport_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d anoint_a read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d live_v that_o these_o baetulia_n which_o the_o phoenicians_n worship_v have_v their_o rise_n from_o jacob_n consecrate_a stone_n at_o bethel_n be_v general_o assert_v by_o the_o learned_a jos_n scaligâ—r_n on_o eusebius_n etc._n etc._n as_o elsewhere_o part_v 1_o b._n 2._o c._n §_o 11._o to_o these_o piece_n of_o sanchoniathon_n theology_n etc._n translate_v by_o philo_n byblius_n eusebius_n add_v a_o place_n or_o two_o out_o of_o porphyry_n his_o book_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o which_o the_o same_o saturn_n be_v by_o the_o phoenicians_n call_v israel_n his_o word_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n saturn_n who_o the_o phoenicians_n call_v israel_n etc._n etc._n this_o saturn_n be_v say_v also_o to_o have_v a_o only_a son_n by_o the_o nymph_n anobret_n who_o he_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jeud_n and_o sacrifice_v so_o sanchoniathon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o sacrifice_v his_o only_a son_n speak_v of_o saturn_n and_o that_o all_o this_o be_v but_o a_o imperfect_a tradition_n of_o abraham_n his_o resolution_n to_o sacrifice_v his_o own_o son_n isaac_n be_v evident_a for_o the_o name_n jeud_n hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jehid_v be_v the_o epithet_n give_v to_o isaac_n gen._n 22.2_o 〈◊〉_d so_o anobret_n be_v proper_o give_v to_o sarah_n for_o the_o phenician_a and_o hebrew_n word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d anobret_n or_o annobret_n signify_v one_o conceive_v by_o grace_n which_o be_v right_o say_v of_o sarah_n heb._n 11.11_o only_a what_o abraham_n do_v in_o intention_n only_o porphyry_n and_o sanchoniathon_n make_v saturn_n to_o do_v actual_o which_o it_o be_v the_o policy_n of_o satan_n to_o make_v they_o believe_v thereby_o to_o induce_v follow_v age_n to_o offer_v their_o son_n to_o molech_n or_o saturn_n which_o be_v the_o great_a idol_n of_o the_o phoenicians_n porphyry_n in_o his_o lib._n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tell_v we_o that_o the_o phenician_a history_n compose_v by_o sanchoniathon_n be_v full_a of_o such_o kind_n of_o sacrifice_n etc._n etc._n which_o it_o be_v very_o evident_a the_o phoenicians_n at_o first_o traduce_v from_o the_o jew_n as_o the_o jâ—ws_v not_o long_o after_o receive_v the_o same_o idolatrous_a and_o inhuman_a mode_n of_o sacrifice_v their_o son_n to_o molech_n from_o the_o phoenicians_n so_o much_o for_o sanchoniathon_n theogonie_n and_o theology_n which_o give_v foundation_n to_o the_o grecian_a mythology_n about_o their_o go_n §_o 12._o soul_n sanchoniathon_n according_a to_o philo_n byblius_n version_n cite_v by_o euseb_n praep_v lib._n 1._o have_v other_o piece_n of_o metaphysic_n which_o seem_v to_o be_v borrow_v from_o scripture_n relation_n he_o make_v mention_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o bochart_n interpret_v of_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o angel_n also_o the_o first_o man_n be_v by_o he_o say_v to_o be_v make_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o colpia_n which_o he_o attribute_n to_o the_o wind_n be_v the_o same_o with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d col-pi
in_o the_o begin_n of_o thing_n a_o spirit_n of_o dark_a air_n which_o he_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o evening_n chaos_n or_o darkness_n and_o that_o thales_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d water_n 〈◊〉_d be_v the_o same_o with_o sanchoniathon_n chaos_n we_o have_v the_o testimony_n of_o plutarch_n who_o produce_v the_o authority_n of_o hesiod_n touch_v his_o chaos_n &_o add_v that_o the_o great_a part_n of_o ancient_a philosopher_n call_v water_n chaos_n from_o diffusion_n a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sundo_fw-la which_o will_v farther_o appear_v if_o we_o compare_v it_o with_o what_o follow_v in_o sanchoniathon_n water_n from_o the_o conversion_n of_o the_o spirit_n with_o the_o chaos_n there_o result_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o they_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d according_a to_o the_o phoenicians_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v matter_n which_o he_o interpret_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mud_n or_o slime_n or_o watery_a mistion_n which_o indeed_o be_v but_o the_o effect_n or_o grosser_n part_n of_o that_o water_n which_o thales_n make_v to_o be_v the_o material_a principle_n of_o all_o natural_a body_n so_o orpheus_n speak_v of_o the_o first_o matter_n of_o the_o universe_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d out_o of_o water_n slime_n be_v make_v which_o be_v a_o full_a explication_n of_o what_o thales_n understand_v by_o his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d water_n and_o the_o same_o with_o sanchoniathon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o e._n slime_n or_o mixture_n of_o mud_n and_o water_n and_o we_o have_v a_o good_a explication_n of_o the_o whole_a by_o the_o scholiast_n on_o these_o word_n of_o apollonius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o earth_n of_o slime_n be_v make_v where_o the_o scholiast_n affirm_v that_o the_o chaos_n whereof_o all_o thing_n be_v make_v be_v water_n which_o settle_v become_v slime_n and_o the_o slime_n condense_v into_o solid_a earth_n thus_o we_o see_v how_o that_o thales_n water_n which_o he_o make_v the_o first_o material_a principle_n of_o all_o thing_n be_v indeed_o the_o same_o with_o or_o immediate_o derive_v from_o sanchoniathon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._o e._n slime_n or_o mixture_n of_o water_n and_o mud_n together_o from_o which_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o plato_n and_o pythagoras_n seem_v little_a to_o differ_v now_o that_o sanchâ—niathon_n and_o thales_n who_o follow_v he_o traduce_v these_o their_o sentiment_n of_o the_o first_o matter_n out_o of_o moses_n history_n gen._n 1.2_o 1.2_o we_o have_v already_o demonstrate_v book_n 1_o ch._n 3._o §_o 13_o 14_o 15._o out_o of_o learned_a bochart_n and_o other_o but_o because_o learned_a stillingfleet_n as_o before_o §_o 1._o incline_v rather_o to_o believe_v that_o these_o first_o philosopher_n receive_v these_o their_o principle_n by_o universal_a tradition_n from_o the_o first_o age_n and_o not_o from_o the_o jew_n or_o mosaik_n write_n i_o shall_v add_v far_o 1._o the_o confession_n of_o sanchoniathon_n who_o say_v that_o he_o receive_v the_o material_n of_o his_o history_n from_o jerombalus_fw-la the_o priest_n of_o the_o god_n jao_n who_o certain_o be_v some_o jewish_a priest_n as_o before_o book_n 1._o ch._n 3._o §_o 8._o 2._o sanchoniathon_n make_v mention_n of_o sydic_n etc._n etc._n which_o without_o doubt_n he_o receive_v from_o the_o jew_n 3._o numenius_n a_o ancient_a philosopher_n cite_v for_o this_o opinion_n of_o thales_n that_o water_n be_v the_o first_o matter_n the_o very_a word_n of_o moses_n gen._n 1.2_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n move_v upon_o the_o face_n of_o the_o water_n as_o porphyry_n de_fw-fr antro_fw-la nymph_n of_o which_o see_v stanley_n on_o thales_n 4._o that_o thales_n receive_v these_o tradition_n of_o the_o creation_n from_o moses_n write_n be_v affirm_v and_o demonstrate_v by_o steuchus_n eugubinus_n de_fw-mi peren_fw-mi philosoph_n l._n 7._o c._n 12._o where_o he_o show_v how_o thales_n subscribe_v to_o moses_n in_o his_o notion_n of_o the_o world_n creation_n as_o in_o what_o follow_v §_o 5._o 5._o yea_o stillingfleet_n himself_o in_o the_o follow_a section_n orig._n sacr._n book_n 3_o chap._n 2._o sect._n 3_o have_v these_o very_a word_n and_o thus_o we_o see_v these_o 2_o renown_a founder_n of_o the_o jonick_a and_o italic_a society_n both_o give_v their_o concur_v testimony_n with_o moses_n as_o to_o the_o true_a origine_fw-la of_o the_o world_n and_o not_o at_o all_o differ_v from_o each_o other_o thales_n mean_v by_o his_o water_n the_o same_o with_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o mixture_n of_o mud_n and_o water_n which_o orpheus_n etc._n etc._n speak_v of_o as_o the_o principle_n of_o the_o universe_n and_o the_o successor_n of_o thales_n anaximander_n and_o anaxagoras_n express_v themselves_o to_o that_o purpose_n which_o be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o phenician_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o some_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d some_o mud_n or_o slime_n which_o they_o say_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thus_o we_o see_v how_o thales_n with_o the_o phoenicians_n from_o who_o he_o be_v derive_v as_o laertius_n tell_v we_o and_o pythagoras_n with_o the_o egyptian_n and_o other_o concur_v with_o moses_n not_o only_o in_o the_o production_n of_o the_o world_n but_o in_o the_o manner_n of_o it_o wherein_o be_v express_v a_o fluid_a matter_n which_o be_v the_o material_a principle_n as_o gen._n 1.2_o upon_o the_o face_n of_o the_o water_n that_o be_v all_o at_o first_o be_v but_o fluid_a matter_n etc._n etc._n thus_o stillingfleet_n which_o i_o conceive_v full_o prove_v our_o assertion_n and_o overthrow_v his_o forego_n hypothesis_n that_o thales_n etc._n etc._n receive_v not_o these_o tradition_n from_o moses_n write_n or_o the_o jewish_a church_n original_o 6._o vossius_fw-la de_fw-la philos_fw-la sect._n l._n 2._o c._n 5._o §_o 3._o seem_v to_o refer_v this_o principle_n of_o thales_n that_o water_n be_v the_o original_n of_o all_o thing_n to_o the_o word_n of_o moses_n gen._n 1.2_o upon_o the_o face_n of_o the_o water_n which_o say_v he_o perhaps_o he_o learn_v from_o the_o egyptian_n and_o they_o from_o the_o jew_n even_o so_o plain_o assert_v our_o conclusion_n yet_o i_o shall_v think_v it_o most_o probable_a that_o thales_n have_v it_o from_o the_o phoenicians_n and_o they_o from_o the_o jew_n 7._o last_o mariana_n in_o his_o annotation_n on_o gen._n 1.1_o assure_v we_o that_o from_o this_o place_n the_o ancient_a poet_n derive_v their_o chaos_n and_o other_o like_a thing_n §_o 5._o thales_n thales_n hold_v also_o many_o other_o philosophic_a opinion_n touch_v the_o world_n origine_fw-la and_o perfection_n which_o seem_v to_o be_v but_o tradition_n original_o take_v from_o moses_n history_n 1._o he_o hold_v there_o be_v but_o one_o world_n and_o that_o make_v by_o god_n the_o spirit_n out_o of_o the_o foresay_a water_n 1.2_o so_o montaigne_n essay_n l._n 2._o c._n 12._o thales_n qui_fw-fr le_fw-fr premier_fw-fr s'enquesta_fw-mi de_fw-fr telle_fw-fr matiere_n estima_fw-la dieu_fw-fr un_fw-fr esprit_fw-fr qui_fw-fr sit_fw-la d'_fw-fr â—au_fw-fr toutes_fw-fr choses_fw-fr this_o great_a fundamental_a principle_n that_o the_o world_n be_v make_v by_o god_n be_v general_o receive_v and_o assert_v by_o all_o the_o philosopher_n before_o aristotle_n who_o be_v the_o first_o that_o oppose_v it_o because_o seem_o contradictory_n to_o his_o phaenomena_n or_o purblind_a principle_n as_o we_o be_v tell_v by_o plutarch_n de_fw-fr philosplacit_fw-fr 2.1_o and_o johan_n gram._n de_fw-fr create_v mundi_fw-la 2._o 1.13_o thales_n hold_v as_o diogen_n laert._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o world_n be_v god_n workmanship_n be_v exceed_v beautiful_a or_o good_a and_o perfect_a as_o gen._n 1.31_o this_o beauty_n or_o perfection_n of_o the_o world_n he_o make_v to_o consist_v in_o the_o admirable_a disposition_n and_o harmony_n or_o order_n of_o every_o part_n wherein_o he_o be_v follow_v by_o pythagoras_n who_o for_o this_o reason_n call_v the_o world_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o plato_n who_o say_v that_o god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n beautify_v and_o orderly_o dispose_v every_o part_n of_o this_o universe_n with_o great_a symmetry_n and_o proportion_n answerable_a to_o his_o own_o eternal_a idea_n or_o form_n as_o in_o his_o timaeus_n of_o which_o hereafter_o that_o thales_n receive_v this_o contemplation_n from_o moses_n be_v affirm_v by_o steuch_n eugub_fw-la de_fw-fr peren_fw-mi philosophia_fw-la l._n 7._o c._n 2._o to_o which_o it_o be_v to_o be_v refer_v that_o according_a to_o laertius_n the_o same_o thales_n pronounce_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o world_n be_v most_o beautiful_a because_o the_o workmanship_n of_o god_n do_v not_o thou_o think_v that_o he_o subscribe_v to_o
