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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
parent_n live_v with_o plato_n laert._n xenocrates_n be_v of_o chalcedon_n son_n of_o suid._n agatho_n or_o agathenor_n from_o the_o year_n of_o his_o life_n 82._o which_o in_o all_o probability_n end_v when_o polemo_n succeed_v in_o the_o school_n the_o first_o year_n of_o the_o 116._o olympiad_n it_o may_v be_v gather_v that_o he_o be_v bear_v in_o the_o four_o year_n of_o the_o 95._o olympiad_n he_o hear_v plato_n from_o his_o childhood_n he_o be_v dull_a of_o apprehension_n whence_o plato_n compare_v he_o with_o aristotle_n say_v one_o need_v a_o spur_n the_o other_o a_o bridle_n what_o a_o ass_n &_o what_o a_o horse_n have_v i_o to_o yoke_v together_o he_o be_v severe_a and_o have_v a_o sad_a look_n for_o which_o reason_n plato_n oft_o say_v to_o he_o xenocrates_n sacrifice_n to_o the_o grace_n which_o be_v a_o usual_a phrase_n to_o melancholy_a people_n 9_o another_o time_n plato_n sharp_o reprehend_v the_o roughness_n of_o his_o disposition_n which_o he_o take_v quiet_o and_o unmoved_a say_v to_o one_o that_o instigate_v he_o to_o reply_v in_o his_o own_o defence_n no_o this_o be_v a_o advantage_n to_o i_o laert._n he_o accompanied_z plato_n in_o his_o voyage_n to_o sicily_n deipn_n where_o at_o a_o drink_a feast_n with_o dionysius_n be_v honour_v with_o a_o wreath_n of_o gold_n instead_o of_o a_o garland_n of_o flower_n which_o be_v bestow_v upon_o the_o guest_n upon_o such_o occasion_n when_o he_o go_v away_o he_o put_v it_o upon_o the_o statue_n of_o mercury_n where_o they_o use_v to_o leave_v their_o ordinary_a garment_n laert._n when_o dionysius_n fall_v out_o with_o plato_n and_o threaten_v to_o find_v one_o that_o shall_v cut_v off_o his_o head_n xenocrates_n make_v answer_v not_o before_o he_o have_v cut_v off_o this_o show_v his_o own_o 19_o aelian_a say_v that_o xenocrates_n have_v take_v a_o journey_n into_o his_o own_o country_n aristotle_n with_o his_o disciple_n come_v to_o plato_n sâ—eusippus_n be_v at_o that_o time_n sick_a and_o therefore_o can_v not_o be_v with_o plato_n plato_n be_v fourscore_o year_n old_a which_o fall_v upon_o the_o four_o year_n of_o the_o 107._o olympiad_n the_o year_n before_o his_o death_n his_o memory_n through_o age_n much_o decay_v aristotle_n fall_v upon_o he_o with_o subtle_a sophistical_a question_n whereupon_o plato_n give_v over_o walk_v in_o public_a and_o retire_v with_o his_o friend_n to_o his_o own_o house_n at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o three_o month_n xenocrates_n return_v from_o his_o travel_n find_v aristotle_n walk_v where_o he_o have_v leave_v plato_n and_o see_v that_o he_o and_o his_o friend_n when_o they_o go_v out_o of_o the_o school_n go_v not_o to_o plato_n but_o to_o some_o other_o part_n of_o the_o city_n he_o ask_v one_o there_o present_a what_o be_v become_v of_o plato_n think_v he_o have_v be_v sick_a the_o other_o answer_v he_o be_v not_o sick_a but_o aristotle_n have_v molest_v he_o &_o drive_v he_o out_o of_o the_o school_n so_o that_o now_o he_o teach_v philosophy_n in_o his_o own_o garden_n xenocrates_n hear_v this_o go_v immediate_o to_o plato_n who_o he_o find_v discourse_v to_o his_o disciple_n person_n of_o great_a worth_n and_o eminence_n as_o soon_o as_o he_o have_v end_v his_o discourse_n he_o salute_v xenocrates_n as_o he_o use_v very_o kind_o and_o xenocrates_n he_o when_o the_o company_n be_v dismiss_v xenocrates_n without_o speak_v a_o word_n of_o it_o to_o plato_n get_v his_o friend_n together_o after_o he_o have_v chide_v speusippus_n for_o permit_v aristotle_n to_o possess_v the_o school_n make_v a_o head_n