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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d why_o mortal_n plot_n you_o wickedness_n for_o gain_v unsatiable_a strife_n and_o war_n maintain_v all_o nature_n wealth_n do_v in_o strait_a bound_n delight_n whilst_o false_a opinion_n err_v to_o infinite_a wise_a neoclis_n son_n this_o from_o the_o muse_n bring_v or_o it_o by_o suadas_n tripodes_fw-la be_v teach_v and_o so_o the_o christian_a philosopher_n 8._o have_v food_n and_o clothing_n let_v we_o therewith_o be_v content_v but_o to_o hasten_v â—ur_n hero_n be_v bear_v in_o the_o hundred_o and_o nine_o olimpiad_n the_o three_o year_n after_o the_o death_n of_o the_o divine_a plato_n qu._n he_o institute_v his_o school_n and_o sect_n be_v about_o thirty_o year_n of_o age_n and_o final_o end_v â—is_fw-la life_n at_o athens_n in_o the_o second_o year_n of_o the_o 127_o olyâ—piad_n after_o he_o have_v live_v about_o 72_o year_n be_v torment_v with_o the_o fatal_a stone_n in_o the_o bladder_n during_o which_o conflict_n which_o continue_v no_o less_o than_o fourteen_o day_n he_o express_v such_o a_o admirable_a patience_n and_o tranquillity_n of_o spirit_n give_v so_o many_o incomparable_a precept_n to_o those_o which_o be_v about_o he_o that_o the_o empty_a and_o impatient_a epicure_n of_o our_o age_n unworthy_a that_o character_n who_o execrate_v and_o fret_v at_o every_o trifle_a accident_n epist_n may_v blush_v to_o style_v themselves_o after_o his_o illustrious_a name_n to_o who_o virtue_n they_o can_v pretend_v so_o little_a title_n piget_fw-la imo_fw-la pudet_fw-la omnino_fw-la delacerari_fw-la ipsum_fw-la abiis_fw-la qui_fw-la simulantes_fw-la curios_fw-la vivuntinterim_n bacchanalta_n &_o ab_fw-la illius_fw-la moderatione_n prolixissimis_fw-la absunt_fw-la intervalliâ—_n the_o epistle_n which_o he_o write_v to_o idomeneus_n in_o that_o very_a paroxysm_n that_o carry_v he_o away_o sufficient_o testify_v that_o the_o felicity_n which_o he_o cherish_v and_o teach_v be_v only_o to_o be_v enjoy_v in_o the_o command_n over_o his_o passion_n the_o memery_n of_o his_o excellent_a invention_n philosophy_n and_o incomparable_a reason_n and_o if_o this_o hasty_a design_n do_v not_o full_o represent_v he_o to_o the_o reader_n 19_o leâ—_n he_o behold_v he_o describe_v to_o the_o very_a life_n by_o the_o skilful_a pencil_n â—f_n laertius_n where_o he_o shall_v also_o see_v his_o testament_n doctrine_n disciple_n and_o write_n where_o likewise_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr natura_n de_fw-la atomis_fw-la inani_fw-la de_fw-la amore_fw-la and_o a_o just_a liberary_n more_o by_o that_o biographer_n enumerate_v less_o than_o this_o i_o can_v not_o well_o have_v say_v concern_v our_o great_a epicurus_n of_o who_o doctrine_n and_o plaâ—its_v our_o lucretius_n be_v the_o express_a trumpet_n in_o roman_a verse_n his_o philosophy_n be_v the_o very_a subject_a matter_n of_o all_o that_o 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superbiae_fw-la super_fw-la universos_fw-la filios_fw-la superbiae_fw-la and_o like_o a_o conqueror_n bold_o triumph_v over_o the_o whole_a empire_n of_o nature_n and_o celebrate_v himself_o in_o this_o glorious_a pean_n of_o the_o poet_n fellix_fw-la qui_fw-la potuit_fw-la rerum_fw-la cognoscere_fw-la causas_fw-la 2._o atque_fw-la metus_fw-la omneis_fw-la &_o inexorabile_fw-la fatum_fw-la subjecit_fw-la pedibus_fw-la strepitumque_fw-la acherontis_fw-la avari_fw-la happy_a who_o can_v thing_n and_o their_o cause_n reach_v have_v cast_v all_o fear_n and_o ridgid_a fate_n beneath_o his_o foot_n and_o the_o vain_a dread_n of_o greedy_a death_n epicurus_n thus_o deify_v and_o his_o small_a devotion_n commend_v by_o our_o poet_n he_o proceed_v like_o a_o wary_a atheist_n to_o sortifie_v his_o