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be_v believe_v when_o he_o speak_v truth_n be_v reprove_v for_o give_v money_n to_o a_o wicked_a man_n ay_o say_v he_o give_v it_o compassionate_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o condition_n but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o as_o stobaeus_n not_o to_o the_o man_n but_o to_o humanity_n he_o use_v this_o say_n frequent_o among_o his_o disciple_n and_o friend_n the_o eye_n receive_v light_a from_o the_o air_n the_o soul_n â—rom_fw-mi learning_n inveigh_v against_o the_o athenian_n he_o say_v they_o have_v invent_v two_o thing_n corn_n and_o law_n but_o make_v use_v only_o of_o one_o the_o corn._n he_o say_v the_o root_n of_o learning_n be_v bitter_a the_o fruit_n sweet_a be_v demand_v what_o grow_v old_a soon_o he_o answer_v a_o benefit_n be_v demand_v what_o be_v hope_n he_o answer_v a_o wake_a dream_n diogenes_n the_o cynic_n offer_v he_o a_o fig_n aristotle_n 〈◊〉_d that_o diogenes_n have_v prepare_v some_o sharp_a say_n in_o case_n he_o shall_v
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have_v send_v to_o invite_v you_o to_o priene_n if_o to_o abide_v at_o priene_n please_v you_o better_o we_o will_v also_o come_v and_o dwell_v there_o with_o you_o chap._n xii_o his_o auditor_n and_o scholar_n the_o first_o eminent_a person_n of_o those_o who_o hear_v thales_n and_o profess_v his_o philosophy_n be_v anaximander_n son_n of_o â—raxides_n a_o milesian_n who_o flourish_v in_o the_o time_n of_o polycrates_n tyrant_n of_o samos_n next_o be_v anaximenes_n a_o milesian_n also_o son_n of_o euristratus_n who_o according_a to_o eusebius_n flourish_v in_o the_o second_o year_n of_o the_o 56_o the_o olympiad_n he_o be_v scholar_n to_o anaximander_n and_o parmenides_n but_o that_o he_o hear_v thales_n also_o he_o acknowledge_v in_o a_o anax._n epistle_n to_o pythagoras_n we_o may_v as_o in_o that_o epistle_n anaximenes_n do_v among_o the_o disciple_n of_o thales_n reckon_v pythagoras_n the_o samian_n institutor_n of_o the_o italic_a sect_n who_o be_v from_o his_o youth_n 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but_o serviceable_a in_o war_n in_o the_o same_o kind_n err_v they_o who_o purchase_v land_n for_o their_o child_n but_o neglect_v their_o person_n their_o possession_n will_v be_v of_o great_a value_n themsleve_n of_o none_o whereas_o the_o owner_n ought_v to_o be_v more_o honourable_a than_o his_o estate_n whosoevever_o therefore_o breed_v his_o son_n well_o though_o he_o leave_v he_o little_a give_v he_o much_o it_o be_v the_o mind_n which_o make_v he_o great_a or_o small_a whatsoever_o they_o have_v to_o the_o good_a seem_v sufficient_a to_o the_o rude_a too_o little_a you_o leave_v your_o child_n no_o more_o than_o necessity_n require_v which_o they_o be_v well_o educate_v will_v esteem_v plentiful_a the_o ignorant_a though_o free_a from_o present_a trouble_n have_v nothing_o the_o less_o fear_n for_o the_o future_a to_o sotira_n epist._n 3._o 892._o death_n in_o my_o opinion_n be_v neither_o good_a nor_o ill_a but_o the_o end_n of_o the_o life_n not_o alike_o to_o all_o for_o 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notice_n and_o i_o will_v help_v they_o for_o it_o be_v just_a and_o honest_a you_o do_v well_o in_o in_o keep_v aeschines_n with_o you_o as_o you_o send_v i_o word_n i_o have_v a_o design_n to_o collect_v the_o say_n and_o action_n of_o sâ—crates_n which_o will_v be_v his_o best_a apology_n both_o now_o and_o for_o the_o future_a not_o in_o the_o court_n where_o the_o athenian_n be_v judge_n but_o to_o all_o who_o consider_v the_o virtue_n of_o the_o man_n if_o we_o shall_v not_o write_v this_o free_o it_o be_v a_o sin_n against_o friendship_n and_o the_o truth_n even_o now_o there_o fall_v into_o my_o hand_n