that_o the_o chief_a good_a lay_n in_o pleasure_n whence_o the_o whole_a sect_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o the_o epicurean_o after_o they_o 3_o antisthenes_n another_o of_o socrates_n scholar_n stoic_n found_v the_o cynic_n sect._n his_o chief_a position_n be_v that_o virtue_n be_v the_o chief_a good_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d wherein_o he_o be_v follow_v by_o zeno_n his_o scholar_n who_o be_v the_o founder_n of_o the_o stoic_a sect_n which_o as_o to_o moral_n hold_v a_o great_a communion_n with_o the_o cynic_n and_o they_o both_o with_o socrates_n etc._n etc._n 4._o another_o of_o socrates_n scholar_n be_v euclid_n the_o megaric_a megarick_n who_o follower_n be_v thence_o call_v megarick_n and_o afterward_o eristick_n and_o by_o some_o dialectic_o because_o they_o exercise_v themselves_o chief_o in_o dialectic_a question_n which_o humour_n euclid_n suck_v in_o not_o from_o socrates_n but_o parmenides_n and_o zeno_n the_o eleatic_a 5._o phaedo_fw-la of_o elia_n another_o of_o socrates_n scholar_n eleaticks_n establish_v the_o eleatic_a sect._n he_o write_v many_o of_o socrates_n elegant_a speech_n 6._o but_o the_o most_o renown_a of_o all_o socrates_n scholar_n be_v plato_n academic_n that_o famous_a founder_n of_o the_o old_a academy_n whence_o the_o new_a academic_n descend_v as_o the_o platonist_n as_o it_o follow_v chap._n ii_o of_o the_o platonic_a philosophy_n its_o traduction_n from_o the_o jew_n that_o plato_n borrow_v his_o philosophy_n from_o the_o jew_n prove_v by_o the_o universal_a consent_n 1._o of_o pagan_n plato_n own_o confession_n that_o he_o receive_v his_o choice_a principle_n from_o the_o barbâ—riâ—ns_n phoenicians_n and_o syrian_n i._n e._n the_o jew_n plato_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d some_o jewish_a tradition_n his_o tradition_n of_o the_o divine_a idea_n providence_n immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o origine_fw-la of_o the_o universe_n from_o the_o jew_n the_o testimony_n of_o numenius_n 2._o the_o testimony_n of_o jew_n aristobulus_n josephus_n 3._o testimony_n of_o christian_n 1._o more_o ancient_a as_o clem._n alexandrinus_n just_o martyr_n jo._n grammaticus_n ambrose_n austin_n 2._o modern_a lud._n vives_n selden_n jackson_n cudworth_n stillingfleet_n and_o hornius_n §_o 1._o have_v give_v some_o cursory_a account_n of_o the_o socratic_a philosophy_n himself_o we_o now_o proceed_v to_o the_o platonic_a the_o main_a branch_n of_o the_o socratic_a to_o demonstrate_v its_o traduction_n from_o the_o jewish_a divine_a oracle_n and_o herein_o we_o shall_v take_v up_o the_o same_o method_n we_o lay_v down_o in_o our_o discourse_n of_o pythagorick_a philosophy_n namely_o first_o to_o give_v that_o which_o the_o school_n term_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o demonstration_n that_o '_o it_o be_v so_o and_o then_o to_o proceed_v to_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o several_a cause_n method_n and_o way_n by_o which_o plato_n traduce_v his_o philosophy_n from_o the_o jewish_a church_n and_o oracle_n as_o for_o the_o first_o branch_n of_o our_o demonstration_n to_o prove_v the_o quod_fw-la sit_fw-la that_o plato_n indeed_o borrow_v the_o choice_a part_n of_o his_o philosophy_n from_o the_o jew_n and_o sacred_a scripture_n we_o shall_v endeavour_v to_o make_v it_o good_a by_o a_o universal_a consent_n or_o testimony_n w_z ch_z though_o but_o as_o they_o phrase_v it_o a_o inartificial_a argument_n yet_o will_v it_o prove_v strong_a and_o bind_v as_o to_o our_o present_a design_n for_o we_o shall_v produce_v testimony_n from_o all_o party_n both_o pagan_n jew_n and_o christian_n and_o those_o most_o able_a and_o faithful_a recorder_n of_o and_o searcher_n into_o antiquity_n so_o that_o there_o will_v not_o be_v place_n leave_v for_o doubt_v so_o far_o as_o such_o a_o humane_a faith_n will_v reach_v that_o party_n so_o diametrical_o opposite_a in_o their_o inclination_n persuasion_n humour_n principle_n spirit_n and_o interest_n shall_v universal_o conspire_v to_o impose_v a_o cheat_n and_o falsity_n on_o all_o their_o posterity_n in_o a_o matter_n concern_v which_o they_o have_v sufficient_a advantage_n to_o satisfy_v themselves_o and_o their_o posterity_n that_o grecian_a philosophy_n in_o general_n be_v traduce_v from_o the_o jewish_a church_n we_o prove_v by_o universal_a consent_n book_n 2._o chap._n 1._o which_o may_v serve_v as_o to_o our_o particular_a case_n but_o we_o shall_v now_o give_v you_o some_o particular_a testimony_n to_o prove_v that_o plato_n derive_v his_o philosophy_n from_o the_o jew_n and_o scripture_n and_o among_o those_o from_o pagan_n we_o shall_v begin_v with_o some_o confession_n drop_v from_o plato_n own_o pen_n which_o seem_v to_o give_v some_o ground_a evidence_n if_o not_o full_a conviction_n to_o our_o conclusion_n 1._o plato_n confess_v ingenious_o that_o he_o jew_n together_o with_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o grecian_n receive_v their_o choice_a tradition_n and_o learning_n from_o certain_a barbarian_n more_o ancient_a than_o themselves_o so_o in_o his_o cratylus_n fol._n 426._o edit_n steph._n plato_n acknowledge_v that_o the_o first_o institution_n of_o letter_n be_v from_o the_o god_n by_o certain_a barbarian_n etc._n etc._n so_o in_o his_o epinom_n plato_n say_v what_o the_o greek_n receive_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o put_v into_o a_o better_a mode_n that_o be_v they_o clothe_v in_o a_o greek_a fashion_n thereby_o to_o disguise_v it_o that_o by_o barbarian_n can_v be_v mean_v no_o other_o than_o the_o hebrew_n we_o have_v endeavour_v to_o prove_v out_o of_o justin_n martyr_n 2._o clemens_n alexandrinus_n epiphanius_n nicephorus_n and_o serranus_n before_o part._n 1._o book_n 1._o chap._n 2._o this_o be_v far_a evident_a by_o what_o we_o find_v in_o tatianus_n contra_fw-la graecos_n oratio_fw-la thus_o translate_v it_o become_v not_o you_o o_o grecian_n to_o prosecute_v the_o barbarian_n with_o so_o much_o enmity_n and_o to_o be_v so_o invidious_a against_o their_o placit_n for_o what_o be_v there_o of_o study_n among_o you_o which_o draw_v not_o its_o origine_fw-la from_o the_o barbarian_n etc._n etc._n then_o have_v large_o explicate_v the_o chief_a part_n of_o the_o grecian_a learning_n he_o proceed_v to_o demonstrate_v that_o the_o mosaic_a wisdom_n which_o he_o call_v barbarick_n be_v most_o ancient_a therefore_o say_v he_o i_o have_v bid_v adieu_o to_o the_o vain_a glory_n of_o the_o roman_n to_o the_o frigid_a eloquence_n of_o the_o athenian_n and_o their_o contentious_a study_n and_o have_v embrace_v our_o barbaric_a philosophy_n which_o how_o it_o be_v more_o ancient_a than_o your_o discipline_n i_o now_o proceed_v to_o explicate_v this_o he_o demonstrate_v very_o accurate_o by_o evince_v that_o moses_n be_v more_o ancient_a than_o berosus_n who_o write_v the_o chaldean_a annal_n yea_o then_o cadmus_n etc._n etc._n whence_o he_o conclude_v thus_o hence_o it_o appear_v that_o moses_n be_v more_o ancient_a than_o those_o ancient_a hero_n and_o it_o be_v but_o equal_a that_o we_o give_v credit_n to_o the_o elder_a rather_o than_o to_o the_o grecian_n who_o draw_v their_o dogme_n not_o right_o understand_v from_o the_o other_o fountain_n for_o many_o of_o the_o grecian_a sophist_n be_v induce_v by_o a_o certain_a curiosity_n endeavour_v to_o deprave_v and_o pervert_v whatever_o they_o learn_v from_o moses_n or_o the_o like_a wise_a man_n which_o they_o do_v partly_o that_o they_o may_v make_v that_o their_o own_o which_o they_o draw_v from_o other_o partly_o that_o under_o a_o feign_a composition_n of_o speech_n conceling_n what_o they_o understand_v not_o they_o may_v corrupt_v the_o truth_n by_o their_o comment_n thus_o tatianus_n jewish_n 2._o plato_n make_v mention_n of_o certain_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d syrian_n and_o phenician_a fable_n which_o he_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ineffable_a etc._n etc._n so_o plato_n de_fw-la repub_fw-la l._n 3._o fol._n 414._o tell_v we_o of_o a_o phenician_a fable_n touch_v the_o fraternity_n of_o all_o man_n make_v out_o of_o the_o earth_n etc._n etc._n where_o serranus_n observe_v that_o this_o fable_n be_v but_o a_o foot-step_n of_o the_o primitive_a truth_n touch_v the_o formation_n of_o adam_n out_o of_o the_o earth_n and_o that_o by_o the_o name_n of_o the_o phenician_a doctrine_n be_v note_v the_o jewish_a so_o plato_n in_o his_o symposium_fw-la speak_v of_o a_o phenician_a fable_n touch_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o man_n and_o woman_n conjoin_v which_o cudworth_n with_o other_o make_v to_o be_v but_o a_o jewish_a tradition_n of_o eve_n formation_n out_o of_o adam_n yea_o the_o jew_n themselves_o have_v this_o cabbalistick_a fable_n of_o a_o androgynon_n common_a among_o they_o as_o grotius_n have_v observe_v on_o 1_o tim._n 3.4_o as_o afore_o and_o hammond_n on_o matth._n 15.22_o tell_v we_o in_o express_a term_n that_o when_o the_o heathen_n speak_v of_o the_o original_a of_o their_o literature_n from_o the_o phoenicians_n they_o
mean_v the_o hebrew_n bochart_n phaleg_n l._n 4._o c._n 34._o tell_v we_o that_o herodotus_n call_v the_o jew_n phenician_n so_o xenophon_n tell_v we_o the_o jew_n be_v call_v syrian_n as_o before_o part_n 1_o book_n 1._o chap._n â—_o parag._n 9_o jewish_n 3._o plato_n make_v mention_n of_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o ancient_a discourse_n oâ—_n tradition_n which_o he_o elsewhere_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o divine_a word_n oâ—_n tradition_n receive_v from_o the_o ancient_n who_o live_v near_o the_o god_n etc._n etc._n which_o can_v be_v understand_v of_o any_o more_o probable_o then_o of_o some_o jewish_a tradition_n as_o appear_v by_o particular_n ancient_n 1._o plato_n in_o his_o philebus_n fol._n 17._o confess_v that_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n one_o infinite_a be_v be_v from_o the_o god_n who_o communicate_v this_o knowledge_n to_o we_o by_o a_o certain_a prometheus_n together_o with_o a_o bright_a fire_n and_o then_o he_o add_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n this_o story_n of_o one_o and_o many_o be_v a_o tradition_n which_o the_o ancient_n who_o be_v better_o and_o dwell_v near_o the_o god_n than_o we_o transmit_v to_o we_o etc._n etc._n this_o tradition_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d one_o and_o many_o be_v original_o traduce_v from_o the_o jewish_a church_n and_o the_o scripture_n account_n of_o god_n the_o unity_n of_o his_o essence_n and_o the_o plurality_n of_o his_o decree_n which_o pythagoras_n first_o bring_v into_o greece_n and_o after_o he_o parmenides_n assume_v the_o same_o as_o the_o foundation_n of_o his_o metaphysic_n philosophizing_n about_o the_o divine_a idea_n as_o before_o part._n 1._o b._n 1._o c._n 2._o §_o 6._o 2._o plato_n de_fw-fr leg_n l._n 3._o make_v mention_v of_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tradition_n a_o ancient_a tradition_n which_o affirm_v god_n to_o be_v the_o beginning_n the_o end_n and_o middle_a of_o all_o thing_n etc._n etc._n this_o plutarch_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o old_a faith_n which_o sure_o can_v be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o old_a jewish_a tradition_n which_o they_o have_v receive_v touch_v god_n creation_n of_o and_o providence_n over_o all_o thing_n thus_o steuchus_n eugubinus_n de_fw-fr peren._n philos_n l._n 2._o c._n 2._o justin_n martyr_n conceive_v that_o where_o you_o find_v in_o plato_n or_o other_o philosopher_n mention_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o ancient_a fame_n they_o mean_v it_o of_o moses_n the_o like_a plato_n in_o his_o philebus_n affirm_v that_o all_o wise_a man_n grant_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o divine_a mind_n be_v to_o we_o king_n both_o of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n neither_o do_v any_o thing_n happen_v fortuitous_o this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o elsewhere_o call_v the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n inform_v and_o govern_v all_o thing_n as_o the_o soul_n the_o body_n which_o the_o learned_a suppose_n to_o be_v but_o a_o tradition_n from_o gen._n 1.2_o the_o spirit_n etc._n etc._n 3._o plato_n in_o his_o phaedo_fw-la fol._n 85._o word_n treat_v of_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n confess_v that_o the_o safe_a and_o most_o certain_a way_n to_o prove_v it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o some_o divine_a word_n or_o tradition_n now_o what_o this_o divine_a word_n shall_v be_v if_o not_o some_o jewish_a or_o scriptural_a tradition_n can_v be_v imagine_v this_o divine_a word_n he_o elsewhere_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o traditional_a knowledge_n etc._n etc._n of_o which_o see_v more_o part_n 1_o book_n 1._o chap._n 2._o §_o 5._o 4._o plato_n in_o his_o timaeus_n fol._n 29._o fable_n be_v about_o to_o treat_v of_o the_o origine_fw-la of_o the_o universe_n lay_v down_o this_o preliminarie_n conclusion_n it_o be_v just_a that_o both_o i_o who_o discourse_n and_o you_o that_o judge_n shall_v remember_v that_o we_o have_v but_o humane_a nature_n and_o therefore_o receive_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o probable_a fable_n or_o mythologick_n tradition_n it_o be_v meet_a that_o we_o inquire_v no_o far_o into_o they_o that_o this_o probable_a fable_n be_v some_o jewish_a or_o scriptural_a tradition_n of_o the_o origine_fw-la of_o the_o universe_n will_v be_v sufficient_o evident_a when_o we_o come_v to_o prove_v that_o all_o plato_n philosophizing_n touch_v the_o origine_fw-la of_o the_o universe_n be_v but_o tradition_n from_o moses_n description_n of_o the_o creation_n 5._o plato_n in_o his_o politicus_fw-la fol._n 272._o age._n give_v we_o a_o large_a account_n of_o adam_n state_n of_o innocence_n under_o the_o symbolic_a image_n of_o saturn_n golden_a age_n he_o tell_v we_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o earth_n grow_v of_o their_o own_o accord_n without_o labour_n that_o man_n be_v naked_a and_o have_v conference_n with_o the_o beast_n and_o then_o he_o conclude_v but_o these_o thing_n we_o must_v omit_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d until_o there_o appear_v to_o we_o some_o fit_a interpreter_n serranus_n on_o these_o word_n fol._n 251._o tell_v we_o that_o plato_n acknowledge_v he_o receive_v this_o narration_n from_o elsewhere_o in_o that_o he_o call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o fable_n for_o the_o unfolding_n whereof_o he_o expect_v a_o fit_a interpreter_n wherefore_o he_o signify_v that_o the_o truth_n hereof_o be_v deliver_v to_o he_o by_o tradition_n from_o the_o primitive_a time_n etc._n etc._n and_o i_o think_v it_o will_v appear_v very_o evident_a to_o any_o that_o consider_v the_o whole_a story_n that_o plato_n refer_v to_o some_o jewish_a record_n or_o tradition_n whence_o he_o traduce_v these_o his_o notion_n about_o the_o golden_a age._n so_o in_o like_a manner_n plato_n in_o his_o symposium_fw-la describe_v the_o fall_n of_o man_n under_o the_o fable_n of_o porus_n tradition_n etc._n etc._n and_o i_o conceive_v wherever_o we_o find_v plato_n make_v mention_n of_o any_o barbaric_a egyptian_a or_o phenician_a fable_n hand_v over_o to_o he_o from_o the_o ancient_n especial_o if_o they_o relate_v unto_o any_o scripture_n narration_n we_o may_v safe_o conclude_v that_o by_o these_o ancient_n he_o mean_v the_o jewish_a church_n or_o patriarch_n who_o name_n he_o conceled_a as_o also_o clothe_v those_o jewish_a tradition_n with_o a_o grecian_a mythologick_n habit_n thereby_o to_o avoid_v that_o odium_fw-la which_o lie_v upon_o the_o jewish_a nation_n as_o also_o to_o gratify_v the_o curiosity_n of_o the_o fabulous_a greek_n and_o render_v himself_o more_o esteem_v among_o they_o that_o this_o be_v the_o reason_n why_o plato_n disguise_v his_o jewish_a tradition_n and_o conceled_a the_o name_n of_o the_o jew_n whence_o they_o come_v be_v assert_v by_o origen_n against_o celsus_n lib._n 4._o of_o which_o hereafter_o thus_o sir_n walter_n raleigh_n hist_o part._n 1._o b._n 1._o c._n 6._o §_o 7._o but_o whether_o it_o be_v out_o of_o the_o same_o vanity_n which_o possess_v all_o those_o learned_a philosopher_n and_o poet_n that_o plato_n also_o publish_v not_o under_o the_o right_a author_n name_v those_o thing_n which_o he_o have_v read_v in_o the_o scripture_n or_o fear_v the_o severity_n of_o the_o areopagite_n and_o the_o example_n of_o his_o master_n socrates_n by_o they_o put_v to_o death_n by_o poison_n i_o can_v judge_v justin_n martyr_n as_o it_o seem_v ascribe_v it_o whole_o to_o plato_n fear_n who_o word_n be_v these_o plato_n fear_v the_o areopagite_n think_v it_o not_o safe_a for_o he_o among_o the_o athenian_n to_o make_v mention_n of_o moses_n that_o he_o teach_v there_o be_v but_o one_o god_n but_o for_o that_o divinity_n which_o he_o have_v write_v in_o timaeo_n he_o discourse_v and_o teach_v the_o same_o of_o god_n say_v justin_n martyr_n which_o moses_n do_v 6._o yea_o farther_z plato_n seem_v to_o use_v the_o very_a same_o expression_n though_o in_o another_o tongue_n that_o moses_n do_v in_o his_o description_n of_o god_n for_o whereas_o moses_n describe_v god_n exod._n 3.14_o i_o be_o plato_n term_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n which_o differ_v only_o in_o gender_n not_o real_o from_o moses_n description_n whence_o the_o learned_a both_o modern_a and_o ancient_n have_v conclude_v that_o plato_n draw_v this_o notion_n of_o god_n out_o of_o moseâ—_n so_o justin_n martyr_n and_o ludovicus_n vives_n after_o he_o as_o also_o raleigh_n hist_o part._n 1._o b._n 1._o c._n 6._o §_o 7._o for_o where_o it_o please_v god_n by_o his_o angel_n to_o answer_v moses_n ego_fw-la sum_fw-la existens_fw-la which_o be_v i_o be_o and_o existens_fw-la misik_n i_o ad_fw-la vos_fw-la i_o be_o have_v send_v i_o unto_o you_o herein_o do_v plato_n say_v justin_n martyr_n no_o otherwise_o differ_v than_o that_o moses_n use_v the_o word_n qui_fw-la and_o plato_n the_o word_n quod_fw-la moses_n enim_fw-la qui_fw-la existit_fw-la inquit_fw-la plato_n quod_fw-la