assertion_n pretend_v as_o if_o he_o mean_v nothing_o less_o than_o the_o desbauch_v of_o his_o friend_n memmius_n into_o any_o rudiment_n of_o impiety_n far_o than_o to_o demonstrate_v the_o great_a evil_n and_o inconvenience_n which_o proceed_v from_o the_o action_n and_o pretend_a devotion_n of_o superstitious_a man_n instance_a by_o the_o cruel_a sacrifice_n of_o a_o fair_a virgin_n princesâ—_n aulide_n quo_fw-la pacto_fw-la triviai_n virgin_n arma_fw-la iâ—hianassai_n turparunâ—_n sanguine_a foedè_fw-la ductores_fw-la danaûm_fw-la delecti_fw-la prima_fw-la virorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n thus_o when_o the_o grecian_a chiefs_n of_o prime_a repute_n the_o unwed_a trivian_n altar_n do_v pollute_v with_o iphigenias_n blood_n at_o aulis_n etc._n etc._n as_o our_o carus_n here_o relate_v the_o passage_n offic_n for_o it_o seem_v agamemnâ—n_n have_v former_o make_v a_o promise_n promissum_fw-la say_v cicero_n potius_fw-la non_fw-la faciendum_fw-la quam_fw-la tam_fw-la taetrum_fw-la facinus_fw-la faciendum_fw-la fuit_fw-la to_o sacrifice_v the_o fair_a birth_n of_o that_o year_n which_o fall_v out_o to_o be_v his_o own_o daughter_n and_o only_a child_n iphigenia_n he_o so_o long_o defer_v that_o the_o wind_n prove_v contrary_a to_o his_o trojan_a design_n so_o that_o the_o fleet_n can_v by_o no_o mean_n get_v out_o of_o the_o port_n of_o aulis_n it_o be_v tell_v he_o by_o calcas_fw-la 2._o that_o diana_n be_v incense_v for_o the_o procrastination_n of_o his_o vow_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o soul_n weather_n which_o hinder_v his_o expedition_n whereupon_o the_o superstitious_a king_n immediate_o and_o most_o unmerciful_o sacrifice_v his_o daughter_n the_o reason_n be_v clear_a by_o our_o poet_n exitus_fw-la ut_fw-la classi_fw-la feliae_fw-la faustúsque_fw-la daretur_fw-la tantum_n religio_fw-la potuit_fw-la suadere_fw-la malorum_fw-la that_o a_o safe_a expedition_n may_v bâ—_n make_v to_o so_o much_o ill_o can_v foolish_a zeal_n persuade_v though_o some_o there_o be_v who_o write_v that_o the_o goddess_n take_v pity_n on_o the_o virgin_n accept_v of_o a_o hind_n in_o her_o stead_n but_o strange_a be_v the_o power_n of_o superstition_n in_o those_o age_n that_o so_o 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and_o prodigious_a superstition_n notwithstanding_o leucippus_n empedocles_n epicurus_n and_o our_o poet_n have_v so_o handsome_o deride_v they_o qua_fw-la propter_fw-la bene_fw-la cum_fw-la superis_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la habenda_fw-la nobis_fw-la est_fw-la ratio_fw-la solis_fw-la lunaeque_fw-la meatus_fw-la quâ_fw-la siant_fw-la ratione_fw-la &_o qua_fw-la vi_fw-la quaeque_fw-la geruntur_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la etc._n etc._n this_o so_o we_o will_v first_o inquire_v of_o thing_n above_o the_o reason_n how_o the_o sun_n and_o moon_n do_v move_v by_o what_o force_n all_o thing_n on_o the_o earth_n be_v sway_v since_o therefore_o so_o it_o be_v that_o by_o reason_n of_o a_o epidemical_a ignorance_n in_o natural_a cause_n man_n be_v become_v so_o stupid_a and_o remain_v thus_o misetable_o perplex_v we_o be_v resolve_v proceed_v lucretâ—us_n to_o take_v a_o general_a survey_n both_o of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n to_o treat_v of_o the_o essence_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o what_o it_o be_v which_o make_v we_o so_o much_o afraid_a awake_a or_o sleep_a as_o when_o we_o dream_v of_o people_n long_o since_o depart_v in_o sum_n etc._n his_o design_n be_v to_o interpret_v the_o universal_a nature_n of_o thing_n and_o justify_v the_o title_n of_o his_o work_n which_o yet_o he_o confess_v be_v a_o task_n very_o difficult_a to_o undertake_v in_o his_o native_a language_n