a_o piece_n of_o plato_n to_o that_o effect_n wherein_o be_v the_o name_n of_o socrates_n and_o some_o discourse_n of_o his_o not_o unpleasant_a *_o but_o we_o must_v profess_v that_o we_o hear_v not_o nor_o can_v commit_v to_o write_v any_o thing_n in_o that_o kind_n for_o we_o be_v not_o poet_n as_o he_o be_v though_o he_o renounce_v poetry_n for_o amid_o his_o entertainment_n 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barbarian_n and_o afterward_o in_o pontus_n and_o thrace_n from_o great_a evil_n even_o when_o we_o think_v we_o be_v out_o of_o the_o enemy_n reach_n though_o you_o come_v not_o yet_o be_o i_o oblige_v to_o write_v to_o you_o i_o have_v compose_v some_o memorial_n of_o socrates_n when_o they_o be_v perfect_v you_o shall_v have_v they_o aristippus_n and_o phaedo_fw-la do_v not_o disapprove_v of_o they_o salute_v in_o my_o name_n simon_n the_o leather-dresser_n and_o commend_v he_o that_o he_o continue_v socratic_a discourse_n not_o divert_v by_o want_n or_o his_o trade_n from_o philosophy_n as_o some_o other_o who_o decline_v to_o know_v and_o admire_v such_o discourse_n and_o their_o effect_n epist._n 19_o 7._o come_v to_o we_o dear_a friend_n for_o we_o have_v now_o finish_v the_o temple_n of_o diana_n a_o magnificent_a structure_n the_o place_n set_v with_o tree_n and_o consecrate_a what_o remain_v will_v be_v sufficient_a to_o maintain_v we_o for_o as_o socrates_n say_v if_o they_o 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call_v dialectic_a which_o name_n dionysius_n a_o carthaginian_a first_o give_v they_o because_o their_o discourse_n consist_v of_o question_n and_o answer_v he_o affirm_v that_o there_o be_v but_o one_o good_a which_o be_v call_v by_o several_a name_n sometime_o prudence_n sometime_o god_n sometime_o the_o mind_n and_o the_o like_a he_o take_v away_o all_o thing_n opposite_a to_o good_a say_v there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n he_o use_v argument_n not_o by_o assumption_n but_o by_o inference_n he_o take_v away_o disputation_n by_o similitude_n say_v that_o it_o consist_v either_o of_o like_a or_o unlike_a if_o of_o like_a it_o be_v better_a to_o examine_v the_o thing_n themselves_o to_o which_o they_o be_v like_a if_o of_o unlike_a the_o comparison_n be_v to_o no_o purpose_n chap._n iii_o his_o apothegm_n write_n he_o be_v famous_a in_o the_o school_n say_v amore_fw-la plutarch_n for_o as_o much_o as_o hear_v his_o brother_n in_o in_o a_o wild_a rage_n say_v let_v i_o perish_v if_o i_o be_v not_o revenge_v he_o answer_v and_o i_o unless_o i_o persuade_v you_o to_o lay_v aside_o your_o anger_n and_o love_v i_o as_o at_o first_o if_o 32._o hierocles_n who_o relate_v the_o same_o story_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d write_v not_o as_o plutarch_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d â—hat_n epithet_n occasion_v the_o mistake_n 38._o he_o say_v 〈◊〉_d there_o be_v one_o kind_n of_o sleep_n a_o young_a pliant_a deity_n easy_a to_o be_v drive_v away_o the_o other_o gray_a and_o age_a chief_o frequent_v old_a man_n pertinacious_a and_o inexorable_a from_o this_o god_n if_o he_o once_o come_v it_o be_v hard_o to_o get_v loose_a word_n avail_v nothing_o for_o he_o be_v deaf_a nor_o can_v you_o show_v he_o any_o thing_n that_o may_v move_v he_o for_o he_o be_v blind_a 47._o be_v demand_v what_o the_o god_n be_v and_o wherein_o they_o delight_v of_o all_o thing_n else_o concern_v they_o say_v he_o i_o be_o ignorant_a but_o of_o this_o i_o know_v they_o hate_v curious_a person_n laert._n he_o write_v beside_o other_o thing_n six_o dialogue_n aesâ—hin_n panaetius_n doubt_v whether_o they_o be_v genuine_a or_o spurious_a their_o title_n these_o lamprias_n aeschines_n phoenix_n or_o as_o suidas_n the_o phoenix_n euclides_n crito_n