against_o aristotle_n and_o oppose_v he_o with_o his_o utmost_a force_n until_o at_o last_o he_o reinstate_v he_o in_o the_o school_n thus_o aelian_a but_o this_o story_n which_o he_o acknowledge_v to_o have_v take_v up_o on_o no_o better_a authority_n then_o vulgar_a report_n disagree_v with_o many_o circumstance_n of_o aristotle_n life_n support_v by_o far_o more_o credible_a testimony_n chap._n ii_o his_o profession_n of_o philosophy_n after_o speusippus_n have_v hold_v the_o school_n eight_o year_n find_v himself_o not_o able_a to_o continue_v that_o charge_n any_o long_o he_o send_v to_o xenocrates_n entreat_v he_o to_o take_v it_o upon_o he_o which_o xenocrates_n do_v laert._n in_o the_o second_o year_n of_o the_o 110._o olympiad_n lysimachides_n be_v archon_n not_o without_o emulation_n and_o dissension_n with_o the_o peripatetic_n for_o arist._n aristotle_n at_o his_o return_n out_o of_o macedonia_n find_v xenocrates_n possess_v of_o the_o academy_n institute_v a_o school_n in_o opposition_n to_o he_o in_o the_o lycaeum_n say_v silent_a to_o be_v now_o most_o disgraceful_a be_v and_o see_v xenocrates_n possess_v the_o chair_n arist._n some_o affirm_v that_o alexander_n fall_v out_o with_o aristotle_n to_o vex_v he_o send_v a_o present_a to_o xenocrates_n xen._n of_o 50._o talent_n where_o of_o xenocrates_n take_v but_o 3000._o attick_n and_o send_v back_o the_o rest_n say_v that_o he_o need_v it_o most_o that_o be_v to_o maintain_v so_o many_o or_o as_o 37._o stobaeus_n relate_v it_o have_v entertain_v the_o messenger_n after_o his_o usual_a fashion_n go_v and_o tell_v alexander_n say_v he_o that_o after_o the_o rate_n i_o live_v i_o shall_v not_o need_v 50._o talent_n in_o all_o my_o life_n 77._o the_o money_n be_v bring_v back_o to_o alexander_n he_o ask_v if_o xenocrates_n have_v not_o any_o friend_n add_v that_o as_o for_o his_o own_o friend_n the_o wealth_n of_o darius_n be_v too_o little_a for_o they_o 3._o he_o asserted_a unity_n and_o duality_n to_o be_v god_n the_o first_o as_o it_o be_v masculine_a in_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o father_n reign_v in_o heaven_n who_o he_o call_v also_o jupiter_n the_o odd_a and_o the_o mâ—â—de_n the_o other_o as_o it_o be_v female_a and_o the_o mother_n command_v all_o thing_n under_o heaven_n this_o he_o call_v the_o mind_n of_o the_o universe_n he_o likewise_o assert_v heaven_n to_o be_v divine_a and_o the_o fiery_a star_n to_o be_v olympian_a god_n the_o rest_n sublunary_a invisible_a deity_n which_o permeate_n through_o the_o element_n of_o matter_n whereof_o that_o which_o pass_v through_o the_o air_n be_v call_v juno_n that_o which_o through_o the_o water_n neptune_n that_o which_o through_o the_o earth_n ceres_n this_o the_o stoic_n borrow_v from_o he_o as_o he_o the_o former_a from_o plato_n laert._n he_o continue_v master_n of_o the_o school_n twenty_o five_o year_n until_o the_o first_o year_n of_o the_o hundred_o and_o six_o olympiad_n then_o his_o disciple_n polemo_n succeed_v he_o during_o that_o time_n he_o live_v very_o retire_v in_o the_o academyâ—_n and_o if_o at_o any_o time_n he_o go_v into_o the_o city_n all_o the_o trade_n man_n and_o other_o people_n throng_v to_o see_v he_o chap._n iii_o his_o virtue_n and_o apothegm_n 3._o among_o his_o other_o virtue_n he_o be_v very_o remarkable_a for_o his_o continence_n of_o which_o there_o be_v this_o instance_n phryne_n a_o famous_a athenian_a courtesan_n have_v lay_v a_o wager_n with_o some_o young_a man_n his_o disciple_n that_o he_o can_v not_o resist_v her_o enticement_n steal_v private_o into_o his_o bed_n the_o next_o morning_n be_v question_v and_o â—aught_v at_o by_o his_o disciple_n