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resemblance_n sect_n thirty-nine_o the_o opinion_n of_o untimely_a death_n examine_v away_o then_o with_o these_o say_n little_o better_o than_o fit_a for_o old_a wife_n that_o it_o be_v miserable_a to_o die_v before_o one_o time_n what_o time_n i_o pray_v that_o of_o nature_n now_o she_o have_v lend_v life_n as_o cash_n at_o no_o day_n certain_a of_o payment_n prefix_v what_o reason_n then_o have_v you_o to_o murmur_v if_o she_o call_v in_o she_o own_o when_o she_o please_v since_o you_o receive_v it_o upon_o that_o condition_n the_o same_o person_n if_o a_o child_n die_v young_a think_v it_o ought_v to_o be_v bear_v patient_o and_o if_o in_o the_o cradle_n without_o any_o complaint_n yet_o nature_n have_v more_o rigorous_o exact_v of_o he_o her_o loan_n he_o have_v not_o as_o yet_o say_v they_o taste_v the_o sweet_n of_o life_n but_o this_o other_o have_v entertain_v great_a expectation_n and_o have_v already_o begin_v the_o enjoyment_n of_o they_o now_o in_o all_o other_o benefit_n 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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 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
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therefore_o put_v these_o in_o practice_n if_o we_o will_v be_v virtuous_a or_o rather_o man_n for_o manliness_n which_o denominate_v the_o other_o virtue_n have_v borrow_v its_o name_n from_o man_n b_o that_o its_o whole_a smart_n be_v tolerable_a he_o induce_v to_o patience_n because_o pain_n be_v not_o so_o grievous_a as_o be_v conceit_v it_o be_v the_o object_n of_o fortitude_n and_o matter_n of_o praise_n sect_n xix_o the_o direction_n of_o epicurus_n impracticable_a you_o will_v inquire_v perhaps_o but_o how_o shall_v we_o come_v to_o despise_v pain_n and_o a_o good_a question_n it_o be_v for_o philosophy_n pretend_v to_o prescribe_v remedy_n in_o such_o case_n here_o come_v epicurus_n he_o no_o cunning_a fellow_n but_o rather_o very_o honest_a man_n advise_v to_o the_o best_a of_o his_o skill_n slight_a pain_n say_v he_o now_o who_o be_v it_o that_o say_v this_o why_o he_o that_o affirm_v pain_n to_o be_v the_o great_a evil_n not_o very_o consistent_o let_v we_o hear_v on_o if_o 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to_o the_o recovery_n of_o happiness_n because_o the_o non-incurring_a a_o new_a debt_n do_v not_o quit_v the_o old_a arrear_n yet_o have_v we_o ground_n of_o hope_n that_o sincerity_n of_o endeavour_n shall_v not_o want_v acceptance_n through_o another_o covenant_n vouchsafe_v to_o mankind_n b_o which_o brutus_n your_o uncle_n m._n porcius_n cato_n uticensis_n the_o brother_n of_o servilia_n mother_n to_o brutus_n chap._n ii_o philosophy_n be_v the_o rule_n of_o life_n but_o the_o whole_a correct_v both_o of_o this_o fault_n and_o all_o other_o our_o vice_n and_o misdemeanour_n be_v to_o be_v fetch_v from_o philosophy_n into_o who_o bosom_n our_o choice_n and_o affection_n have_v guide_v we_o from_o our_o very_a childhood_n we_o after_o be_v toss_v with_o a_o great_a storm_n be_v flee_v upon_o these_o most_o grievous_a turn_n of_o state_n into_o the_o same_o harbour_n from_o whence_o we_o have_v put_v forth_o o_o philosophy_n thou_o guide_v of_o life_n instructress_n in_o virtue_n and_o correctress_n of_o vice_n what_o can_v not_o only_o we_o be_v but_o the_o very_a life_n of_o man_n without_o thou_o thou_o have_v found_v city_n thou_o have_v invite_v scatter_v man_n to_o live_v in_o community_n thou_o have_v link_v they_o one_o to_o another_o first_o in_o habitation_n then_o in_o marriage_n and_o then_o in_o communication_n by_o letter_n and_o word_n thou_o be_v the_o inventress_n of_o law_n thou_o the_o mistress_n of_o manner_n and_o discipline_n we_o fly_v to_o thou_o seek_v help_n from_o thou_o to_o thou_o we_o commit_v ourselves_o as_o former_o in_o great_a part_n so_o now_o entire_o and_o in_o whole_a for_o one_o day_n lead_v well_o and_o according_a to_o thy_o precept_n be_v to_o be_v prefer_v before_o a_o immortality_n in_o vice_n who_o succour_n therefore_o shall_v we_o rather_o make_v use_n of_o than_o thou_o who_o have_v both_o free_o bestow_v on_o we_o tranquillity_n of_o life_n and_o take_v away_o from_o we_o the_o terror_n of_o death_n yet_o philosophy_n be_v so_o far_o from_o receive_v praise_n suitable_a to_o the_o benefit_n she_o have_v confer_v on_o man_n life_n that_o she_o be_v by_o the_o most_o slight_v nay_o by_o many_o revile_v o_o that_o any_o one_o shall_v dare_v to_o vilify_v the_o parent_n of_o life_n and_o stain_v his_o conscience_n with_o such_o parricide_n shall_v offer_v to_o be_v so_o unnatural_a and_o ungrateful_a as_o to_o accuse_v she_o who_o he_o ought_v to_o reverence_n although_o he_o can_v not_o comprehend_v but_o this_o error_n and_o gross_a darkness_n be_v in_o my_o opinion_n cast_v over_o the_o mind_n of_o the_o ignorant_a because_o they_o be_v not_o able_a to_o look_v so_o far_o backward_o nor_o do_v think_v that_o they_o be_v the_o philosopher_n by_o who_o first_o the_o life_n of_o man_n be_v civilise_v which_o thing_n though_o we_o see_v to_o have_v be_v most_o ancient_a yet_o we_o confess_v the_o name_n to_o be_v but_o modern_a sect_n iii_o the_o study_n of_o wisdom_n of_o the_o same_o 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of_o friendship_n wherein_o as_o all_o the_o counsel_n agree_v and_o almost_o conspire_v in_o the_o conduct_n of_o life_n have_v be_v place_v by_o the_o learned_a so_o be_v there_o singular_a delight_n in_o daily_a respect_n and_o conversation_n what_o i_o pray_v do_v this_o life_n lack_v to_o make_v it_o more_o happy_a to_o this_o estate_n fill_v up_o with_o so_o many_o and_o so_o great_a joy_n fortune_n itself_o must_v needs_o submit_v now_o if_o it_o be_v happy_a to_o rejoice_v in_o such_o good_n of_o the_o mind_n that_o be_v virtue_n and_o all_o wise_a man_n constant_o feel_v such_o joy_n we_o must_v of_o necessity_n confess_v that_o all_o wise_a man_n be_v happy_a sect_n xxvi_o the_o wise_a man_n be_v happy_a in_o adversity_n s._n what_o under_o torture_n and_o rack_a m._n do_v you_o think_v i_o mean_v under_o a_o chaplet_n of_o violet_n and_o rose_n shall_v epicurus_n who_o be_v only_o a_o philosopher_n in_o masquerade_n and_o assume_v that_o title_n to_o himself_o shall_v he_o 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