alcibiades_n the_o erotick_a of_o the_o same_o name_n be_v number_v euclid_n the_o mathematician_n a_o megarean_a also_o whence_o confound_v by_o 13._o valerius_n maximus_n with_o the_o philosopher_n plato_n say_v he_o â—ent_v the_o undertaker_n of_o the_o sacred_a altar_n who_o come_v to_o confer_v with_o he_o concern_v the_o manner_n and_o form_n thereof_o to_o euclid_n the_o geometrician_n yield_v to_o his_o skill_n and_o prâ—â—ession_n that_o these_o undertaker_n come_v to_o plato_n be_v evident_a from_o the_o testimony_n of_o many_o other_o but_o that_o he_o remit_v they_o to_o euclid_n the_o geometrician_n or_o that_o euclid_n the_o philosopher_n own_a that_o profession_n be_v no_o where_o to_o be_v prove_v oh_o the_o contrary_a 4._o proclus_n affirm_v that_o euclid_n the_o mathematician_n be_v of_o the_o platonic_a sect_n and_o that_o barocius_n ptolemy_n king_n of_o egypt_n ask_v if_o there_o be_v any_o short_a way_n to_o geometry_n he_o answer_v not_o any_o kings-high-way_n from_o the_o death_n of_o socrates_n to_o the_o first_o of_o the_o ptolemy_n be_v 95_o year_n so_o that_o euclid_n the_o mathematician_n be_v much_o latter_a than_o the_o philosopher_n euclid_n the_o archon_n in_o the_o second_o year_n of_o the_o 88_o olympiad_n according_a to_o lib._n diodorus_n siculus_n but_o 6._o aristotle_n name_v the_o archon_n for_o that_o year_n euclees_n confirm_v by_o his_o commentator_n and_o by_o 〈◊〉_d suidas_n who_o only_o err_v a_o little_a in_o the_o distance_n of_o year_n betwixt_o he_o and_o euclid_n the_o other_o archon_n 235._o salmasius_n not_o know_v the_o name_n euclees_n to_o be_v any_o where_o find_v among_o the_o archontes_n and_o express_o affirm_v the_o contrary_a endeavour_v to_o corrupt_v the_o text_n of_o suidas_n read_v diocles._n euclid_n the_o archon_n in_o the_o second_o year_n of_o the_o 94_o olympiad_n euclid_n the_o soothsayer_n friend_n to_o xenophon_n who_o 7._o mention_n he_o euclid_n the_o stone-cutter_n name_v in_o plato_n will._n eubulides_n laert._n eubulides_n a_o mileâ—ian_n succeed_v euclid_n some_o affirm_v that_o demosthenes_n the_o orator_n be_v his_o scholar_n and_o that_o demosthenes_n not_o be_v able_a to_o pronounce_v the_o letter_n r_o he_o teach_v he_o by_o continual_a exercise_n to_o do_v it_o he_o be_v a_o great_a enemy_n to_o aristotle_n and_o much_o asperse_v he_o in_o dialectic_a he_o invent_v many_o kind_n of_o interrogation_n or_o argument_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o lie_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o occult_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d electra_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o veil_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sorite_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o horn_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o bald_a of_o which_o thus_o demosthenes_n the_o orator_n sharp_a eubulides_n know_v with_o subtle_a fork_a question_n how_o to_o pose_v speech_n from_o demosthenes_n not_o sweet_a flow_v these_o be_v several_a kind_n of_o sophism_n which_o 4._o aristotle_n in_o general_n define_v eristick_a syllogism_n from_o this_o school_n borrow_v and_o enlarge_v afterward_o by_o the_o stoic_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d term_v by_o 8._o athenaeus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o 2._o cicero_n mentiens_fw-la be_v a_o captious_a reason_n not_o to_o be_v dissolve_v name_v as_o most_o of_o the_o rest_n not_o from_o the_o form_n but_o matter_n the_o ordinary_a example_n be_v this_o lâ—cull_n if_o you_o say_v that_o you_o lie_v when_o you_o speak_v truth_n you_o lie_v but_o you_o say_v that_o you_o lie_v when_o you_o speak_v truth_n therefore_o you_o lie_v such_o be_v that_o in_o quest_n africanus_n a_o man_n have_v four_o hundred_o crown_n dispose_v in_o legacy_n
