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A33161 The five days debate at Cicero's house in Tusculum between master and sophister.; Tusculanae disputationes. English Cicero, Marcus Tullius.; Wase, Christopher, 1625?-1690. 1683 (1683) Wing C4307; ESTC R11236 182,432 382

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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 knowledge_n improve_v p._n 37._o sect_n xxii_o a_o immaterial_a substance_n though_o invisible_a may_v subsist_v of_o itself_o as_o god_n so_o the_o soul_n p._n 38._o sect_n xxiii_o argument_n for_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n from_o its_o be_v the_o principle_n of_o its_o own_o motion_n p._n 40._o sect_n xxiv_o from_o the_o capaciousness_n of_o its_o memory_n p._n 41._o sect_n xxv_o corollary_n upon_o the_o former_a argument_n from_o that_o of_o invention_n p._n 44._o sect_n xxvi_o from_o further_a endowment_n p._n 46._o sect_n xxvii_o from_o its_o divine_a original_a p._n 48._o sect_n xxviii_o from_o its_o faculty_n p._n 49._o sect_n xxix_o from_o its_o nature_n p._n 51._o sect_n xxx_o from_o the_o authority_n of_o socrates_n and_o cato_n p._n 52._o sect_n xxxi_o from_o the_o sequester_v itself_o from_o the_o body_n
stranger_n do_v you_o eat_v drink_v and_o play_v for_o all_o else_o be_v not_o worth_a this_o the_o posture_n above_o be_v of_o one_o give_v a_o fillip_n f_z how_o they_o come_v by_o they_o the_o villa_n of_o nobleman_n be_v garnish_v with_o these_o rarity_n from_o the_o pillage_n of_o the_o province_n in_o the_o time_n of_o their_o own_o or_o their_o ancestor_n government_n sect_n xxxvi_o a_o defence_n of_o obscurity_n in_o birth_n and_o condition_n shall_v then_o obscurity_n or_o meanness_n or_o even_o fall_v under_o the_o displeasure_n of_o the_o people_n hinder_v a_o wise_a man_n from_o be_v happy_a consider_v whether_o this_o court_n of_o the_o vulgar_a and_o that_o glory_n which_o be_v eager_o pursue_v have_v not_o in_o it_o more_o trouble_n than_o pleasure_n sure_o our_o demosthenes_n be_v weak_a who_o declare_v himself_o please_v with_o the_o whisper_n of_o a_o woman_n bear_v a_o tankard_n as_o be_v the_o fashion_n in_o greece_n and_o round_v her_o fellow_n in_o the_o ear_n 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assos_n s_o chrysippus_n of_o soli._n t_o antipater_n of_o tarsus_n u_z carneades_n a_o cyrenian_a w_z panaetius_n a_o rhodian_a x_o clitomachus_n a_o carthaginian_a y_z philo._n z_o antiochus_n of_o ashkelon_n a_o posidonius_n bear_a at_o apamea_n in_o syria_n choose_v to_o be_v call_v rhodian_a from_o the_o isle_n where_o he_o be_v student_n professor_n and_o governor_n b_o to_o every_o scheme_n origen_n against_o celsus_n censure_v the_o narrowness_n of_o some_o who_o confine_v their_o charity_n to_o their_o own_o party_n that_o be_v in_o truth_n build_v up_o themselves_o prefer_v the_o good_a nature_n of_o chrysippus_n who_o in_o his_o treatise_n of_o cure_v the_o passion_n calculate_v his_o advice_n to_o the_o several_a philosopher_n upon_o supposition_n of_o their_o respective_a principle_n c_o than_o metrodorus_n bear_a at_o chios_n d_o demaratus_n indeed_o the_o father_n of_o our_o king_n tarquin_n surname_v priscus_n sect_n xxxviii_o &_o thirty-nine_o blindness_n