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nothing_o can_v be_v annihilate_v so_o nothing_o can_v be_v make_v of_o nothing_o which_o be_v likewise_o the_o error_n of_o aristotle_n who_o be_v more_o intricate_a than_o the_o stoic_n in_o his_o explication_n of_o the_o first_o matter_n which_o he_o desines_n to_o be_v almost_o nothing_o true_a it_o be_v they_o believe_v that_o every_o thing_n real_o existent_a be_v corporeal_a and_o that_o there_o be_v but_o four_o thing_n incorporeal_a time_n place_n vacuum_n and_o the_o accident_n of_o some_o thing_n whence_o it_o follow_v that_o not_o only_a soul_n and_o god_n himself_o but_o also_o the_o passion_n virtue_n and_o vice_n be_v body_n yea_o animal_n since_o according_a to_o their_o supposition_n the_o mind_n of_o man_n be_v a_o live_a animal_n inasmuch_o as_o it_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o we_o be_v such_o but_o virtue_n and_o vice_n say_v they_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o mind_n so_o dispose_v but_o because_o knowledge_n of_o sublime_a thing_n be_v common_o more_o 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by_o expulsion_n of_o the_o noxious_a humour_n moreover_o humidity_n revive_v plant_n and_o animal_n and_o man_n nature_n perfect_a work_n abound_v most_o with_o it_o to_o which_o cause_n cardan_n refer_v his_o great_a sagacity_n and_o be_v life_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o prime_a humidity_n thence_o thirst_n come_v to_o be_v the_o great_a bodily_a inconvenience_n and_o disease_n cause_v by_o a_o dry_a intemperature_n be_v general_o incurable_a rheum_n be_v not_o so_o dangerous_a as_o a_o hectic_a fever_n and_o experience_n show_v we_o that_o land_n too_o moist_a may_v be_v render_v fertile_a but_o there_o be_v no_o remedy_n for_o the_o drought_n of_o africa_n humane_a art_n be_v puzzle_v to_o preserve_v a_o garden_n during_o those_o of_o summer_n last_o physic_n take_v the_o opportunity_n of_o moist_a weather_n for_o purgation_n as_o most_o convenient_a for_o health_n the_o three_o say_v that_o all_o the_o first_o quality_n be_v active_a but_o heat_n and_o moisture_n more_o 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summer_n and_o autumn_n be_v the_o sickly_a and_o dry_v season_n of_o the_o year_n but_o we_o be_v more_o healthy_a in_o winter_n and_o the_o spring_n and_o do_v not_o the_o humidity_n of_o the_o night_n repair_v the_o loss_n cause_v by_o the_o siccity_n and_o action_n of_o the_o day_n as_o in_o the_o morning_n the_o most_o humid_a part_n of_o the_o day_n our_o mind_n be_v more_o serene_a than_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o day_n whence_o it_o be_v call_v the_o friend_n of_o the_o muse_n the_o brain_n the_o mansion_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o its_o divine_a faculty_n be_v not_o only_o most_o humid_a but_o the_o seat_n of_o humidity_n as_o choler_n melancholy_a fear_n and_o all_o other_o passion_n common_a to_o we_o with_o beast_n have_v their_o seat_n in_o the_o gall_n the_o spleen_n and_o the_o heart_n which_o be_v dry_a part_n but_o although_o humidity_n seem_v more_o a_o friend_n to_o nature_n than_o siccity_n yet_o the_o question_n must_v be_v void_v by_o the_o distinction_n of_o 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the_o help_n of_o riches_n honour_n friend_n and_o a_o thousand_o other_o circumstance_n which_o hinder_v a_o contemplative_a person_n more_o than_o they_o help_v he_o who_o therefore_o delight_v most_o in_o desert_n and_o solitude_n moreover_o the_o end_n be_v to_o be_v prefer_v before_o the_o mean_n and_o the_o end_n of_o active_a life_n be_v to_o bring_v we_o rest_n as_o the_o military_a life_n be_v in_o order_n to_o establish_v and_o the_o civil_a to_o preserve_v peace_n therefore_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o contemplative_a life_n be_v the_o end_n of_o the_o turbulent_a active_a life_n it_o be_v much_o more_o noble_a than_o its_o mean_n as_o appear_v also_o by_o its_o duration_n which_o be_v great_a than_o that_o of_o transient_a and_o transitory_a action_n but_o contemplation_n be_v durable_a and_o permanent_a which_o be_v a_o sign_n of_o the_o divinity_n of_o the_o intellect_n that_o produce_v it_o infinite_o more_o excellent_a than_o all_o the_o other_o inferior_a power_n the_o 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