satisfy_v with_o this_o evasion_n order_v that_o he_o shall_v depart_v the_o city_n hereupon_o theodorus_n surname_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v in_o derision_n how_o come_v stilpo_n to_o know_v this_o do_v he_o put_v aside_o her_o vail_n and_o look_v upon_o her_o breast_n theodorus_n be_v bold_a of_o speech_n but_o stilpo_n reserve_v in_o so_o much_o as_o be_v demand_v by_o crates_n whether_o the_o god_n delight_v in_o bend_a knee_n and_o prayer_n thou_o fool_n say_v he_o do_v not_o question_v i_o in_o public_a but_o when_o we_o be_v alone_o together_o he_o be_v sincere_a and_o plain_a void_a of_o all_o artifice_n crates_n the_o cynic_n not_o answer_v he_o but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o know_v say_v he_o you_o will_v speak_v any_o thing_n rather_o than_o that_o which_o be_v decent_a crates_n in_o propound_v a_o question_n deliver_v a_o fig_n to_o he_o which_o he_o take_v and_o eat_v crates_n present_o cry_v out_o that_o he_o have_v lose_v his_o fig_n yes_o say_v he_o and_o your_o question_n also_o of_o which_o that_o be_v in_o earnest_n see_v crates_n half_o freeze_v in_o cold_a weather_n crates_n say_v he_o i_o think_v you_o want_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o one_o way_n imply_v a_o new_a garment_n another_o way_n both_o a_o garment_n and_o wit_n crates_n ashamed_a answer_v thus_o stilpo_n at_o megara_n i_o see_v oppress_v where_o vast_a typhocus_fw-la lie_v with_o weight_n oppress_v to_o hear_v he_o wrangle_v many_o scholar_n come_v fair_a truth_n to_o chase_v away_o be_v all_o their_o aim_n at_o athens_n he_o wrought_v so_o much_o upon_o the_o people_n that_o they_o will_v run_v out_o of_o their_o shop_n to_o see_v he_o they_o wonder_v at_o thou_o stilpo_n say_v one_o to_o he_o as_o a_o monster_n no_o say_v he_o but_o as_o a_o true_a man_n as_o he_o be_v speak_v with_o crates_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o their_o discourse_n he_o go_v away_o to_o buy_v fish_n crates_n pursue_v he_o cry_v out_o that_o he_o give_v over_o the_o discourse_n no_o say_v he_o i_o carry_v along_o the_o discourse_n with_o i_o but_o i_o leave_v you_o the_o discourse_n will_v stay_v the_o fish_n must_v be_v buy_v be_v ask_v stob._n what_o be_v hard_a than_o a_o stone_n he_o answer_v a_o fool_n chap._n ii_o his_o philosophy_n laert._n he_o be_v master_n of_o the_o megaric_a school_n excellent_a in_o eristick_a dispute_n by_o his_o subtle_a tenant_n and_o discourse_n beautify_v himself_o his_o country_n and_o friend_n he_o take_v away_o all_o species_n universall_n affirm_v that_o he_o who_o say_v a_o man_n denote_v not_o any_o man_n the_o term_n be_v not_o proper_a to_o this_o or_o that_o person_n for_o why_o to_o one_o rather_o then_o to_o another_o therefore_o not_o to_o this_o and_o again_o that_o which_o we_o see_v be_v not_o a_o herb_n for_o a_o herb_n be_v many_o year_n ago_o therefore_o this_o be_v not_o a_o herb_n plut._n he_o likewise_o deny_v one_o thing_n to_o be_v praedicat_v of_o another_o argue_v thus_o if_o run_v be_v praedicat_v of_o a_o horse_n the_o subject_n be_v not_o the_o 〈◊〉_d with_o the_o predicate_a the_o definition_n of_o man_n be_v one_o thing_n that_o oâ—_n good_a another_o so_o a_o horse_n be_v a_o diâ—â—ering_a thing_n from_o run_v for_o upon_o 〈◊〉_d we_o give_v several_a definition_n of_o each_o for_o if_o a_o man_n and_o good_a or_o a_o horse_n and_o run_v be_v the_o same_o how_o can_v good_a be_v praedicat_v of_o food_n or_o physic_n and_o run_v of_o a_o horse_n which_o be_v thing_n so_o different_a thus_o he_o admit_v no_o conjunction_n with_o the_o subject_n in_o thing_n which_o be_v in_o a_o subject_n or_o praedicat_v of_o a_o subject_n but_o conceive_v that_o both_o these_o unless_o they_o be_v