existit_fw-la for_o moses_n say_v he_o who_o be_v plato_n that_o which_o be_v etc._n etc._n 7._o to_o these_o tacit_a acknowledgement_n of_o plato_n we_o may_v add_v the_o full_a testimony_n of_o numenius_n the_o pythagorean_n philosopher_n numeniâ—s_n quote_v by_o clem_n alexandrinus_n lib._n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o numenius_n the_o pythagorean_n philosopher_n plain_o write_v what_o be_v plato_n but_o moses_n atticize_v §_o 2._o among_o the_o jew_n we_o have_v the_o testimony_n of_o aristobulus_n aristobulus_n who_o flourish_v about_o 200_o year_n after_o plato_n cite_v by_o clemens_n alexand._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o also_o by_o eusebius_n praep._n evang._n l._n 9_o c._n 6._o where_o he_o bring_v in_o aristobulus_n thus_o speak_v of_o plato_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o follow_v our_o law_n or_o institution_n and_o diligent_o inspect_v or_o search_v into_o all_o those_o thing_n mention_v therein_o the_o same_o be_v mention_v by_o ludou._n vives_n in_o aug._n civ_o l._n 8._o c._n 11._o aristobulus_n the_o jew_n to_o philometor_n lib._n 1_o as_o eusebius_n cite_v he_o sai_z that_o plato_n in_o many_o thing_n follow_v our_o law_n for_o he_o seem_v in_o many_o thing_n to_o have_v diligent_o examine_v every_o particular_a for_o moses_n book_n be_v translate_v before_o alexander_n and_o before_o the_o persian_a empire_n whence_o this_o philosopher_n as_o well_o as_o pythagoras_n receive_v many_o thing_n thus_o ludou._n vives_n i_o be_o not_o ignorant_a that_o his_o opinion_n about_o the_o translation_n of_o moses_n book_n into_o greek_a before_o the_o persian_a empire_n be_v reject_v by_o some_o learned_a man_n therefore_o i_o shall_v not_o lay_v much_o stress_n on_o it_o yet_o why_o may_v we_o not_o assert_v with_o eusebius_n that_o plato_n as_o pythagoras_n may_v have_v a_o sight_n of_o moses_n write_n not_o as_o translate_v into_o grerk_n but_o by_o reason_n of_o his_o skill_n in_o the_o oriental_a language_n especial_o the_o egyptian_a which_o be_v but_o a_o dialect_n of_o the_o hebrew_n as_o have_v be_v before_o mention_v book_n 2._o ch_z 5._o §_o 8._o of_o pythagoras_n of_o which_o more_o hereafter_o to_o this_o testimony_n of_o aristobulus_n be_v consonant_a that_o of_o josephus_n the_o jew_n josephus_n as_o selden_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la nat._n hebr._n l._n 1._o c._n 2._o alexandr_n §_o 3._o to_o these_o testimony_n of_o pagan_n and_o jew_n we_o may_v add_v many_o of_o the_o learned_a christian_n both_o ancient_n and_o modern_a as_o for_o the_o ancient_n clemens_n alexandrinus_n do_v once_o and_o again_o inculcate_v that_o plato_n derive_v his_o philosophy_n from_o the_o jew_n so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1.5_o and_o he_o express_o call_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o hebrew_n philosopher_n and_o in_o many_o place_n he_o do_v affirm_v this_o that_o the_o greek_a philosopher_n general_o be_v thief_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o they_o take_v the_o choice_a of_o their_o dogme_n from_o moses_n and_o the_o prophet_n without_o thankful_a acknowledgement_n so_o justin_n martyr_n apol._n 2._o martyr_n and_o after_o he_o theodoret_n assime_v that_o plato_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d draw_v many_o thing_n from_o the_o hebrew_a rivulet_n yea_o and_o that_o whatsoever_o he_o say_v devout_o of_o god_n or_o of_o his_o worship_n he_o steal_v from_o the_o hebraick_n philosophy_n the_o same_o johannes_n philoponus_n frequent_o assert_n grammaticus_n so_o of_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n l._n 6._o c._n 21._o pag._n 249._o he_o tell_v we_o that_o what_o moses_n affirm_v of_o man_n that_o he_o be_v make_v after_o the_o image_n of_o god_n plato_n transfer_v to_o the_o whole_a visible_a world_n call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o visible_a image_n of_o the_o invisible_a god_n the_o like_a he_o mention_n lib._n 7._o c._n 11_o 12_o where_o he_o show_v how_o plato_n imitate_v moses_n gen._n 1.31_o in_o bring_v in_o god_n rejoice_v and_o recreate_v himself_o in_o the_o work_n of_o his_o hand_n as_o very_o good_a etc._n etc._n eusebius_n lib._n 2._o praep_n evang._n conceive_v that_o plato_n learn_v from_o the_o mosaic_a doctrine_n both_o the_o transmutation_n of_o the_o world_n and_o the_o resurrection_n and_o the_o last_o judgement_n etc._n etc._n among_o the_o latin_a ancient_n ambrose_n give_v a_o full_a testimony_n hereto_o ambrose_n who_o affirm_v that_o plato_n for_o learning_n sake_n take_v a_o journey_n into_o egypt_n to_o inform_v himself_o touch_v the_o thing_n do_v and_o write_v by_o moses_n the_o oracle_n of_o the_o law_n and_o the_o say_n of_o the_o prophet_n etc._n etc._n of_o which_o see_v selden_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la nat._n l._n 1._o c._n 2._o but_o among_o all_o the_o ancient_n none_o speak_v more_o full_o to_o this_o than_o augustin_n de_fw-fr civit._fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 8._o cap._n 11._o augustin_n some_o say_v he_o join_v to_o we_o in_o the_o grace_n of_o christ_n wonder_v when_o they_o hear_v and_o read_v that_o plato_n conceive_v such_o thing_n of_o god_n which_o they_o acknowledge_v be_v most_o congruous_a to_o the_o truth_n of_o our_o religion_n whence_o some_o have_v think_v that_o he_o when_o he_o go_v into_o egypt_n hear_v the_o prophet_n jeremy_n or_o that_o he_o read_v in_o his_o peregrination_n the_o prophetic_a scripture_n who_o opinion_n i_o have_v lay_v down_o in_o some_o of_o my_o book_n but_o the_o account_n of_o time_n be_v diligent_o compute_v according_a to_o the_o chronic_a history_n it_o appear_v that_o plato_n be_v bear_v almost_o 100_o year_n after_o jeremy_n prophesy_v wherefore_o plato_n in_o that_o his_o pergrination_n can_v neither_o see_v jeremy_n who_o die_v so_o long_o before_o nor_o yet_o read_v the_o same_o scripture_n which_o be_v not_o as_o yet_o translate_v into_o the_o greek_a tongue_n unless_o peradventure_o in_o as_o much_o as_o he_o be_v of_o a_o sharp_a judgement_n he_o by_o a_o interpreter_n learned_a as_o the_o egyptian_a mystery_n so_o the_o sacred_a scripture_n not_o that_o he_o do_v by_o writing_n translate_v they_o as_o ptolemy_n by_o the_o lxx_o but_o by_o conference_n he_o understand_v what_o they_o contain_v so_o far_o as_o his_o capacity_n will_v reach_v that_o which_o incline_v we_o to_o this_o persuasion_n be_v that_o the_o book_n of_o genesis_n begin_v chap._n 1._o v._n 1._o in_o the_o beginning_n god_n make_v heaven_n and_o earth_n etc._n etc._n which_o plato_n in_o his_o timaeus_n also_o declare_v god_n say_v he_o in_o that_o work_n first_o join_v earth_n and_o fire_n for_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o by_o fire_n he_o understand_v the_o heaven_n thence_o those_o two_o middle_a element_n which_o by_o their_o interposition_n join_v together_o with_o these_o extreme_n he_o call_v water_n and_o air_n whence_o it_o be_v think_v he_o understand_v this_o from_o what_o be_v write_v gen._n 1.2_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n move_v upon_o the_o water_n for_o he_o little_o attend_v in_o what_o manner_n the_o scripture_n be_v wont_a to_o style_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n and_o because_o the_o air_n be_v call_v a_o spirit_n he_o think_v that_o the_o four_o element_n be_v mention_v in_o that_o place_n again_o in_o that_o plato_n say_v a_o philosopher_n be_v a_o lover_n of_o god_n nothing_o be_v more_o manifest_a in_o the_o sacred_a scripture_n and_o especial_o that_o which_o have_v almost_o bring_v i_o full_o to_o assent_v that_o plato_n be_v not_o without_o those_o sacred_a book_n when_o it_o be_v say_v to_o moses_n exod._n 3.14_o i_o be_o that_o i_o be_o he_o that_o be_v have_v send_v i_o etc._n etc._n this_o plato_n vehement_o hold_v and_o diligent_o commend_v etc._n etc._n thus_o august_n by_o which_o it_o be_v evident_a what_o a_o full_a conviction_n he_o have_v of_o the_o truth_n of_o our_o conclusion_n as_o for_o the_o particular_n of_o these_o platonic_a notion_n we_o shall_v hereafter_o we_o hope_v examine_v they_o and_o prove_v that_o they_o be_v traduce_v from_o the_o sacred_a scripture_n as_o for_o modern_a christian_n we_o have_v the_o most_o learned_a of_o these_o last_o age_n of_o this_o persuasion_n that_o plato_n derive_v the_o choice_a of_o his_o contemplation_n both_o physical_a and_o metaphysical_a from_o the_o sacred_a scripture_n &_o jewish_a church_n so_o lud._n vives_n on_o this_o text_n of_o august_n civ_o l._n 8._o c._n 11._o justin_n martyr_n say_v he_o in_o paraclesi_fw-la ad_fw-la gento_n &_o euseb_n in_o praeparat_fw-la evang_v and_o theocritus_n of_o the_o greek_a affection_n write_v that_o plato_n translate_v many_o thing_n out_o of_o the_o hebrew_n book_n into_o his_o own_o hence_o numenius_n the_o philosopher_n say_v what_o be_v plato_n but_o moses_n atticize_v etc._n etc._n the_o same_o be_v affirm_v by_o steuchus_n eugubinus_n on_o plato_n timaeus_n and_o selden_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la natur._n hebr._n l._n 1._o c._n 2._o where_o he_o prove_v our_o conclusion_n at_o large_a thus_o luther_n tom._n 1._o genes_n
substance_n of_o socrates_n discourse_n to_o writing_n but_o with_o great_a mixture_n and_o addition_n of_o his_o own_o which_o give_v much_o offence_n to_o xenophon_n his_o condisciple_n who_o in_o a_o epistle_n to_o aeschines_n socraticus_n mention_v by_o eusebius_n praepar_n evang._n l._n 24._o upbraid_v plato_n for_o corrupt_a socrates_n philosophy_n by_o pythagorean_n barbarick_n egyptian_a and_o his_o own_o intermixture_n and_o diogenes_n lib._n 3._o write_v that_o there_o be_v little_a friendship_n but_o much_o emulation_n betwixt_o plato_n and_o xenophon_n for_o they_o both_o write_v their_o symposium_fw-la their_o apology_n for_o socrates_n and_o their_o moral_a commentary_n plato_n in_o his_o book_n of_o law_n say_v that_o xenophon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v fictitious_a though_o they_o both_o great_o extol_v socrates_n yet_o they_o make_v little_a mention_n each_o of_o other_o from_o socrates_n it_o be_v that_o plato_n receive_v the_o chief_a of_o his_o moral_n as_o it_o be_v general_o confess_v and_o shall_v be_v hereafter_o mention_v after_o socrates_n death_n plato_n apply_v himself_o to_o cratylus_n the_o diciple_n of_o heraclitus_n from_o who_o we_o may_v presume_v he_o receive_v good_a instruction_n for_o he_o make_v he_o the_o chief_a subject_n of_o one_o of_o his_o dialogue_n plato_n primitus_fw-la heracliti_fw-la secta_fw-la imbutus_fw-la postea_fw-la vero_fw-la socratis_n disciplinae_fw-la traditus_fw-la clarissimus_fw-la omnium_fw-la philosophorum_fw-la evasit_fw-la plato_n be_v first_o of_o all_o of_o the_o heraclitian_n sect_n and_o afterward_o determine_v to_o be_v of_o the_o socratic_a discipline_n become_v the_o most_o famous_a of_o all_o the_o philosopher_n apul._n l._n 1._o de_fw-fr philos_n plato_n afterward_o address_v himself_o to_o hermogenes_n who_o follow_v parmenides_n philosophy_n from_o who_o we_o may_v suppose_v he_o borrow_v many_o of_o his_o metaphysic_n contemplation_n about_o divine_a idea_n of_o which_o he_o discourse_v at_o large_a in_o his_o dialogue_n call_v parmenides_n after_o these_o plato_n have_v recourse_n to_o euclid_n the_o founder_n of_o the_o megaric_a sect_n whence_o he_o go_v to_o cyrene_n to_o be_v instruct_v by_o theodorus_n the_o mathematician_n etc._n etc._n §_o 3._o plato_n have_v a_o natural_a affection_n pythagorean_n and_o strong_a inclination_n unto_o the_o pythagorick_a philosophy_n as_o that_o which_o carry_v with_o it_o most_o of_o divine_a mystery_n &_o therefore_o suit_v best_a with_o his_o luxuriant_a fancy_n he_o travel_v into_o italy_n that_o part_n which_o be_v call_v magna_fw-la graecia_n where_o pythagoras_n have_v philosophize_v and_o leave_v behind_o he_o many_o admirer_n and_o sectator_n of_o his_o discipline_n among_o these_o pythagorean_n plato_n hear_v at_o tarentum_n archytas_n the_o elder_a and_o euritus_n hieroc_n among_o the_o locrian_n he_o hear_v timaeus_n the_o locrian_a from_o who_o he_o be_v suppose_v