nothing_o so_o copious_a and_o artificial_a as_o the_o scientifick_a and_o extensive_a greek_a multa_fw-la novis_fw-la verbis_fw-la praesertim_fw-la cum_fw-la fit_a agendum_fw-la propter_fw-la egestatem_fw-la linguae_fw-la &_o rerum_fw-la novitatém_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o principal_o since_o there_o be_v so_o much_o new_a term_n require_v the_o novelty_n be_v such_o of_o the_o matter_n of_o our_o tongue_n the_o poverty_n and_o therefore_o may_v sometime_o be_v well_o allow_v to_o coin_v a_o word_n for_o his_o need_n manil._n cum_fw-la uteretur_fw-la in_o linguâ_fw-la copiosâ_fw-la factis_fw-la tamen_fw-la nominibus_fw-la ac_fw-la novis_fw-la quod_fw-la nobis_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la inopi_fw-la lingua_fw-la non_fw-la conceditâ—r_fw-la etc._n etc._n as_o cato_n in_o cicero_n explain_v it_o and_o yet_o so_o great_a be_v his_o affection_n and_o friendship_n to_o his_o patron_n memmius_n that_o there_o shall_v no_o difficulty_n discourage_v a_o resolution_n to_o present_v he_o with_o a_o scheme_n and_o cycle_n of_o philosophy_n as_o clear_v and_o manifest_a as_o the_o beam_n of_o the_o very_a sun_n itself_o res_fw-la quibus_fw-la occultas_fw-la penitus_fw-la convisere_fw-la possis_fw-la hunc_fw-la igitur_fw-la terrorem_fw-la animi_fw-la tenebrasque_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la &_o â—_o by_o who_o bright_a ray_n thou_o may_v both_o speculate_v nature_n and_o her_o deep_a secret_n penetrate_v dark_a fear_n of_o mind_n then_o banish_v quite_o away_o not_o with_o the_o sunbeam_n or_o the_o light_n of_o day_n but_o by_o such_o species_n as_o from_o nature_n flow_v and_o what_o from_o right_n inform_v reason_n grow_v and_o indeed_o it_o be_v a_o great_a truth_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o superstitious_a man_n be_v religious_a and_o fainthearted_a away_o therefore_o cry_v he_o with_o those_o vain_a apprehension_n primus_fw-la in_o orbe_fw-la deos_fw-la timor_fw-la fecit_fw-la the_o consideration_n of_o death_n and_o hypochondriack_a fit_n of_o discompose_v person_n this_o we_o will_v effect_v not_o by_o the_o aid_n of_o the_o sun_n beam_n the_o lamp_n of_o day_n or_o a_o superficial_a view_n of_o thing_n but_o the_o study_n physilogie_n and_o natural_a reason_n in_o which_o the_o epicurean_o believe_v to_o consist_v the_o perfection_n and_o very_a top_n of_o all_o humane_a felicity_n for_o inest_fw-la in_o eadem_fw-la explicatione_n naturae_fw-la say_v the_o orator_n insatiabilis_fw-la quaedam_fw-la è_fw-la cognoscendis_fw-la rebus_fw-la voluptas_fw-la in_fw-la quâ_fw-la una_fw-la without_o either_o dread_n of_o death_n or_o the_o trouble_n of_o devotion_n quod_fw-la epicuro_fw-la videtur_fw-la as_o a_o little_a before_o confectis_fw-la rebus_fw-la necessariis_fw-la vacui_fw-la negotiis_fw-la honestè_fw-fr ac_fw-la liberaliter_fw-la possâ—mus_fw-la vivere_fw-la hunc_fw-la igitur_fw-la terrorem_fw-la animi_fw-la etc._n etc._n which_o verse_n he_o frequent_o repeat_v in_o the_o second_o three_o and_o six_o book_n for_o indeed_o it_o be_v his_o great_a master_n doctrine_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n si_fw-mi nihil_fw-la conturbaret_fw-la nos_fw-la quod_fw-la suspicamur_fw-la veremurque_fw-la ex_fw-la rebus_fw-la sublimibus_fw-la 10._o neque_fw-la item_n quod_fw-la ex_fw-la ipsa_fw-la morte_fw-la ne_fw-la quando_fw-la nimirum_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la pertineat_fw-la aliquid_fw-la ac_fw-la nosse_fw-la praeterea_fw-la possemus_fw-la qui_fw-la germani_fw-la fine_n dolorum_fw-la atque_fw-la cupiditatum_fw-la sint_fw-la what_o then_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o shall_v all_o be_v perfect_a physiologer_n and_o emerge_n 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