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therefore_o discontent_n will_v be_v far_o from_o a_o wise_a 〈…〉_z sect_n ix_o by_o a_o induction_n from_o particular_a passion_n of_o wrath_n envy_n so_o that_o dionysius_n of_o heraclea_n dispute_v not_o unhandsome_o upon_o that_o passage_n of_o homer_n wherein_o achilles_n complain_v to_o this_o purpose_n as_o i_o take_v it_o my_o heart_n swell_v big_a while_o i_o on_o this_o reflect_v robe_v of_o my_o lawful_a prize_n and_o just_a respect_n be_v the_o hand_n right_o dispose_v when_o it_o be_v swell_v or_o be_v there_o any_o other_o member_n which_o have_v a_o rise_n or_o swell_v that_o be_v not_o out_o of_o order_n in_o like_a manner_n therefore_o the_o soul_n puff_v up_o or_o swell_v be_v out_o of_o order_n but_o the_o wise_a man_n soul_n be_v always_o in_o order_n therefore_o it_o never_o rife_v never_o swell_v but_o now_o the_o soul_n in_o anger_n be_v so_o therefore_o a_o wise_a man_n be_v never_o angry_a for_o if_o he_o be_v angry_a he_o also_o lust_n for_o it_o be_v the_o 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to_o which_o both_o party_n refer_v their_o cause_n to_o be_v compromise_v for_o whereas_o what_o thing_n the_o peripatetic_n think_v good_n the_o stoic_n count_v the_o same_o conveniency_n and_o yet_o the_o peripatetic_n do_v not_o attribute_v more_o to_o riches_n health_n and_o other_o thing_n of_o like_a nature_n then_o the_o stoic_n since_o they_o be_v to_o be_v weigh_v by_o reality_n not_o word_n he_o deny_v there_o be_v any_o just_a cause_n of_o dissension_n wherefore_o let_v the_o philosopher_n of_o other_o persuasion_n look_v to_o it_o how_o they_o can_v gain_v this_o point_n yet_o i_o be_o please_v that_o they_o make_v a_o profession_n beseem_v philosopher_n about_o wise_a man_n title_n to_o live_v in_o perpetual_a happiness_n but_o since_o we_o must_v be_v go_v to_o morrow_n let_v we_o comprise_v in_o memory_n these_o five_o day_n debate_n and_o to_o say_v the_o truth_n i_o think_v i_o shall_v draw_v they_o up_o in_o writing_n for_o upon_o what_o can_v we_o better_o employ_v o_o this_o leisure_n such_o as_o it_o be_v and_o we_o will_v send_v these_o other_o five_o book_n to_o our_o friend_n brutus_n by_o who_o we_o have_v not_o only_o be_v invite_v to_o the_o make_v philosophical_a treatise_n p_o but_o also_o provoke_v wherein_o how_o much_o we_o shall_v profit_v other_o we_o can_v easy_o tell_v but_o for_o our_o own_o most_o bitter_a grief_n and_o various_a disquiet_n charge_v we_o on_o every_o side_n no_o other_o relief_n can_v be_v find_v o_o this_o leisure_n such_o as_o it_o be_v speak_v with_o some_o stomach_n for_o his_o be_v at_o that_o time_n in_o prudence_n oblige_v to_o compound_v for_o his_o safety_n by_o retirement_n from_o his_o honourable_a employment_n p_o but_o also_o provoke_v by_o example_n and_o the_o address_n of_o his_o book_n upon_o alike_o subject_a finis_fw-la the_o content_n of_o the_o first_o book_n comfort_n against_o death_n the_o prologue_n sect._n 1_o 2_o 3_o 4._o sect_n i._o that_o the_o greek_n be_v inferior_a to_o the_o roman_n in_o most_o point_n of_o useful_a knowledge_n page_n 1._o sect_n ii_o however_o superior_a in_o poetry_n picture_n music_n and_o geometry_n p._n 3._o sect_n iii_o equal_v by_o they_o in_o oratory_n which_o be_v encouragement_n to_o set_v upon_o philosophy_n p._n 5._o sect_n iv._o philosophy_n join_v with_o oratory_n be_v more_o beneficial_a p._n 6._o sect_n v._o the_o position_n that_o the_o proponent_n take_v death_n to_o be_v evil._n p._n 8._o sect_n vi_o the_o local_a hell_n of_o the_o poet_n to_o be_v fictitious_a p._n 10._o sect_n vii_o they_o who_o be_v not_o be_v not_o miserable_a p._n 12._o sect_n viii_o nor_o be_v die_v miserable_a but_o essay_v to_o be_v prove_v rather_o good_a p._n 14._o sect_n ix_o what_o death_n be_v what_o the_o soul_n in_o vulgar_a opinion_n p._n 16._o sect_n x._o what_o it_o be_v in_o the_o judgement_n of_o divers_a philosopher_n p._n 17._o sect_n xi_o inference_n from_o these_o different_a opinion_n p._n 19_o sect_n xii_o argument_n for_o the_o soul_n subsistence_n after_o death_n from_o immemorial_n tradition_n from_o funeral_n rite_n and_o from_o the_o veneration_n of_o ancient_a hero_n p._n 21._o sect_n xiii_o from_o this_o that_o there_o be_v a_o tradition_n of_o the_o superior_a god_n have_v be_v man_n decease_v p._n 23._o sect_n fourteen_o from_o a_o innate_a care_n of_o posterity_n zeal_n for_o the_o state_n p._n 25._o sect_n xv_o and_o thirst_n after_o glory_n p._n 26._o sect_n xvi_o that_o dead_a man_n soul_n abide_v in_o cavern_n under_o earth_n be_v the_o groundless_a fiction_n of_o poet_n or_o imposture_n of_o magician_n p._n 28._o sect_n xvii_o that_o it_o be_v more_o likely_a they_o ascend_v p._n 30._o sect_n xviii_o nor_o vanish_v p._n 32._o sect_n xix_o but_o mount_v the_o sky_n p._n 33._o sect_n xx._n and_o thence_o contemplate_v nature_n p._n 35._o sect_n xxi_o that_o the_o epicurean_o who_o plead_v for_o annihilation_n have_v no_o such_o reason_n to_o triumph_v in_o their_o scheme_n of_o natural_a 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