to_o have_v borrow_v many_o of_o his_o tradition_n touch_v the_o origine_fw-la of_o the_o universe_n its_o part_n etc._n etc._n so_o ludou._n vives_n on_o aust_n in_o civ_o lib._n 8._o c._n 11._o speak_v of_o plato_n timaeus_n say_v he_o call_v this_o book_n so_o because_o timaeus_n the_o locrian_a be_v induce_v dispute_v of_o the_o universe_n who_o he_o hear_v in_o italy_n who_o also_o write_v in_o the_o doric_a tongue_n of_o the_o universe_n from_o which_o book_n plato_n borrow_v many_o thing_n thus_o ludou._n vives_n yea_o indeed_o plato_n very_a dialect_n in_o his_o timaeus_n be_v doric_a differ_v from_o his_o other_o dialogue_n which_o argue_v that_o not_o only_o the_o matter_n but_o also_o the_o very_a word_n and_o style_n be_v take_v from_o timaeus_n his_o book_n of_o the_o universe_n so_o also_o jerome_n in_o his_o apology_n against_o ruffinus_n tell_v we_o that_o plato_n be_v instruct_v in_o the_o pythagorean_n learning_n by_o archytas_n the_o tarentine_n and_o timaeus_n the_o lorian_n far_o at_o croto_n plato_n hear_v philolaus_n the_o pythagorean_n beside_o plato_n receive_v light_n and_o instruction_n from_o other_o pythagorean_n author_n namely_o lysis_n the_o pythagorean_n who_o he_o make_v the_o subject_n of_o his_o dialogue_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d also_o from_o the_o book_n of_o epicarmus_n alius_fw-la cous_fw-la that_o famous_a pythagorean_n philosopher_n so_o lud._n vives_n in_o austin_n civ_o l._n 8._o c._n 11._o alcinus_n say_v he_o in_o his_o book_n he_o write_v to_o amynthas_n teach_v that_o plato_n borrow_v his_o opinion_n of_o idea_n out_o of_o the_o book_n of_o epicarmus_n who_o be_v cous_fw-la a_o philosopher_n of_o the_o pythagorean_n sect_n who_o in_o time_n past_a they_o make_v to_o excel_v other_o of_o the_o learned_a as_o the_o sun_n among_o the_o star_n and_o the_o sea_n among_o the_o river_n he_o write_v of_o the_o nature_n of_o thing_n etc._n etc._n from_o plato_n great_a affectation_n and_o imitation_n of_o the_o pythagorean_n philosophy_n it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o in_o the_o write_n of_o the_o ancient_n the_o name_n of_o platonist_n and_o pythagorean_n be_v oft_o confound_v so_o eusebius_n lib._n 14._o praecep_v ca._n consider_v plato_n himself_o in_o himself_o we_o call_v he_o a_o pythagorean_n the_o like_a apuleius_n flor._n 15._o plato_n differ_v little_a or_o nothing_o from_o this_o sect_n do_v pythagorize_v and_o the_o same_o apuleius_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr philos_n give_v this_o account_n of_o plato_n divert_v from_o the_o socratic_a philosophy_n to_o the_o pythagorean_n when_o socrates_n have_v bid_v farewell_n to_o human_a affair_n plato_n deflect_v from_o the_o socratics_n who_o affair_n be_v then_o doubtful_a to_o the_o pythagorean_n seek_v what_o proficience_n he_o may_v gain_v among_o they_o and_o he_o go_v twice_o into_o italy_n where_o he_o hear_v the_o pythagorean_n euritus_n and_o archytas_n the_o senior_n thus_o hornius_n hist_o phil._n l._n 3._o c._n 14._o and_o that_o plato_n indeed_o great_o value_v pythagorean_n write_v be_v evident_a by_o what_o laertius_n relate_v namely_o that_o three_o pythagorean_n book_n cost_v he_o no_o less_o than_o one_o hundred_o attic_a pound_n i._n e._n 3000._o karoles_fw-fr for_o a_o attic_a pound_n consist_v of_o 20_o karoles_fw-fr as_o vossius_fw-la de_fw-la philos_fw-la sect._n cap._n 12._o §_o 3._o as_o for_o the_o time_n of_o plato_n abode_n in_o italy_n cicero_n in_o catone_n write_v that_o plato_n come_v to_o tarentum_n when_o l._n aemilius_n and_o ap._n claudius_n be_v consul_n though_o according_a to_o livy_n this_o account_n will_v not_o hold_v now_o that_o the_o pythagorick_a philosophy_n be_v traduce_v from_o the_o jewish_a oracle_n we_o have_v before_o sufficient_o prove_v book_n 2._o chap._n 5._o §_o 2._o §_o 4._o but_o the_o great_a advantage_n wisdom_n that_o plato_n have_v to_o inform_v himself_o in_o the_o jewish_a wisdom_n and_o mystery_n be_v his_o travel_n into_o egypt_n which_o laertius_n make_v to_o have_v be_v after_o his_o departure_n from_o italy_n though_o austin_n in_o what_o be_v before_o cite_v suppose_v he_o to_o have_v travel_v from_o egypt_n into_o italy_n other_o reconcile_v both_o by_o affirm_v that_o plato_n go_v first_o unto_o italy_n thence_o into_o egypt_n from_o whence_o he_o return_v back_o again_o into_o italy_n plato_n non_fw-la contentus_fw-la disciplinis_fw-la quas_fw-la praestare_fw-la poterant_fw-la athenae_n non_fw-la pythagoraeorum_n ad_fw-la quos_fw-la in_o italiam_fw-la navigaverat_fw-la aegypti_n quoque_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la adiit_fw-la atque_fw-la eroun_n arcana_fw-la perdidicit_fw-la quincil_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 19_o plato_n not_o satisfy_v with_o what_o learning_n athens_n can_v afford_v nor_o yet_o with_o that_o of_o the_o pythagorean_n to_o who_o he_o have_v make_v a_o voyage_n into_o italy_n have_v recourse_n also_o to_o the_o priest_n of_o egypt_n and_o become_v thorough_o acquaint_v with_o their_o mystery_n thus_o quintil._n but_o the_o account_n of_o laertius_n seem_v most_o probable_a which_o vossius_fw-la adhere_v unto_o who_o suppose_v that_o plato_n last_o voyage_n be_v into_o egypt_n wherein_o he_o be_v accompany_v with_o euripides_n or_o as_o vossius_fw-la with_o eudoxus_n where_o he_o have_v 13_o year_n conversation_n with_o the_o egyptian_a priest_n as_o strabo_n lib._n 17._o cicero_n tell_v we_o that_o plato_n design_n in_o travel_v to_o egypt_n be_v to_o inform_v himself_o in_o arithmetic_n and_o the_o celestial_a speculation_n of_o the_o barbarian_n etc._n etc._n that_o under_o this_o notion_n of_o the_o barbarian_n must_v be_v understand_v if_o not_o exclusive_o yet_o inclusive_o 14._o the_o jew_n be_v a_o common_a receive_v persuasion_n of_o the_o learned_a both_o ancient_n and_o modern_a as_o justin_n martyr_n clemens_n alexandrinus_n origen_n epiphanius_n serranus_n etc._n etc._n and_o this_o be_v most_o certain_a that_o about_o the_o time_n of_o plato_n abode_n in_o egypt_n there_o be_v great_a number_n of_o the_o jew_n who_o resort_v thither_o and_o we_o may_v no_o way_n doubt_v that_o he_o who_o have_v such_o a_o unsatiable_a thirst_n after_o oriental_a tradition_n and_o mystery_n for_o the_o satisfy_n whereof_o he_o leave_v
apollonius_n tyanaeus_n that_o pythagorean_n sorcerer_n and_o endeavour_n to_o make_v he_o equal_a in_o point_n of_o miracle_n unto_o christ_n wherein_o he_o be_v refute_v by_o eusebius_n ludou._n vives_n in_o august_n lib._n 8._o cap._n 12._o do_v thus_o characterise_v he_o porphyry_n be_v a_o person_n of_o a_o unsound_a body_n and_o mind_n of_o a_o judgement_n unconstant_a and_o of_o a_o hatred_n sharp_a and_o cruel_a even_o unto_o madness_n he_o have_v notwithstanding_o the_o name_n of_o a_o great_a philosopher_n or_o sophist_n as_o well_o as_o historian_n he_o write_v the_o live_v of_o the_o philosopher_n whereof_o there_o be_v extant_a only_o the_o life_n of_o pythagoras_n which_o be_v at_o first_o publish_v under_o the_o name_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o book_n cyril_n cite_v against_o julian_n and_o ascribe_v to_o porphyry_n concern_v porphyry_n see_v more_o large_o lucas_n hoâ—stenius_fw-la and_o vossius_fw-la de_fw-fr histor_n graces_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 16._o edit_fw-la 2._o pag._n 244._o §_o 8._o after_o porphyry_n succeed_v jamblichus_n his_o disciple_n jamblichus_n who_o be_v bear_v at_o chalcis_n in_o syria_n and_o flourish_v in_o the_o time_n of_o constantine_n the_o great_a and_o his_o son_n as_o also_o in_o julian_n time_n he_o be_v 12._o say_v lud._n vives_n of_o a_o better_a natural_a disposition_n and_o manner_n than_o his_o master_n porphyry_n vossius_fw-la call_v he_o a_o platonic_a philosopher_n though_o lud._n vives_n say_v according_a to_o jerom_n he_o be_v not_o so_o much_o a_o platonic_a 208._o as_o a_o pythagorean_n yet_o he_o confess_v that_o as_o to_o divine_a matter_n all_o the_o platonist_n do_v pythagorize_v there_o be_v extant_a two_o of_o his_o protreptick_a oration_n for_o philosophy_n also_o his_o history_n of_o pythagoras_n life_n wherein_o he_o follow_v his_o master_n porphyry_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d out_o of_o who_o book_n he_o transcribe_v many_o thing_n with_o very_a little_a if_o any_o alteration_n of_o the_o word_n there_o be_v three_o epistle_n of_o julian_n the_o apostate_n to_o jamblichus_n yet_o extant_a which_o argue_v a_o friendship_n betwixt_o they_o and_o it_o be_v likely_a the_o same_o continue_a even_o whilst_o julian_n make_v some_o profession_n of_o the_o christian_a religion_n suidas_n tell_v we_o out_o of_o damascius_n that_o isidorus_n esteem_v jamblichus_n the_o most_o excellent_a of_o writer_n after_o plato_n we_o have_v iamblichus_n life_n describe_v by_o eunapius_n also_o by_o vossius_fw-la hist_o graec._n l._n 2._o c._n 10._o p._n 208._o august_n de_fw-fr civit._n l._n 8._o c._n 12._o say_v that_o among_o the_o platonist_n the_o grecian_n plotinus_n jamblichus_n and_o porphyry_n be_v great_o noble_a etc._n etc._n §_o 9_o syrianus_n alexandrinus_n syrianus_n fellow-citizen_n and_o sectator_n of_o jamblichus_n follow_v next_o in_o this_o sacred_a succession_n of_o platonic_a philosopher_n he_o live_v about_o the_o year_n 470._o and_o write_v four_o book_n on_o plato_n commonwealth_n also_o on_o all_o homer_n with_o other_o thing_n as_o suidas_n relate_v isidorus_n the_o philosopher_n have_v a_o great_a esteem_n for_o he_o who_o after_o plato_n next_o to_o jamblichus_n place_v syrianus_n his_o sectator_n as_o the_o most_o excellent_a of_o writer_n so_o suidas_n out_o of_o damascius_n §_o 10._o proclus_n lysius_n disciple_n of_o syrianus_n succeed_v he_o in_o this_o famous_a platonic_a school_n this_o proclus_n flourish_v about_o the_o year_n 500_o succession_n as_o it_o be_v evident_a though_o some_o upon_o a_o great_a mistake_n make_v he_o to_o have_v live_v almost_o 300_o year_n before_o suidas_n call_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o platonic_a philosopher_n he_o be_v usual_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d diadochus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o reason_n of_o his_o succession_n in_o the_o platonic_a school_n he_o write_v many_o thing_n as_o ten_o book_n of_o the_o agreement_n betwixt_o orpheus_n pythagoras_n and_o plato_n in_o oracle_n also_o six_o book_n of_o platonic_a philosophy_n which_o be_v yet_o extant_a likewise_o a_o commentary_n on_o plato_n timaeus_n and_o on_o his_o book_n of_o commonwealth_n yet_o extant_a also_o with_o other_o piece_n lose_v of_o which_o suidas_n make_v mention_v proclus_n life_n be_v write_v by_o his_o scholar_n and_o successor_n marinus_n who_o tell_v we_o that_o he_o have_v some_o taste_n of_o aristotle_n philosophy_n from_o olympiodorus_n which_o he_o cursory_o run_v through_o in_o two_o year_n space_n the_o same_o marinus_n tell_v we_o also_o that_o he_o be_v accurate_o skill_v in_o grammar_n historie_n and_o poesy_n in_o the_o mathematics_n perfect_a and_o well_o verse_v in_o platonic_a philosophy_n his_o mode_n in_o philosophize_v be_v cloudy_a and_o obscure_a as_o that_o of_o plotinus_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o new_a platonist_n he_o endeavour_v according_a to_o the_o symbolic_a mystical_a manner_n of_o platonist_n to_o reduce_v all_o thing_n to_o their_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d trinity_n he_o take_v as_o vossius_fw-la think_v the_o occasion_n of_o heap_v up_o so_o many_o trinity_n from_o plato_n lib._n 2._o de_fw-fr repub._n where_o he_o treat_v of_o those_o three_o type_n of_o god_n bonitie_n immutabilitie_n or_o unity_n and_o verity_n whence_o aristotle_n also_o receive_v his_o three_o affection_n of_o eus_n bonitie_n unity_n and_o verity_n this_o proclus_n be_v a_o bitter_a enemy_n to_o the_o christian_n and_o the_o first_o after_o porphyry_n that_o turn_v his_o pen_n dip_v in_o gall_n against_o the_o christian_n he_o be_v answer_v by_o that_o great_a christian_a philosopher_n suidas_n johannes_n grammaticus_n as_o hereafter_o proclus_n in_o his_o platonic_a theology_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 1._o give_v we_o some_o account_n of_o this_o sacred_a succession_n in_o this_o platonize_a theologick_n school_n how_o that_o after_o many_o age_n plotinus_n the_o egyptian_a succeed_v therein_o who_o be_v follow_v by_o amelius_n and_o porphyry_n his_o disciple_n as_o also_o these_o by_o jamblichus_n and_o theodorus_n their_o successor_n etc._n etc._n grammaticus_n §_o 11._o we_o may_v not_o omit_v here_o the_o mention_n of_o johannes_n grammaticus_n alius_fw-la philoponus_n that_o famous_a christian_a philosopher_n who_o though_o the_o most_o of_o his_o work_n extant_a be_v commentary_n on_o aristotle_n text_n yet_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o his_o spirit_n be_v deep_o drench_v in_o platonic_a philosophy_n especial_o as_o it_o be_v refine_v by_o ammonius_n that_o famous_a head_n of_o the_o sacred_a succession_n at_o alexandria_n for_o so_o the_o title_n of_o his_o commentary_n run_v extract_v out_o of_o ammonius_n etc._n etc._n indeed_o most_o of_o those_o greek_a philosopher_n who_o take_v aristotle_n text_n for_o their_o subject_n namely_o porphyry_n proclus_n with_o his_o scholar_n ammonius_n and_o simplicius_n be_v in_o their_o spirit_n platonist_n for_o aristotle_n come_v not_o in_o to_o be_v master_n in_o the_o school_n till_o abenroe_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o arabian_n advance_v he_o in_o plato_n chair_n such_o be_v this_o johannes_n grammaticus_n who_o for_o his_o unwearied_a study_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d philoponus_n he_o follow_v exact_o the_o design_n of_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n origen_n eusebius_n and_o more_o particular_o of_o the_o great_a ammonius_n who_o he_o own_v as_o the_o source_n of_o his_o philosophy_n in_o endeavour_v to_o prove_v that_o plato_n borrow_v his_o choice_a notion_n touch_v the_o origine_fw-la of_o the_o world_n etc._n etc._n out_o of_o moses_n and_o the_o prophet_n he_o give_v sundry_a instance_n herein_o as_o that_o of_o plato_n calling_n the_o world_n a_o visible_a image_n of_o the_o invisible_a god_n which_o say_v he_o be_v but_o a_o mistake_a tradition_n of_o gen._n 1.27_o also_o he_o make_v plato_n discourse_n of_o god_n behold_v the_o work_n of_o his_o hand_n as_o very_o perfect_a and_o rejoice_v therein_o etc._n etc._n to_o be_v take_v from_o gen._n 1.31_o this_o johannes_n grammaticus_n in_o his_o excellent_a treatise_n of_o the_o soul_n proaem_fw-la ad_fw-la arist_n de_fw-fr anima_fw-la endeavour_v to_o prove_v that_o aristotle_n assert_v god_n to_o be_v the_o first_o mover_n and_o cause_n of_o all_o thing_n etc._n etc._n also_o he_o prove_v out_o of_o aristotle_n canon_n touch_v the_o soul_n its_o immaterialitie_n spirituality_n in_o operation_n and_o immortality_n etc._n etc._n proaem_n fol._n 6._o etc._n etc._n in_o his_o choice_a piece_n of_o the_o creation_n he_o prove_v the_o world_n origine_fw-la by_o god_n out_o of_o plato_n etc._n etc._n and_o whereas_o proclus_n endeavour_v to_o reconcile_v plato_n with_o aristotle_n show_v how_o plato_n when_o he_o treat_v of_o the_o world_n origine_fw-la mean_v it_o not_o as_o to_o time_n but_o causalitie_n etc._n etc._n this_o learned_a philoponus_n write_v two_o book_n against_o proclus_n confute_v these_o his_o false_a imposition_n on_o plato_n etc._n etc._n §_o 12._o to_o the_o forementioned_a greek_n platonist_n we_o may_v add_v maximus_n tyrius_n tyrius_n who_o flourish_v in_o the_o