she_o say_v the_o wager_n they_o lay_v be_v of_o a_o man_n not_o of_o a_o stone_n to_o this_o end_n he_o use_v to_o mortify_v himself_o by_o incision_n and_o cauterise_v of_o his_o flesh_n laert._n his_o wisdom_n and_o sanctity_n be_v much_o reverence_v by_o the_o athenian_n for_o be_v to_o give_v his_o testimony_n and_o to_o swear_v as_o the_o custom_n be_v that_o he_o speak_v nothing_o but_o truth_n the_o judge_n all_o rise_v up_o and_o cry_v out_o that_o he_o shall_v not_o swear_v indulge_v that_o to_o his_o sincerity_n which_o they_o do_v not_o allow_v to_o one_o another_o laert._n be_v send_v with_o other_o to_o philip_n on_o a_o embassy_n the_o rest_n receive_v gift_n from_o he_o and_o go_v to_o treat_v in_o private_a with_o he_o xenocrates_n do_v neither_o and_o for_o that_o part_n be_v not_o invite_v by_o he_o the_o ambassador_n return_v to_o athens_n say_v that_o xenocrates_n go_v along_o with_o they_o to_o no_o purpose_n whereupon_o the_o athenian_n be_v ready_a to_o impose_v a_o mulct_n upon_o he_o but_o when_o they_o understand_v by_o he_o that_o they_o be_v at_o that_o time_n to_o consider_v chief_o concern_v the_o commonwealth_n philip_n have_v corrupt_v the_o rest_n with_o gift_n and_o that_o he_o will_v not_o accept_v any_o they_o bestow_v double_a honour_n upon_o he_o philip_n say_v afterward_o that_o of_o those_o who_o come_v to_o he_o only_a xenocrates_n will_v not_o take_v any_o gift_n be_v send_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o lanâ—ack_a war_n which_o be_v about_o the_o second_o year_n of_o the_o 104th_o olympiad_n ambassador_n to_o antipater_n about_o the_o redemption_n of_o
proceed_v only_o from_o ignorance_n yet_o that_o so_o great_a that_o 1._o patricius_n argue_v from_o thence_o neither_o ammonius_n not_o philoponus_n to_o be_v the_o author_n of_o his_o life_n so_o be_v there_o some_o other_o error_n which_o no_o less_o manifest_o appear_v to_o have_v proceed_v from_o malice_n raise_v it_o be_v likely_a by_o the_o author_n of_o the_o other_o scandal_n and_o imputation_n wherewith_o they_o seek_v to_o blast_v his_o memory_n laert._n some_o affirm_v that_o alexander_n upon_o the_o treason_n of_o callisthenes_n take_v a_o great_a displeasure_n against_o aristotle_n for_o have_v recommend_v he_o to_o he_o for_o though_o at_o first_o writing_z to_z criterus_fw-la attalus_n and_o alcetas_n immediate_o upon_o this_o accident_n he_o send_v they_o word_n that_o the_o youth_n have_v confess_v the_o plot_n proceed_v only_o from_o themselves_o not_o by_o the_o instigation_n of_o any_o other_o â—_o yet_o afterward_o in_o a_o epistle_n to_o antipater_n he_o impute_v the_o same_o crime_n to_o callisthenes_n not_o without_o this_o sharp_a reflection_n upon_o aristotle_n the_o youth_n say_v he_o be_v stone_v to_o death_n by_o the_o macedonian_n but_o as_o for_o the_o sophist_n i_o will_v punish_v he_o myself_o and_o those_o who_o send_v he_o and_o those_o who_o entertain_v in_o their_o city_n such_o as_o be_v traitor_n to_o i_o hereupon_o they_o interpret_v the_o bounty_n of_o alexander_n to_o xenocrates_n and_o favour_n to_o anaximenes_n as_o not_o proceed_v from_o the_o magnificence_n of_o his_o disposition_n laert._n but_o from_o the_o displeasure_n he_o have_v conceive_v against_o aristotle_n who_o he_o endeavour_v to_o vex_v by_o oblige_v his_o adversary_n and_o aemulator_n upon_o this_o suppose_a displeasure_n be_v ground_v another_o report_n that_o alex_n aristotle_n conspire_v with_o cassander_n against_o alexander_n send_v he_o by_o antipater_n some_o of_o the_o water_n of_o styx_n wherewith_o he_o poison_v alexander_n but_o the_o relator_n 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