the_o very_a same_o with_o the_o subject_n can_v be_v praedicat_v of_o it_o even_o not_o as_o a_o accident_n this_o though_o it_o be_v one_o of_o those_o little_a say_n which_o stilpo_n sportive_o use_v to_o cast_v out_o among_o the_o sophister_n colotes_n the_o epicurean_a oppose_v so_o eager_o 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paeonius_n from_o aristides_n diphilus_n son_n of_o euphantus_n and_o myrmex_n son_n of_o exenaetus_fw-la come_v to_o dispute_n against_o he_o become_v both_o follower_n of_o he_o thus_o far_o philippâ—s_v he_o likewise_o attract_v phaesidemus_fw-la the_o peripatetic_a excellent_a in_o natural_a philosophy_n alcimus_n the_o most_o eminent_a orator_n at_o that_o time_n in_o greece_n zeâ—o_o the_o phaenician_a a_o epicurean_a philosopher_n crates_n and_o other_o in_o a_o word_n whosoever_o he_o will_v himself_o heraclide_n say_v that_o zeno_n the_o citican_a founder_n of_o the_o stoical_a sect_n be_v his_o disciple_n chap._n iu._n his_o death_n write_n hermippus_n affirm_v that_o he_o die_v of_o age_n but_o drink_v a_o draught_n of_o wine_n to_o hasten_v his_o end_n suidas_n say_v he_o write_v 20._o dialogue_n laertius_n but_o nine_o and_o those_o not_o very_o efficacious_a their_o title_n these_o moschus_n aristippus_n or_o callias_n ptolemaeus_n chaerecrates_n mitrocles_n anaximenes_n epigenes_n to_o his_o daughter_n aristotle_n he_o have_v a_o son_n name_v dryso_n a_o philosopher_n also_o the_o eleack_n &_o eretriack_a sect_n phaedo_fw-la laert._n the_o eleack_n sect_n be_v institute_v by_o phaedo_fw-la a_o elean_a of_o a_o noble_a family_n it_o chance_v that_o he_o be_v take_v by_o thief_n or_o pirate_n and_o sell_v to_o a_o house_n of_o common_a dishonest_a resort_n where_o be_v force_v to_o sit_v at_o the_o door_n he_o be_v observe_v by_o socrates_n in_o pass_v who_o note_v the_o ingenuity_n of_o his_o countenance_n which_o be_v extraordinary_a persuade_v as_o laertius_n say_v alcibiades_n or_o plato_n or_o as_o agellius_n cebes_n to_o buy_v he_o from_o which_o time_n he_o addict_v himself_o diligent_o to_o philosophy_n and_o be_v a_o constant_a disciple_n of_o socrates_n so_o much_o affect_v by_o plato_n that_o he_o call_v that_o most_o excellent_a discourse_n of_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n after_o he_o phaedo_fw-la he_o institute_v a_o sect_n 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nelius_n sell_v they_o to_o ptolemaeus_n phâ—ladelphius_n by_o who_o they_o be_v translate_v to_o alexandria_n where_o how_o long_o they_o lay_v hide_v be_v uncertain_a which_o library_n be_v afterward_o burn_v by_o julius_n cesar._n chap._n xvii_o his_o commentatour_n no_o soon_o be_v the_o write_n of_o aristotle_n communicate_v to_o the_o world_n but_o they_o be_v entertain_v with_o general_a approbation_n which_o some_o express_v by_o employ_v themselves_o in_o comment_v upon_o they_o who_o example_n be_v â—ollowed_v by_o many_o in_o all_o follow_a age_n to_o omit_v pasicrates_n the_o rhodian_a brother_n of_o eudemus_n who_o write_v as_o galen_n affirm_v upon_o the_o book_n of_o category_n we_o shall_v name_v in_o the_o first_o place_n andronicus_z the_o rhodian_a who_o first_o publish_v aristotle_n write_n put_v fâ—rth_o a_o paraphrase_n or_o comment_n upon_o the_o great_a part_n of_o they_o next_o his_o disciple_n boethus_n a_o sidonian_a take_v much_o pain_n in_o the_o 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he_o make_v collection_n of_o money_n for_o the_o convention_n of_o philosopher_n not_o for_o luxury_n but_o for_o temperance_n and_o learned_a discourse_n colot_n he_o twice_o free_v his_o country_n be_v under_o the_o oppression_n of_o tyrant_n laert._n cassander_n son_n of_o antipaâ—er_n much_o esteem_v he_o and_o ptolemy_n the_o first_o write_v letter_n to_o