repub._n 10._o fol._n 598_o etc._n etc._n he_o acquaint_v we_o that_o this_o his_o symbolic_a imitation_n do_v only_o represent_v the_o image_n or_o shadow_n of_o the_o thing_n which_o be_v far_o remote_a from_o the_o truth_n as_o a_o limner_n give_v the_o picture_n of_o a_o man_n and_o therefore_o he_o that_o will_v get_v the_o true_a knowledge_n of_o the_o thing_n must_v not_o acquiesce_v in_o the_o symbolic_a image_n but_o search_v after_o the_o thing_n itself_o the_o same_o he_o inculcate_n often_o as_o in_o his_o de_fw-mi legib._n 2._o fol._n 669._o where_o he_o lay_v down_o and_o insist_o much_o upon_o this_o general_a principle_n that_o in_o such_o symbolic_a imitation_n truth_n not_o pleasure_n or_o delight_n must_v be_v the_o measure_n of_o our_o disquisition_n etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d all_o imitation_n must_v be_v judge_v not_o by_o pleasure_n or_o opinion_n but_o by_o truth_n so_o in_o his_o de_fw-mi legib._n 5._o as_o elsewhere_o etc._n etc._n jew_n §_o 2._o that_o plato_n as_o pythagoras_n before_o he_o traduce_v this_o symbolic_a mode_n of_o philosophize_v from_o the_o jewish_a church_n original_o be_v a_o general_a presumpion_n of_o the_o learned_a so_o serranus_n in_o his_o preface_n to_o plato_n image_n add_v all_o which_o plato_n utter_v not_o from_o himself_o or_o his_o own_o humane_a reason_n but_o from_o the_o more_o happy_a doctrine_n of_o moses_n and_o of_o the_o prophet_n etc._n etc._n and_o more_o particular_o he_o conclude_v thus_o that_o plato_n draw_v these_o symbol_n from_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o jew_n i._n e._n from_o moses_n and_o the_o prophet_n all_o antiquity_n of_o christian_a doctor_n have_v judge_v but_o that_o he_o abstein_v industrious_o from_o name_a the_o jew_n because_o their_o name_n be_v odious_a among_o other_o nation_n although_o he_o sometime_o make_v mention_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o a_o syrian_a and_o phenician_a fable_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o a_o ineffectual_a mystery_n to_o show_v that_o he_o design_v not_o the_o egyptian_n only_o but_o also_o their_o neighbour_n the_o jew_n true_o plato_n may_v when_o he_o be_v in_o egypt_n have_v conversation_n with_o the_o jew_n of_o who_o there_o be_v great_a number_n in_o egypt_n after_o their_o dissipation_n and_o transmigration_n last_o whereas_o in_o those_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ineffable_a mystery_n he_o recite_v there_o lie_v some_o footstep_n of_o truth_n mix_v with_o many_o trifle_n who_o will_v not_o judge_v he_o derive_v they_o immediate_o from_o the_o egyptian_n rather_o than_o from_o the_o jewish_a monument_n but_o that_o the_o egyptian_n retain_v many_o thing_n receive_v by_o tradition_n from_o the_o patriarch_n moses_n most_o ancient_a history_n demonstrate_v neither_o be_v it_o to_o be_v doubt_v but_o that_o they_o draw_v many_o thing_n also_o from_o the_o clear_a fountain_n of_o the_o sacred_a bible_n which_o yet_o they_o contaminate_v with_o their_o own_o muddy_a mixture_n hence_o plato_n acquire_v the_o name_n of_o the_o allegoric_a philosopher_n because_o he_o use_v that_o peculiar_a way_n of_o teach_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d symbol_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d idol_n and_o from_o their_o more_o abstruse_a doctrine_n assert_v many_o paradox_n thus_o serranus_n wherein_o he_o full_o grant_v that_o plato_n symbolic_a mode_n of_o philosophize_v come_v original_o from_o the_o jew_n though_o immediate_o from_o the_o egyptian_n and_o the_o reason_n he_o give_v why_o plato_n can_v not_o derive_v they_o immediate_o from_o the_o jew_n be_v because_o the_o scripture_n be_v not_o translate_v into_o greek_a till_o after_o alexander_n time_n but_o this_o be_v grant_v which_o lud._n vives_n deny_v why_o may_v not_o plato_n by_o reason_n of_o his_o skill_n in_o the_o egyptian_a and_o phenician_a tongue_n understand_v the_o scripture_n as_o well_o as_o the_o egyptian_n or_o else_o may_v he_o not_o understand_v they_o by_o a_o interpreter_n as_o austin_n seem_v to_o grant_v as_o before_o chap._n 3._o §_o 4._o that_o plato_n as_o pythagoras_n receive_v this_o symbolic_a mode_n of_o philosophize_v from_o the_o oriental_a part_n be_v well_o observe_v by_o cudworth_n union_n of_o christ_n pag._n 28._o the_o oriental_a nation_n be_v wont_a to_o couch_v their_o great_a mystery_n and_o piece_n of_o wisdom_n which_o they_o convey_v by_o tradition_n one_o to_o the_o other_o in_o the_o covert_n of_o some_o fable_n &_o thence_o pythagoras_n &_o plato_n afterward_o bring_v that_o manner_n of_o philosophize_v into_o europe_n etc._n etc._n and_o the_o same_o cudworth_n elsewhere_o give_v some_o particular_a fable_n which_o plato_n traduce_v from_o the_o jew_n as_o that_o of_o his_o androgynon_n or_o conjunction_n of_o man_n and_o woman_n as_o one_o flesh_n which_o he_o make_v to_o be_v but_o a_o imitation_n of_o eve_n be_v take_v out_o of_o adam_n side_n and_o join_v to_o he_o in_o marriage_n etc._n etc._n yea_o serranus_n be_v incline_v to_o think_v that_o plato_n whole_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o love_n dialogue_n be_v but_o a_o imitation_n of_o solomons_n song_n so_o serranus_n on_o plato_n symposium_fw-la fol._n 176._o hence_o say_v he_o as_o the_o holy_a writer_n have_v his_o epithalamium_n namely_o his_o canticle_n so_o plato_n his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o love_n dialogue_n not_o that_o i_o will_v seem_v willing_a to_o compare_v plato_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d love_v song_n with_o sacred_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o love_n song_n but_o i_o be_o only_o willing_a to_o show_v that_o this_o manner_n of_o teach_v thing_n otherwise_o true_a and_o certain_a by_o symbol_n and_o mystery_n be_v not_o unusual_a etc._n etc._n see_v more_o of_o this_o symbolic_a mode_n of_o philosophize_v and_o its_o traduction_n from_o the_o jewish_a church_n book_n 2._o chap._n 9_o §_o 2._o touch_v pythagoras_n symbolic_a philosophy_n etc._n etc._n only_o there_o lay_v this_o difference_n betwixt_o pythagoras_n and_o plato_n as_o to_o their_o use_n of_o symbol_n pythagoras_n symbol_n be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n enigmatical_a answerable_a to_o the_o egyptian_a hierogliphic_n and_o the_o jewish_a enigme_n or_o riddle_n but_o plato_n symbol_n be_v not_o so_o enigmatick_a and_o obscure_a as_o those_o of_o pythagoras_n but_o only_a metaphorick_n and_o allegoric_a answerable_a to_o the_o jewish_a type_n and_o parable_n see_v more_o of_o this_o difference_n book_n 2._o chap._n 2._o §_o 6_o 7._o own_o §_o 3._o plato_n abound_v also_o much_o yea_o most_o in_o the_o socratic_a mode_n of_o philosophize_v so_o august_n de_fw-fr civit._n l._n 8._o c._n 4._o and_o because_o plato_n love_v his_o master_n socrates_n with_o such_o a_o singular_a affection_n he_o bring_v he_o in_o speak_v almost_o in_o all_o his_o discourse_n yea_o those_o very_a thing_n which_o he_o have_v learn_v from_o other_o or_o have_v acquire_v by_o his_o own_o intelligence_n he_o temper_v with_o or_o wrap_v up_o under_o his_o master_n socrates_n ironic_a mode_n etc._n etc._n thus_o austin_n and_o more_o particular_o some_o few_o line_n after_o he_o add_v and_o see_v he_o affect_v a_o observation_n of_o his_o master_n socrates_n know_a mode_n of_o dissemble_v his_o own_o knowledge_n and_o opinion_n because_o this_o manner_n please_v he_o so_o much_o hence_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o it_o be_v very_o difficult_a to_o perceive_v plato_n opinion_n even_o concern_v the_o most_o weighty_a matter_n touch_v socrates_n dissimulation_n in_o concele_v his_o own_o sentiment_n without_o positive_a affirmation_n or_o negation_n under_o pretence_n of_o know_v nothing_o thereby_o to_o draw_v forth_o in_o a_o inductive_a way_n and_o to_o confute_v the_o opinion_n of_o his_o oponent_n see_v what_o precede_v touch_v the_o socratic_a philosophy_n chap._n 1._o §_o 6._o philosophize_v this_o mode_n of_o discourse_n plato_n very_o much_o affect_v as_o it_o appear_v in_o his_o dialogue_n where_o he_o bring_v in_o socrates_n discourse_v after_o his_o oâ—n_a form_n yet_o not_o without_o a_o considerable_a difference_n from_o or_o superaddition_n to_o his_o master_n method_n for_o first_o socrates_n in_o his_o own_o school_n very_o seldom_o or_o never_o assert_v any_o thing_n dogmatical_o but_o under_o a_o modest_a pretention_n of_o ignorance_n he_o conceles_a his_o own_o judgement_n with_o endeavour_n to_o evince_v and_o confirm_v the_o hypothesis_n he_o design_v to_o prove_v from_o the_o concession_n of_o his_o opponent_n dogmatic_a which_o he_o draw_v forth_o by_o a_o powerful_a induction_n hence_o arcesilas_n the_o founder_n of_o the_o new_a academy_n defend_v his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o authority_n of_o socrates_n as_o before_o chap._n 4._o §_o 2._o but_o now_o plato_n though_o he_o allow_v in_o many_o natural_a and_o abstruse_a question_n a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o suspension_n and_o thence_o
also_o sometime_o under_o the_o notion_n of_o his_o universal_a spirit_n or_o soul_n to_o comprehend_v that_o universal_a symmetry_n harmony_n order_n beauty_n and_o formâ—_n which_o appear_v in_o the_o universe_n so_o in_o his_o timaeus_n fol._n 32._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n the_o body_n of_o the_o universe_n be_v frame_v by_o proportion_n and_o friendship_n of_o the_o four_o element_n etc._n etc._n where_o he_o make_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d analogy_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d symmetry_n the_o bond_n of_o union_n universal_a spirit_n or_o form_n by_o which_o all_o the_o part_n of_o the_o universe_n in_o themselves_o opposite_a &_o contrary_a by_o a_o friendly_a kind_n of_o discord_n be_v conjoin_v and_o agree_v together_o this_o piece_n of_o plato_n universal_a spirit_n be_v but_o the_o result_n of_o the_o former_a for_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n have_v at_o first_o frame_v and_o still_o order_v the_o universe_n and_o all_o its_o part_n according_a to_o eternal_a wisdom_n law_n and_o contrivement_n hence_o flow_v the_o most_o exact_a order_n beauty_n and_o harmony_n of_o all_o part_n though_o never_o so_o contrary_a mutual_o conspire_v and_o move_v according_a to_o that_o law_n of_o nature_n impress_v upon_o their_o being_n and_o the_o particular_a conduct_n or_o disposition_n of_o the_o divine_a providence_n to_o their_o appoint_a end_n so_o that_o plato_n here_o put_v the_o effect_n for_o the_o cause_n namely_o order_n for_o the_o divine_a spirit_n who_o be_v the_o great_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d orderer_n collector_n and_o conjoyner_n of_o all_o these_o part_n in_o the_o universe_n but_o of_o this_o more_o when_o we_o come_v to_o plato_n form_n of_o the_o universe_n spirit_n 4._o some_o by_o plato_n universal_a spirit_n understand_v that_o ignifick_a virtue_n or_o vivifick_a natural_a heat_n which_o in_o the_o first_o creation_n be_v infuse_v into_o the_o chaos_n and_o afterward_o diffuse_v through_o every_o part_n of_o the_o universe_n for_o the_o foment_v and_o nourish_v thereof_o this_o say_v they_o plato_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fire_n or_o a_o ignifick_a spirit_n which_o fashion_v divers_a effect_n which_o moses_n call_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n gen_n 1.2_o thus_o beza_n and_o out_o of_o he_o serranus_n on_o plato_n timaeus_n fol._n 10._o but_o though_o plato_n seem_v to_o own_o such_o a_o prolific_a fire_n or_o ignifick_a spirit_n diffuse_v through_o the_o universe_n yet_o his_o universal_a spirit_n or_o chief_a soul_n of_o the_o universe_n seem_v distinct_a here-from_a as_o much_o as_o the_o cause_n from_o its_o effect_n of_o this_o more_o hereafter_o §_o 6._o have_v endeavour_v to_o explicate_v plato_n universal_a spirit_n matter_n or_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o universe_n we_o be_v now_o to_o proceed_v to_o its_o body_n and_o material_a principle_n the_o proper_a body_n of_o the_o universe_n according_a to_o the_o mind_n of_o plato_n be_v compose_v of_o the_o four_o element_n fire_n water_n earth_n air_n but_o the_o original_a matter_n of_o these_o element_n he_o make_v to_o be_v the_o chaos_n which_o be_v first_o in_o order_n of_o nature_n and_o existence_n ought_v first_o to_o be_v discourse_v of_o it_o be_v a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o principle_n universal_o grant_v by_o all_o the_o ancient_a philosopher_n before_o aristotle_n that_o the_o universe_n have_v a_o origine_fw-la and_o that_o this_o origine_fw-la be_v from_o god_n so_o that_o the_o great_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o question_n be_v what_o the_o material_a principle_n or_o first_o matter_n of_o the_o universe_n be_v we_o find_v the_o several_a persuasion_n touch_v this_o matter_n distinct_o though_o concise_o give_v we_o by_o clemens_n romanus_n recognitionum_fw-la lib_n 8_o o_o pythagoras_n say_v that_o the_o element_n or_o principle_n of_o all_o thing_n be_v number_n callistratus_n quality_n alcmaeon_n contrariety_n anaximandrus_n immensity_n anaxagoras_n similarie_n of_o part_n epicurus_n atom_n diodorus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n impartibles_fw-fr or_o indivisibles_n asclepias_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o we_o call_v tumour_n or_o elation_n geometer_n fine_n i._n e._n bound_n democritus_n idea_n thales_n water_n parmenides_n earth_n plato_n fire_n water_n air_n earth_n aristotle_n also_o a_o five_o element_n which_o he_o name_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d unnameable_a thus_o vossius_fw-la de_fw-la philos_fw-la part_n 1._o cap._n 5._o §_o 13._o although_o this_o relation_n need_v some_o emendation_n yet_o it_o be_v the_o best_a i_o have_v meet_v with_o in_o this_o kind_n and_o therefore_o it_o must_v pass_v only_o as_o to_o plato_n we_o must_v know_v that_o though_o he_o make_v the_o four_o element_n before_o name_v the_o complete_a body_n yet_o he_o make_v they_o not_o the_o first_o original_a matter_n of_o the_o universe_n for_o plato_n in_o his_o timaeus_n describe_v his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o first_o matter_n thus_o it_o be_v say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o genus_fw-la or_o species_n out_o of_o which_o every_o thing_n be_v compose_v and_o he_o express_o say_v that_o it_o be_v neither_o fire_n nor_o water_n nor_o earth_n nor_o air_n but_o the_o common_a mother_n and_o nurse_n of_o all_o these_o which_o effuse_v its_o seed_n and_o virtue_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d watery_a fiery_a and_o receptive_a of_o the_o form_n of_o air_n and_o earth_n and_o indeed_o this_o plato_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d first_o matter_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chaos_n seem_v exact_o the_o same_o with_o and_o we_o need_v no_o way_n doubt_v but_o be_v original_o traduce_v from_o that_o of_o moses_n gen._n 1.2_o and_o the_o earth_n be_v without_o form_n and_o void_a thus_o richardson_n in_o the_o exposition_n on_o his_o divinity_n table_n table_n 5._o mss._n materia_fw-la this_o the_o philosopher_n do_v find_v universe_n stumble_v upon_o it_o but_o mistake_v it_o very_o much_o aristotle_n have_v it_o from_o plato_n he_o have_v it_o from_o the_o egyptian_n they_o from_o the_o jew_n this_o will_v easy_o appear_v by_o parallelize_a the_o affection_n of_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o which_o we_o shall_v endeavour_v in_o these_o follow_a proposition_n creation_n 1._o moses_n make_v divine_a creation_n the_o original_n of_o his_o first_o matter_n or_o chaos_n gen._n 1.1_o so_o do_v plato_n as_o before_o §_o 4._o answerable_a to_o that_o of_o hesiod_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d first_o of_o all_o the_o chaos_n be_v make_v that_o peripatetic_a dream_n of_o a_o eternal_a first_o matter_n never_o come_v into_o plato_n head_n though_o some_o impute_v it_o to_o he_o as_o before_z §_o 3._o 〈◊〉_d 2._o moses_n call_v his_o first_o matter_n gen._n 1.2_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d without_o form_n which_o p._n fagius_n render_v out_o of_o kimchi_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o very_a same_o word_n which_o plato_n use_v to_o express_v his_o first_o matter_n by_o and_o little_a different_a in_o sound_n but_o less_o or_o nothing_o at_o all_o in_o sense_n from_o sanchoniathon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d slime_n which_o philo_n byblius_n style_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o great_a bochart_n conceive_v from_o the_o phenician_a and_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mod_n which_o signify_v matter_n as_o before_o book_n 1._o chap._n 3._o §_o 13_o 14._o aquila_n on_o deut._n 32.10_o render_v this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d confuse_a or_o without_o order_n and_o plato_n describe_v his_o first_o matter_n by_o the_o same_o word_n call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d confuse_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d namely_o because_o it_o be_v without_o any_o substantial_a form_n order_n or_o perfection_n yea_o plato_n express_o style_v his_o first_o matter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d without_o form_n as_o moses_n hence_o those_o peripatetic_a description_n of_o this_o first_o matter_n that_o it_o be_v nec_fw-la quid_fw-la nec_fw-la quale_fw-la nec_fw-la quantum_fw-la indefinite_a and_o inform_v yet_o capable_a of_o any_o form_n which_o have_v cause_v so_o much_o dispute_v in_o the_o school_n 〈◊〉_d 3._o moses_n make_v his_o first_o matter_n to_o be_v gen._n 1.2_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o void_a whence_o some_o conceive_v that_o plato_n with_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o greek_n traduce_v their_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o by_o a_o usual_a change_n of_o ב_n into_o ב_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v turn_v into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o bochart_n make_v the_o original_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chaos_n but_o if_o we_o can_v argue_v full_o from_o the_o name_n yet_o as_o to_o thing_n we_o may_v draw_v a_o exact_a parallel_n betwixt_o moses_n and_o plato_n as_o to_o this_o particular_a for_o plato_n as_o well_o as_o
immutabilitie_n immutabilitie_n so_o in_o his_o parmenides_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o one_o first_o be_v be_v immobile_a and_o the_o same_o again_o he_o say_v that_o god_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n 4._o plato_n also_o demonstrate_v the_o eternity_n of_o god_n eternity_n so_o timaeo_n fol._n 27._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o which_o be_v always_o the_o same_o can_v have_v no_o beginning_n the_o same_o he_o insist_o on_o in_o his_o phaedrus_n 5._o plato_n parmen_fw-la 1_o 8._o prove_v the_o omnipresence_n of_o god_n omnipresence_n from_o his_o simplicity_n and_o immensity_n for_o that_o which_o have_v no_o bound_n can_v be_v confine_v 6._o plato_n vindicate_v the_o justice_n of_o god_n justice_n parmen_fw-la 134._o with_o god_n there_o be_v the_o most_o exact_a government_n etc._n etc._n so_o de_fw-fr leg._n 3_o he_o say_v that_o justice_n follow_v god_n as_o the_o vindicator_n of_o his_o law_n so_o de_fw-fr leg._n 10._o 7._o he_o philosophize_v also_o accurate_o of_o god_n fidelity_n and_o veracitie_n veracitie_n he_o say_v god_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d truth_n itself_o and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o first_o truth_n 8._o he_o great_o defend_v the_o purity_n of_o god_n purity_n rep._n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n god_n can_v do_v no_o evil_a neither_o be_v he_o the_o author_n of_o evil._n 9_o thing_n he_o make_v mention_n of_o the_o benignity_n of_o god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v not_o god_n good_a etc._n etc._n 10._o he_o mention_n also_o the_o omniscience_n of_o god_n and_o demonstrate_v the_o same_o at_o large_a parmen_fw-la fol._n 134._o etc._n etc._n where_o he_o treat_v at_o large_a of_o divine_a idea_n as_o also_o in_o his_o timaeus_n 11._o he_o discourse_v also_o of_o god_n incomprehensibilitie_n parmen_fw-la 134._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n 12._o he_o make_v god_n will_n to_o be_v the_o original_a universal_a sovereign_a and_o first_o cause_n of_o all_o thing_n as_o also_o of_o their_o futurition_n repub._n 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n 13._o farther_o plato_n treat_v large_o and_o accurate_o of_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n of_o religion_n of_o the_o purity_n and_o simplicity_n of_o divine_a worship_n etc._n etc._n last_o plato_n philosophize_v very_o sublime_o of_o the_o human_a soul_n soul_n its_o divine_a origination_n immaterialitie_n infinite_a capacity_n immortality_n perfection_n and_o activity_n these_o with_o many_o other_o metaphysic_n contemplation_n plato_n philosophize_v much_o of_o which_o great_o demonstrate_v his_o acquaintance_n with_o and_o derivation_n from_o judaic_a tradition_n as_o it_o may_v hereafter_o far_o appear_v book_n iv._o of_o peripatetic_a cynic_n stoic_a sceptic_a and_o epicurean_a philosophy_n chap._n i._o of_o aristotelick_n or_o peripatetic_a philosophy_n it_o be_v traduction_n from_o the_o jew_n the_o traduction_n of_o aristotle_n philosophy_n from_o the_o jew_n prove_v 1._o by_o testimony_n of_o aristobulus_n clearchus_n clemens_n eusebius_n steuch_n eugub_fw-la selden_n 2._o by_o rational_a argument_n 1._o aristotle_n converse_n with_o jew_n or_o 2._o with_o their_o book_n 3_o his_o chief_a notion_n from_o plato_n 1._o his_o physics_n touch_v the_o first_o matter_n from_o gen._n 1.2_o god_n be_v the_o first_o mover_n the_o soul_n spirituality_n 2._o his_o metaphysic_n object_n adequate_fw-la ens_fw-la principal_a god_n god_n providence_n and_o the_o soul_n separate_a state_n why_o aristotle_n reject_v some_o tradition_n of_o plato_n his_o ethic_n and_o politic_n jewish_n aristotle_n life_n and_o character_n his_o parallel_n with_o plato_n his_o doctrine_n acroatick_a and_o exoterick_n his_o work_n which_o genuine_a etc._n etc._n his_o successor_n theophrastus_n his_o interpreter_n aphrodiseus_n etc._n etc._n the_o arabian_a commentator_n follow_v by_o the_o schoolman_n the_o general_a idea_n of_o aristotle_n philosophy_n and_o particular_o 1._o of_o aristotle_n logic_n 2._o his_o ethic_n 1._o of_o man_n happiness_n both_o objective_n and_o formal_a 2._o of_o the_o principle_n of_o humane_a acts._n 1._o of_o the_o practic_a judgement_n or_o prudence_n 2._o of_o volition_n 3._o of_o consultation_n 4._o of_o election_n 3._o of_o voluntariness_n and_o liberty_n their_o identity_n and_o combination_n with_o voluntary_a intrinsic_a necessity_n etc._n etc._n 4._o of_o moral_a good_a or_o virtue_n its_o genus_fw-la habit_n its_o form_n mediocrity_n its_o rule_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n its_o definition_n etc._n etc._n of_o sin_n its_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d anomy_n etc._n etc._n 3._o his_o physics_n 4._o his_o metaphysic_n aristobulus_n §_o 1._o next_o to_o the_o platonic_a we_o shall_v mention_v the_o peripatetic_a or_o aristotelick_n philosophy_n which_o receive_v no_o small_a advantage_n and_o improvement_n from_o the_o jewish_a church_n and_o scripture_n as_o we_o may_v both_o from_o autoritative_a and_o rational_a argument_n just_o conclude_v as_o for_o autority_n we_o have_v first_o that_o of_o aristâ—bulus_n a_o sectator_n of_o aristotle_n philosophy_n mention_v by_o clemens_n alexandr_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 5._o who_o bring_v in_o aristobulus_n affirm_v that_o aristotle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d depend_v much_o upon_o moses_n law_n and_o the_o other_o prophet_n so_o again_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o and_o eusebius_n praep._n evang._n lib_n 9_o make_v mention_n of_o one_o clearchus_n solensâ—s_n clearchus_n a_o disciple_n of_o aristotle_n who_o testify_v that_o he_o see_v a_o certain_a jew_n with_o who_o aristotle_n have_v conversation_n eusebius_n word_n be_v these_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n clearchus_n a_o peripatetic_a philosopher_n in_o his_o first_o book_n of_o sleep_n etc._n etc._n in_o what_o follow_v eusebius_n quote_v clearchus_n own_a word_n show_v we_o that_o whilst_o aristotle_n live_v in_o the_o maritime_a region_n of_o asia_n among_o other_o student_n of_o philosophy_n there_o associate_v himself_o to_o he_o a_o certain_a studious_a inquisitive_a jew_n who_o converse_v familiar_o with_o aristotle_n and_o his_o disciple_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o according_a to_o clearchus_n relation_n be_v aristotle_n word_n he_o communicate_v more_o than_o he_o receive_v then_o eusebius_n add_v honour_a clemens_n make_v mention_v also_o hereof_o in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o concern_v which_o he_o thus_o speak_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d clearchus_n the_o peripatetic_a say_v he_o know_v a_o certain_a jew_n who_o have_v conversation_n with_o aristotle_n thus_o euseb_n praep._n l._n 9_o f._n 240._o edit_fw-la paris_n 1544._o august_n steuch_n eugub_fw-la abound_v much_o in_o this_o argument_n eugubinus_n namely_o that_o the_o best_a part_n of_o aristotle_n philosophy_n be_v derive_v original_o from_o the_o mosaic_a theology_n thus_o de_fw-la perenni_fw-la philosoph_n lib._n 4._o cap._n 1._o eugubinus_n give_v we_o aristotle_n confession_n that_o there_o be_v one_o god_n who_o overraled_a not_o only_o heavenly_a motion_n but_o also_o the_o whole_a world_n answerable_a to_o moses_n theology_n the_o same_o he_o confirm_v cap._n 7.8.9_o the_o like_a he_o prove_v of_o the_o divine_a beatitude_n consist_v in_o contemplation_n as_o cap._n 11.12.19_o but_o more_o particular_o cap._n 20._o he_o demonstrate_v how_o aristotle_n confess_v that_o god_n create_v man_n and_o woman_n for_o the_o preservation_n of_o mankind_n marvellous_o accord_v with_o moses_n herein_o for_o aristotle_n in_o oeconomicis_fw-la de_fw-la conjugio_fw-la show_v how_o necessary_a marriage_n be_v sai_z 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v thus_o provide_v by_o the_o divinity_n itself_o or_o god_n that_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o nature_n both_o of_o male_n and_o female_a for_o communion_n whence_o eugubinus_n collect_v that_o as_o moses_n say_v he_o create_v they_o male_a and_o female_a so_o thou_o hear_v aristotle_n in_o this_o place_n which_o be_v a_o wonder_n say_v that_o the_o divinity_n provide_v that_o there_o shall_v be_v male_a and_o female_a for_o communion_n to_o the_o intent_n that_o nature_n which_o can_v subsist_v in_o one_o individual_a may_v be_v propagate_v by_o the_o succession_n of_o species_n thou_o shall_v see_v therefore_o in_o aristotle_n and_o wonder_v at_o the_o same_o the_o same_o theology_n which_o be_v in_o moses_n touch_v the_o creation_n of_o man_n etc._n etc._n thus_o eugubinus_n who_o lib._n 9_o cap._n 7._o throughout_o demonstrate_v more_o full_o that_o aristotle_n marvellous_o accord_v with_o the_o mosaic_a theology_n touch_v man_n creation_n by_o god_n the_o formation_n of_o the_o body_n the_o difference_n of_o sex_n and_o the_o infusion_n of_o the_o soul_n from_o without_o and_o in_o what_o follow_v cap._n 8.9_o he_o prove_v that_o aristotle_n conceive_v the_o same_o touch_v the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n to_o which_o we_o may_v add_v the_o testimony_n of_o selden_n de_fw-la jure_fw-la nat._n gent._n hebraeor_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 2._o fol_n 14.15_o where_o have_v
〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d according_a to_o horn._n hiâ—t_n philos_fw-la lib_n 7._o cap._n 9_o lucian_n in_o his_o dialogue_n inscribe_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d divide_v aristotle_n write_n into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d exoteric_o &_o esotericks_n whereof_o the_o latter_a be_v the_o same_o with_o his_o acroaticks_n which_o ammâ—nius_n in_o aristotelis_fw-la categ_n say_v be_v so_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o he_o therein_o discourse_v with_o his_o genuine_a and_o proper_a disciple_n these_o acroaticks_n he_o far_o acquaint_v we_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d deliver_v in_o his_o own_o person_n namely_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o which_o he_o teach_v in_o his_o own_o proper_a person_n his_o own_o phaenomena_n the_o which_o he_o endeavour_v to_o prove_v by_o the_o most_o exquisite_a argument_n beyond_o vulgar_a capacity_n plutarch_n in_o the_o life_n of_o alexander_n tell_v we_o that_o the_o peripatetic_n call_v these_o more_o mystic_a and_o weighty_a doctrine_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d acroamatic_a and_o epoptick_a namely_o in_o allusion_n unto_o the_o eleusinian_n sacreds_n wherein_o those_o who_o be_v initiate_v be_v for_o the_o first_o four_o year_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mystics_n who_o stand_v on_o the_o threshold_n before_o the_o sacrarie_a 15._o but_o in_o the_o five_o year_n they_o have_v the_o privilege_n of_o be_v admit_v into_o the_o inner_a sacracy_n there_o to_o contemplate_v the_o hide_a sacreds_n whence_o they_o be_v style_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d contemplator_n so_o in_o like_a manner_n the_o secret_n of_o philosophy_n which_o aristotle_n deliver_v to_o his_o genuine_a disciple_n be_v term_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epopticks_n as_o for_o aristotle_n exoteric_o we_o have_v they_o thus_o explicate_v by_o clemens_n alexandr_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d his_o dialogick_n be_v such_o as_o he_o write_v not_o in_o his_o own_o person_n but_o as_o plato_n induce_v other_o person_n speak_v which_o be_v also_o call_v exotericks_n because_o they_o be_v write_v for_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o vulgar_a sort_n see_v vossius_fw-la de_fw-la philos_fw-la sect._n cap._n 17._o §_o 9_o not_o §_o 8._o by_o what_o have_v be_v mention_v of_o aristotle_n dialogick_n as_o also_o by_o laertius_n catalogue_n of_o his_o work_n we_o may_v judge_v how_o many_o of_o his_o book_n have_v perish_v for_o among_o all_o aristotle_n work_n we_o fiâ—d_v none_o write_v in_o a_o dialogick_n style_n though_o it_o be_v general_o confess_v he_o write_v many_o dialogue_n so_o cicero_n to_o lentulus_n say_v that_o he_o have_v polish_v his_o 3_o book_n of_o a_o orator_n in_o a_o dialogick_n strain_n after_o the_o aristotelick_n mode_n such_o also_o be_v aristotle_n sophista_fw-la &_o menexenus_n which_o treat_v of_o moral_n and_o be_v mention_v by_o laertius_n likewise_o his_o nerithus_n and_o gryllus_n which_o treat_v of_o the_o oratorian_a art_n also_o his_o eudemus_n or_o dialogue_n of_o the_o soul_n all_o which_o dialogick_n discourse_n refer_v by_o cicero_n and_o other_o to_o aristotle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d exoteric_o be_v not_o now_o to_o be_v find_v yet_o we_o may_v not_o conclude_v with_o caelio_n eurio_n the_o second_o that_o there_o remain_v extant_a only_o three_o genuine_a piece_n of_o aristotle_n viz_o his_o history_n of_o animal_n his_o book_n of_o the_o world_n and_o his_o rhetoric_n to_o alexander_n for_o there_o be_v many_o other_o piece_n of_o aristotle_n which_o carry_v with_o they_o evident_a notice_n of_o his_o spirit_n as_o his_o book_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d also_o his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d both_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o his_o book_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o those_o of_o the_o soul_n etc._n etc._n yet_o it_o be_v very_o probable_a that_o the_o book_n of_o the_o universe_n reckon_v among_o aristotle_n work_n be_v not_o he_o because_o it_o have_v too_o orthodox_n sentiment_n of_o god_n his_o providence_n and_o gubernation_n which_o aristotle_n seem_v not_o to_o approve_v of_o also_o that_o other_o piece_n of_o rhetoric_n to_o alexander_n mention_v by_o caelio_n curio_n be_v suppose_v not_o to_o be_v aristotle_n but_z anaxamine_v lampsacenus_n who_o also_o be_v master_n to_o alexander_n the_o great_a as_o vossius_fw-la de_fw-fr philosoph_n sect._n cap._n 17._o §_o 13._o §_o 9_o posterity_n aristotle_n die_v leave_v his_o library_n of_o book_n to_o theophrastus_n his_o successor_n theophrastus_n leave_v they_o to_o neleus_n who_o be_v also_o disciple_n of_o aristotle_n as_o laertius_n tell_v we_o neleus_n sell_v they_o to_o ptolomaeus_n philadelphus_n who_o transfer_v they_o into_o his_o alexandrine_n library_n as_o athenaeus_n lib._n 1._o thus_o be_v casaubon_n in_o athen._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 2._o aristotle_n library_n be_v first_o possess_v by_o theophrastus_n whence_o it_o by_o testament_n descend_v to_o neleus_n the_o story_n be_v know_v out_o of_o strabo_n plutarch_n diogenes_n you_o may_v learn_v out_o of_o strabo_n how_o true_a it_o be_v that_o ptolemy_n buy_v the_o book_n of_o this_o philosopher_n from_o neleus_n or_o his_o posterity_n etc._n etc._n thus_o casaubon_n we_o have_v the_o word_n of_o strabo_n lib._n 13._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aristotle_n be_v the_o first_o that_o we_o know_v of_o who_o collect_v book_n and_o teach_v the_o king_n of_o egypt_n to_o erect_v a_o library_n that_o aristotle_n be_v a_o great_a affector_n of_o book_n appear_v by_o a_o observation_n of_o gellius_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 17._o who_o tell_v we_o 15._o that_o aristotle_n pay_v 3_o attic_a talent_n for_o some_o few_o book_n of_o speusippus_n the_o philosopher_n etc._n etc._n what_o be_v say_v of_o ptolemie_n buy_v aristotele_n book_n of_o neleus_n some_o understand_v of_o his_o library_n only_o for_o those_o book_n which_o aristotle_n write_v himself_o it_o be_v report_v that_o neleus_n retain_v they_o for_o himself_o and_o transmit_v they_o to_o his_o posterity_n who_o be_v not_o learn_v keep_v they_o under_o key_n without_o use_n hence_o strabo_n call_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d book_n lock_v up_o yea_o it_o be_v say_v that_o they_o fear_v lest_o the_o king_n of_o pergamus_n who_o erect_v a_o great_a library_n which_o be_v afterward_o by_o cleopatra_n mean_n transfer_v to_o alexandria_n shall_v take_v they_o away_o hide_v they_o long_o under_o ground_n which_o bring_v no_o small_a damage_n to_o these_o book_n for_o hereby_o they_o grow_v mouldy_a worm-eaten_a moth_a eat_v etc._n etc._n after_o this_o apellico_n teius_n buy_v they_o who_o be_v as_o atheneas_n characterize_v he_o 〈◊〉_d more_o bookish_a than_o learned_a cause_v these_o worm-eaten_a book_n of_o aristotle_n to_o be_v transcribe_v and_o make_v public_a but_o without_o judgement_n or_o fidelity_n after_o his_o death_n sylla_n about_o 200._o year_n after_o aristotle_n death_n possess_v athens_n take_v these_o book_n and_o send_v they_o to_o rome_n as_o plutarch_n in_o sylla_n where_o tyrannio_n grammaticus_n a_o great_a student_n in_o aristotle_n obtain_v from_o the_o keeper_n of_o the_o library_n the_o use_n of_o they_o and_o the_o bookseller_n get_v these_o book_n transcribe_v but_o by_o unmeet_a librarian_n and_o such_o as_o will_v not_o so_o much_o as_o compare_v their_o transcript_n with_o the_o original_a exemplar_n whence_o aristotle_n book_n receive_v far_a detriment_n sylla_n this_o tyrannio_n deliver_v over_o these_o book_n to_o andâ—onicus_n rhodâ—us_n who_o be_v the_o first_o that_o take_v care_n for_o the_o more_o exact_a transcribe_v of_o aristotle_n book_n into_o many_o exemplar_n in_o order_n to_o the_o publication_n of_o they_o thence_o man_n begin_v to_o dispute_v more_o about_o acroaticks_n whereas_o in_o the_o forego_n time_n even_o from_o the_o decease_n of_o theophrastus_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o scarcity_n of_o aristotle_n choice_a piece_n they_o be_v wont_a to_o dispute_v only_o about_o exotericks_n probable_o etc._n etc._n as_o vossius_fw-la de_fw-fr philosoph_n sect._n cap._n 17._o §_o 11._o though_o indeed_o to_o speak_v the_o truth_n aristotle_n come_v not_o to_o be_v in_o so_o general_a repute_n till_o alexander_n aphrod_n seus_fw-la begin_v to_o interpret_v he_o thes._n as_o hereafter_o §_o 10._o aristotle_n successor_n be_v theophrastus_n eresius_n who_o be_v first_o call_v tyrtamus_fw-la but_o afterward_o by_o reason_n of_o his_o as_o they_o phrased_a it_o divine_a eloquence_n be_v by_o his_o master_n aristotle_n name_v theophrastus_n thus_o strabo_n lib._n 13._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theophrastus_n be_v first_o call_v tyrtamus_fw-la for_o aristotle_n first_o call_v he_o theophrastus_n both_o to_o avoid_v the_o asperity_n of_o his_o former_a name_n as_o also_o to_o signify_v the_o excellence_n of_o his_o eloquence_n for_o aristotle_n make_v all_o his_o disciple_n eloquent_a but_o theophrastus_n most_o eloquent_a see_v the_o same_o in_o diogenes_n laertius_n hesychius_n illustris_fw-la and_o suidas_n theophrastus_n be_v a_o person_n great_o esteem_v for_o
deserve_v a_o more_o particular_a remark_n we_o shall_v begin_v with_o aristotle_n logic_n ammonius_n which_o he_o make_v to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o discretive_a or_o difference_v organ_n to_o all_o the_o part_n of_o philosophy_n so_o ammonius_n in_o arist_n categ_n pag._n 8._o the_o stoic_n say_v he_o make_v logic_n a_o part_n of_o philosophy_n whereas_o all_o those_o of_o the_o peripate_v make_v it_o a_o organ_n etc._n etc._n aristotle_n in_o still_v his_o logic_n a_o organ_n mean_v nothing_o else_o but_o that_o it_o be_v a_o method_n or_o a_o key_n to_o all_o science_n so_o ammonius_n in_o arist_n categ_n pag._n 13._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dialectic_a as_o aristotle_n define_v it_o be_v a_o syllogistick_a way_n of_o procedure_v about_o whatever_o problem_n propose_v from_o probable_a topic_n what_o ammonius_n here_o appropriate_v to_o dialectic_a which_o the_o peripatetic_n make_v but_o a_o part_n of_o logic_n be_v equal_o applicable_a to_o the_o whole_a thereof_o but_o we_o have_v a_o more_o full_a though_o concise_a account_v of_o aristotle_n logic_n give_v we_o by_o ammonius_n in_o arist_n categor_n pag._n 15.16.17_o which_o because_o the_o book_n be_v very_o rare_o to_o be_v find_v and_o the_o author_n scarce_o know_v to_o young_a student_n we_o may_v not_o deem_v it_o lose_v labour_n to_o give_v they_o his_o own_o word_n which_o be_v as_o follow_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o the_o carpenter_n use_v his_o rule_n and_o the_o mason_n his_o square_n to_o distinguish_v what_o be_v right_a and_o what_o be_v not_o so_o the_o philosopher_n use_v demonstration_n for_o distinguish_v of_o truth_n and_o falsehood_n good_a and_o evil._n now_o demonstration_n be_v a_o scientifick_a syllogism_n but_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o treat_v hereof_o unless_o we_o first_o declare_v what_o a_o syllogism_n be_v neither_o can_v we_o understand_v what_o a_o syllogism_n be_v unless_o we_o learn_v what_o a_o proposition_n be_v for_o proposition_n be_v certain_a word_n and_o of_o these_o word_n a_o syllogism_n be_v but_o a_o collection_n so_o that_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o know_v what_o a_o syllogism_n be_v without_o understand_a proposition_n for_o of_o these_o it_o be_v compose_v so_o neither_o be_v the_o proposition_n to_o be_v understand_v without_o understand_v the_o name_n and_o word_n of_o which_o every_o discourse_n consist_v neither_o be_v the_o name_n and_o word_n without_o simple_a voice_n for_o each_o of_o these_o be_v a_o significative_a voice_n it_o be_v therefore_o necessary_a in_o the_o first_o place_n to_o treat_v of_o simple_a voice_n of_o which_o aristotle_n discourse_v in_o the_o category_n thence_o of_o name_n and_o word_n and_o proposition_n as_o in_o aristotle_n book_n of_o interpretation_n after_o this_o of_o syllogism_n simple_o consider_v as_o in_o his_o first_o analytic_n then_o of_o demonstration_n as_o in_o his_o latter_a analytic_n now_o the_o order_n of_o this_o disposition_n be_v manifest_a from_o the_o scope_n for_o thing_n simple_a ought_v to_o precede_v thing_n compound_v and_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o category_n be_v of_o all_o most_o simple_a because_o as_o it_o be_v say_v it_o treat_v of_o simple_a voice_n signify_v simple_a thing_n by_o mean_n of_o simple_a notion_n intervening_a thus_o ammonius_n of_o aristotle_n logic_n §_o 20._o we_o may_v reduce_v the_o whole_a to_o this_o scheme_n logic_n logic_n may_v be_v consider_v either_o in_o regard_n of_o its_o object_n or_o formal_a part_n as_o for_o the_o object_n of_o logic_n it_o be_v either_o material_a or_o formal_a the_o material_a object_n of_o logic_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d every_o intelligible_a which_o be_v either_o simple_a or_o complexe_v the_o simple_a object_n of_o logic_n be_v all_o those_o notion_n both_o first_o and_o second_o treat_v of_o by_o aristotle_n in_o his_o predicament_n and_o by_o porphyry_n in_o his_o praedicabiles_fw-la the_o complexe_n object_n