he_o laert._n he_o be_v so_o much_o honour_v by_o the_o athenian_n that_o agnonides_n accuse_v he_o of_o impiety_n very_o hardly_o escape_v from_o be_v fine_v himself_o laert._n of_o his_o apothegm_n be_v remember_v these_o he_o say_v it_o be_v more_o safe_a trust_n to_o a_o unbridled_a horse_n then_o intemperate_a speech_n laert._n to_o a_o young_a man_n at_o a_o feast_n silent_a if_o you_o hold_v your_o peace_n say_v he_o because_o you_o be_v foolish_a than_o you_o be_v wise_a but_o if_o you_o be_v wise_a you_o do_v foolish_o in_o hold_v your_o peace_n stob._n he_o use_v to_o say_v of_o all_o thing_n that_o be_v spend_v time_n 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while_n but_o soon_o perish_v 101._o see_v a_o young_a man_n blush_v be_v of_o good_a comfort_n say_v he_o that_o be_v the_o complexion_n of_o virtue_n 121._o he_o use_v to_o say_v stand_v in_o awe_n of_o thyself_o and_o thou_o shall_v not_o be_v ashamed_a before_o other_o 136._o he_o say_v the_o good_a need_n but_o few_o law_n for_o thing_n be_v not_o accommodate_v to_o law_n but_o law_n to_o thing_n 139._o the_o envious_a be_v more_o unhappy_a than_o other_o in_o this_o respect_n that_o they_o be_v trouble_v not_o only_o at_o their_o misfortune_n but_o also_o at_o the_o good_a fortune_n of_o other_o 141._o be_v demand_v what_o preserve_v humane_a life_n he_o say_v beneficence_n reward_n and_o punishment_n 162._o he_o say_v honour_n be_v to_o be_v acquire_v not_o by_o conversation_n and_o favour_n but_o by_o action_n 185._o be_v demand_v what_o love_n be_v he_o answer_v the_o passion_n of_o a_o idle_a soul._n 193._o he_o say_v a_o woman_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v see_v herself_o nor_o behold_v other_o rich_o attire_v for_o both_o be_v enticement_n to_o dishonesty_n 297._o he_o say_v love_n be_v a_o excessive_a desire_n of_o something_o irrational_a the_o entrance_n thereof_o easy_a the_o disingagement_n difficult_a chap._n iu._n his_o will_n and_o death_n laert_n his_o will_n be_v thus_o deliver_v by_o laertius_n be_v all_o well_o but_o if_o any_o thing_n happen_v otherwise_o thus_o we_o give_v order_n all_o those_o good_n which_o belong_v to_o the_o house_n i_o bequeath_v to_o melante_n and_o pancreon_n son_n of_o leo_n those_o which_o be_v set_v apart_o for_o hipparchus_n i_o will_v be_v thus_o dispose_v first_o that_o the_o study_n and_o ornament_n belong_v thereunto_o be_v perfect_v and_o if_o any_o thing_n may_v be_v add_v more_o to_o beautify_v they_o that_o it_o be_v do_v next_o that_o the_o statue_n of_o aristotle_n be_v set_v up_o in_o the_o temple_n and_o the_o other_o donary_n which_o be_v before_o in_o the_o temple_n moreover_o that_o the_o little_a 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as_o if_o we_o shall_v say_v a_o man_n be_v a_o rational_a creature_n or_o a_o mortal_a grammatical_a creature_n see_v that_o no_o man_n be_v immortal_a and_o some_o man_n be_v not_o grammarian_n the_o definition_n be_v faulty_a topic._n we_o must_v therefore_o when_o we_o take_v those_o thing_n which_o be_v common_a to_o the_o thing_n we_o will_v define_v and_o other_o prosecute_v they_o so_o far_o until_o it_o become_v proper_a so_o as_o not_o to_o be_v transferrible_a to_o any_o other_o thing_n as_o this_o a_o inheritance_n be_v riches_n add_v which_o by_o the_o death_n of_o some_o person_n fall_v to_o another_o it_o be_v not_o yet_o a_o definition_n for_o riches_n may_v be_v hold_v many_o other_o way_n as_o well_o as_o by_o inheritance_n add_v one_o word_n by_o right_a of_o law_n now_o the_o thing_n will_v seem_v disjoin_v from_o community_n so_o that_o the_o definition_n be_v thus_o explain_v inheritance_n be_v riches_n which_o by_o the_o death_n of_o some_o person_n fall_v to_o 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