of_o logic_n be_v compose_v either_o of_o simple_a notion_n and_o term_n as_o a_o proposition_n or_o of_o proposition_n as_o a_o syllogism_n as_o for_o the_o formal_a object_n of_o logic_n or_o the_o mode_n under_o which_o it_o consider_v all_o intelligible_n it_o be_v as_o they_o be_v mean_n to_o direct_v the_o understanding_n in_o the_o disquisition_n of_o truth_n whence_o result_n the_o formal_a part_n of_o logic_n logic_n which_o may_v be_v reduce_v to_o these_o four_o general_a organ_n 1._o definition_n which_o take_v away_o the_o obscurity_n of_o our_o simple_a apprehension_n by_o direct_v the_o understanding_n to_o penetrate_v into_o the_o essence_n and_o nature_n of_o thing_n 2._o division_n which_o remove_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o confusion_n which_o our_o compound_n understand_v labour_n under_o by_o reduce_v all_o thing_n to_o their_o proper_a genus_fw-la species_n and_o formal_a difference_n etc._n etc._n 3._o syllogism_n which_o clear_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o discursive_a intellect_n from_o those_o error_n and_o hesitation_n which_o remain_v thereon_o 4._o method_n which_o direct_v and_o facilitate_v the_o understanding_n in_o all_o the_o forego_n part_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v make_v by_o some_o of_o the_o ancient_n to_o comprehend_v all_o logic_n etc._n etc._n so_o aristotle_n it_o be_v not_o our_o work_n to_o discourse_v accuratelie_o on_o these_o part_n of_o logic_n it_o may_v suffice_v to_o give_v some_o glance_n and_o that_o not_o from_o aristotle_n organ_n where_o he_o discourse_v profess_o of_o these_o logic_n instrument_n but_o from_o other_o of_o his_o work_n especial_o his_o rhetoric_n wherein_o we_o find_v some_o oblique_a reflection_n hereon_o and_o to_o begin_v first_o with_o definition_n aristotle_n rhetor._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 13._o pag._n 218._o tell_v we_o in_o general_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d what_o be_v not_o define_v be_v fallacious_a and_o in_o his_o ethic_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n they_o must_v take_v care_n that_o they_o define_v accurate_o for_o this_o have_v a_o great_a influence_n on_o what_o follow_v 2._o the_o like_a ammonius_n in_o arist._n categor_n pag._n 13._o teach_v we_o as_o to_o division_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o that_o will_v exact_o understand_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o whole_a must_v exact_o examine_v its_o part_n by_o division_n etc._n etc._n as_o for_o syllogism_n aphrodâ—seus_n tell_v we_o that_o aristotle_n be_v the_o first_o that_o reduce_v syllogism_n to_o mode_n and_o figure_n etc._n etc._n but_o that_o which_o we_o shall_v chief_o fix_v our_o eye_n upon_o be_v aristotle_n method_n whereof_o we_o have_v some_o general_a account_n in_o his_o rhetor._n lib._n 3._o cap._n 13._o pag._n 217._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o discourse_n have_v two_o part_n first_o it_o be_v necessary_a to_o declare_v the_o matter_n of_o which_o we_o discourse_v and_o then_o we_o must_v demonstrate_v the_o same_o thus_o explication_n and_o demonstration_n seem_v to_o take_v in_o the_o whole_a of_o method_n according_a to_o aristotle_n 2._o as_o for_o the_o kind_n of_o method_n we_o have_v a_o account_n thereof_o give_v by_o aristotle_n in_o his_o ethic_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d discourse_n begin_v from_o principle_n differ_v from_o such_o as_o tend_v to_o principle_n by_o discourse_n begin_v from_o principle_n he_o denote_v synthetick_a method_n which_o begin_v with_o principle_n by_o discourse_n tend_v to_o principle_n he_o intend_v analytick_a method_n which_o proceed_v from_o the_o end_n to_o principle_n this_o he_o seem_v to_o explain_v more_o full_o in_o his_o ethic._n lib_n 3._o cap._n 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d what_o be_v last_o in_o the_o analysis_n be_v first_o in_o the_o genesis_n i._n e._n the_o principle_n which_o be_v first_o in_o the_o synthetick_a method_n be_v last_o in_o the_o analytick_n thus_o for_o the_o kind_n of_o method_n 3._o as_o for_o the_o principle_n of_o a_o discourse_n aristotle_n tell_v we_o eth._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o must_v begin_v with_o principle_n most_o know_v which_o be_v twofold_a either_o in_o regard_n of_o we_o or_o simple_o by_o thing_n more_o know_v in_o regard_n of_o we_o he_o mean_v such_o as_o we_o know_v by_o the_o effect_n more_o obscure_o by_o thing_n more_o know_v simple_o he_o understand_v such_o as_o be_v know_v from_o their_o cause_n which_o give_v a_o more_o distinct_a knowledge_n 4._o as_o to_o our_o methodical_a procedure_n in_o the_o handle_n of_o any_o theme_n aristotle_n in_o his_o eth._n lib._n 1._o give_v we_o this_o good_a canon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o ought_v in_o the_o first_o place_n to_o give_v a_o hypothesis_n or_o obscure_a adumbration_n of_o the_o thing_n and_o then_o a_o more_o lively_a delineation_n his_o meaning_n be_v that_o when_o we_o treat_v of_o a_o point_n of_o great_a moment_n we_o may_v not_o
school_n of_o epicurus_n which_o when_o all_o other_o sect_n fail_v persist_v in_o continual_a succession_n as_o laertius_n boast_v of_o it_o and_o lactantius_n lib._n 3._o institut_n easy_o grant_v give_v this_o reason_n thereof_o the_o discipline_n of_o epicurus_n be_v always_o more_o famous_a than_o that_o of_o other_o philosopher_n not_o that_o it_o bring_v any_o thing_n of_o reason_n with_o it_o but_o because_o the_o popular_a name_n of_o pleasure_n invite_v many_o for_o all_o be_v prone_a to_o vâ—ce_n nazianzen_n orat._n 23._o on_o the_o praise_n of_o hero_n alexandrinus_n join_v these_o 3._o in_o epicurus_n as_o contain_v the_o chief_a of_o his_o philosophy_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epicurus's_n automatum_n together_o with_o his_o atom_n &_o pleasure_n atom_n §_o 5._o as_o for_o epicurus_n philosophy_n the_o best_a thereof_o consist_v in_o physics_n wherein_o he_o chief_o embrace_v the_o dogme_n of_o anaxagoras_n yet_o he_o differ_v from_o he_o in_o many_o thing_n touch_v the_o origine_fw-la of_o the_o universe_n epicurus_n hold_v that_o all_o thing_n be_v compose_v of_o atom_n thence_o that_o of_o auâ—tin_n de_fw-fr civit._n dei_fw-la lib._n 11._o cap._n 9_o epicurus_n hold_v that_o there_o be_v innumerable_a world_n produce_v by_o the_o fortuitous_a confluxe_n of_o atom_n see_v lud._n vives_n on_o the_o text_n epicurus_n hypothesis_n be_v suppose_v to_o have_v be_v this_o viz._n that_o before_o the_o world_n be_v bring_v into_o that_o form_n and_o order_v it_o be_v now_o in_o 2._o there_o be_v a_o infinite_a empty_a space_n in_o which_o be_v a_o innumerable_a company_n of_o solid_a particle_n or_o atom_n of_o different_a size_n and_o shape_n which_o by_o their_o weight_n be_v in_o continual_a motion_n and_o that_o by_o the_o various_a occursion_n of_o these_o all_o the_o body_n of_o the_o universe_n be_v frame_v in_o that_o order_n they_o now_o be_v in_o these_o his_o sentiment_n of_o atom_n epicurus_n be_v say_v to_o have_v traduce_v from_o leucippus_n and_o democritus_n especial_o from_o the_o latter_a as_o before_o though_o indeed_o the_o first_o great_a assertor_n of_o atom_n be_v mochus_n that_o famous_a phenician_n physiologist_n who_o traduce_v they_o from_o the_o jew_n as_o have_v be_v prove_v in_o the_o phenician_a philosophy_n the_o whole_a of_o the_o epicurean_a physics_n be_v comprehend_v by_o lucretius_n the_o epicurean_a in_o 6._o book_n logic_n §_o 6._o epicurus_n contemn_v logic_n rhetoric_n and_o the_o mathematics_n his_o contempt_n of_o logic_n be_v mention_v by_o laertius_n in_o epicurus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o reject_v logic_n as_o that_o which_o pervert_v man_n mind_n for_o they_o say_v that_o simple_a word_n suffice_v for_o physics_n yea_o cicero_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr nat._n deorum_n bring_v in_o epicurus_n deny_v that_o either_o part_n of_o contradictory_n proposition_n be_v true_a in_o the_o room_n of_o logic_n epicurus_n introduce_v his_o canonic_a ratiocination_n canon_n whence_o he_o compose_v a_o book_n style_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v as_o laertius_n tell_v we_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d concern_v the_o rule_n of_o judgement_n and_o principle_n also_o a_o work_n that_o deliver_v the_o first_o element_n this_o canon_n or_o criterion_n of_o judgement_n epicurus_n make_v to_o be_v not_o reason_n but_o sense_n so_o cicero_n de_fw-fr nat._n deor._n lib._n 1._o epicurus_n say_v that_o the_o sense_n be_v the_o messenger_n mathematics_n or_o judge_n of_o truth_n as_o for_o epicurus_n contempt_n of_o rhetoric_n laertius_n give_v this_o account_n thereof_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o use_v a_o proper_a kind_n of_o speech_n such_o as_o be_v accommodate_v to_o thing_n which_o because_o it_o be_v simple_a or_o plain_a aristophanes_n the_o grammarian_n reprehend_v so_o cicero_n de_fw-fr finibus_fw-la lib._n 1._o acquaint_v we_o that_o epicurus_n neglect_v letter_n and_o ornament_n of_o speech_n epicurus_n contempt_n of_o the_o mathematics_n be_v mention_v by_o plutarch_n in_o his_o book_n against_o epicurus_n §_o 7._o passion_n in_o epicurus_n philosophy_n nothing_o be_v more_o please_v to_o corrupt_a nature_n than_o his_o ethic_n especial_o touch_v the_o chief_a good_a which_o he_o place_v in_o pleasure_n so_o that_o he_o make_v the_o first_o and_o last_o cause_n of_o all_o human_a action_n to_o be_v pleasure_n or_o delight_n arise_v from_o that_o good_a which_o the_o mind_n enjoy_v his_o canon_n of_o pleasure_n and_o passion_n according_a to_o gassendus_fw-la de_fw-la epicuri_fw-la philos_fw-la morali_fw-la cap._n 3._o be_v these_o 1._o all_o pleasure_n which_o have_v no_o pain_n join_v with_o it_o be_v to_o be_v embrace_v 2._o all_o pain_n which_o have_v no_o pleasure_n join_v with_o it_o be_v to_o be_v shun_v 3._o all_o pleasure_n which_o either_o hinder_v a_o great_a pleasure_n or_o procure_v a_o great_a pain_n be_v to_o be_v shun_v 4._o all_o pain_n which_o put_v away_o a_o great_a pain_n or_o procure_v a_o great_a pleasure_n be_v to_o be_v embrace_v etc._n etc._n epicurus_n canon_n touch_v pleasure_n as_o the_o first_o and_o last_o good_a be_v according_a to_o gassendus_fw-la cap._n 3.4.5_o these_o 1._o that_o pleasure_n without_o which_o good_a there_o be_v no_o notion_n of_o felicity_n be_v in_o its_o own_o nature_n good_a 2._o that_o felicity_n consist_v in_o pleasure_n because_o it_o be_v the_o first_o connatural_a good_a or_o the_o first_o thing_n agreeable_a to_o nature_n as_o also_o the_o last_o of_o expetible_n or_o end_v of_o good_a thing_n 3._o that_o pleasure_n wherein_o consist_v felicity_n be_v indolence_n of_o body_n &_o tranquillity_n of_o mind_n for_o herein_o the_o absolute_a good_a of_o man_n be_v contain_v the_o indolence_n of_o the_o body_n be_v preserve_v by_o the_o use_n of_o temperance_n the_o health_n of_o the_o mind_n be_v preserve_v by_o virtue_n provide_v and_o apply_v by_o philosophy_n mental_a diogenes_n laertius_n give_v the_o like_a favourable_a interpretation_n of_o epicurus_n pleasure_n in_o his_o vindication_n of_o he_o against_o the_o imputation_n of_o diotymus_n the_o stoic_a epicurus_n say_v laertius_n hold_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o chief_a happiness_n be_v in_o god_n 2._o hence_o he_o place_v happiness_n in_o the_o pleasure_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o reflection_n on_o former_a enjoyment_n 3._o laertius_n also_o tell_v we_o that_o he_o hold_v there_o be_v a_o unseparable_a connexion_n betwixt_o virtue_n and_o true_a pleasure_n whence_o he_o say_v that_o virtue_n be_v natural_o conjoin_v with_o a_o pleasant_a life_n again_o live_v thou_o as_o god_n in_o immortal_a virtue_n and_o thou_o shall_v have_v nothing_o common_a with_o mortal_a ammonius_n in_o aristot_n categ_n pag._n 9_o give_v the_o like_a account_n of_o the_o epicurean_a pleasure_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o epicurean_o be_v call_v hedonici_n because_o they_o make_v pleasure_n the_o last_o end_n pleasure_n not_o that_o of_o the_o body_n but_o the_o tranquille_n and_o indisturbed_a constitution_n of_o the_o soul_n follow_v a_o virtuous_a life_n but_o they_o mistake_v say_v it_o be_v the_o carcase_n of_o virtue_n or_o the_o shadow_n see_v they_o make_v it_o the_o last_o end_n seneca_n affirm_v that_o epicurus_n complain_v man_n be_v very_o ungrateful_a towards_o past_a enjoyment_n because_o what_o ever_o good_a they_o enjoy_v they_o reflect_v not_o again_o upon_o it_o neither_o do_v they_o reckon_v it_o among_o pleasure_n where_o as_o there_o be_v no_o pleasure_n so_o certain_a as_o that_o which_o be_v past_a because_o it_o can_v be_v take_v from_o we_o present_a good_n have_v not_o yet_o a_o complete_a solid_a be_v and_o what_o be_v future_a yet_o hang_v in_o suspense_n and_o be_v uncertain_a but_o what_o be_v pass_v be_v most_o sâ—tâ—_n yea_o epicurus_n himself_o in_o his_o epistle_n to_o idomeneus_n speak_v of_o the_o torment_n he_o be_v then_o under_o be_v ready_a to_o die_v say_v that_o the_o joy_n which_o he_o have_v in_o his_o mind_n upon_o the_o remembrance_n of_o the_o reason_n which_o he_o have_v in_o his_o life_n time_n stand_v in_o battle_n of_o array_n against_o all_o those_o torment_n as_o great_a as_o can_v be_v imagine_v of_o the_o strangury_n he_o labour_v under_o according_a to_o these_o account_n epicurus_n pleasure_n be_v not_o so_o gross_a as_o be_v general_o conceive_v yet_o sufficient_o blame-worthy_a in_o that_o he_o place_v man_n objective_n and_o formal_a happiness_n in_o pleasure_n which_o be_v but_o a_o consequent_a thereof_o etc._n §_o 8._o but_o whatever_o epicurus_n opinion_n be_v about_o pleasure_n certain_a it_o be_v he_o be_v foul_o mistake_v in_o his_o metaphysical_a philosophizing_n about_o god_n his_o providence_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v true_a epicurus_n according_a to_o laertâ—us_n deny_v not_o the_o be_v and_o spiritual_a nature_n of_o god_n for_o he_o hold_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o god_n be_v incorruptible_a and_o most_o bless_a etc._n etc._n yet_o he_o deny_v the_o providence_n of_o