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that_o they_o make_v be_v but_o a_o statue_n and_o so_o indeed_o he_o be_v as_o good_a as_o some_o of_o their_o god_n he_o be_v stupid_a and_o senseless_a upon_o occasion_n he_o be_v not_o permit_v to_o resent_v the_o occurrence_n of_o the_o world_n be_v they_o never_o so_o surprise_v and_o admirable_a he_o be_v to_o be_v silent_a upon_o the_o rack_n and_o when_o the_o stone_n or_o gout_n torture_v he_o he_o be_v to_o force_v a_o smile_n and_o it_o be_v a_o mortal_a sin_n for_o you_o must_v remember_v all_o sin_n be_v alike_o with_o these_o gentleman_n to_o wax_v pale_a at_o the_o sight_n or_o feel_n of_o the_o incision-knife_n he_o be_v to_o play_n with_o torment_n and_o to_o sport_n with_o pain_n and_o misery_n thus_o they_o believe_v the_o sense_n of_o morality_n be_v to_o devour_v all_o sense_n of_o humanity_n but_o this_o be_v the_o doctrine_n of_o some_o only_o of_o that_o rigid_a sect._n the_o sober_a of_o they_o do_v neither_o speak_v nor_o think_v thus_o the_o apathy_n or_o 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god_n leave_v that_o he_o depart_v hence_o he_o express_o say_v quaest._n say_v tusc._n quaest._n god_n give_v he_o a_o just_a occasion_n of_o die_v as_o he_o dâ—d_v socrates_n and_o he_o reckon_v he_o among_o those_o who_o be_v discharge_v and_o dismiss_v by_o god_n some_o other_o of_o the_o most_o philosophical_a man_n either_o direct_o slay_v themselves_o or_o be_v wilful_o accessary_a to_o their_o own_o death_n thus_o lycurgus_n the_o great_a and_o renown_a lawgiver_n of_o sparta_n pine_v himself_o to_o death_n which_o fact_n lycurg_n fact_n in_o vitâ_fw-la lycurg_n plutarch_n approve_v and_o applaud_v with_o a_o jest_n viz._n that_o he_o make_v a_o end_n of_o himself_o by_o a_o total_a abstinence_n from_o meat_n to_o teach_v his_o countryman_n temperance_n 1._o temperance_n cic._n tusc._n quest._n l._n 1._o cleombrotus_n a_o platonist_n have_v read_v plato_n phâ—do_n where_o socrates_n be_v about_o to_o die_v discourse_n of_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n go_v and_o throw_v himself_o down_o headlong_o into_o the_o sea_n and_o other_o great_a man_n of_o moral_n as_o empedocles_n demosthenes_n anaxagoras_n chrysippus_n yea_o and_o zeno_n the_o father_n of_o stoicism_n be_v felon_n of_o themselves_o those_o who_o pretend_v to_o be_v great_a despiser_n of_o pain_n and_o suffering_n run_v away_o from_o they_o as_o soon_o as_o they_o feel_v the_o anguish_n of_o they_o observe_v it_o the_o very_a stoic_n who_o be_v such_o unpassionate_a and_o immovable_a moralist_n be_v for_o leave_v the_o world_n before_o their_o time_n this_o they_o call_v withdraw_v themselves_o and_o a_o fair_a retire_v out_o of_o the_o world_n and_o the_o famous_a seneca_n in_o no_o few_o than_o four_o epistle_n maintain_v this_o practice_n in_o one_o of_o which_o he_o plain_o tell_v we_o whatever_o he_o have_v say_v at_o other_o time_n concern_v the_o great_a extremity_n which_o may_v put_v a_o man_n upon_o kill_v himself_o that_o 70._o that_o nec_fw-la hoc_fw-la tantiâ—m_fw-la in_o necessitate_v ultimâ_fw-la facit_fw-la sed_fw-la cum_fw-la primum_fw-la illi_fw-la coeperit_fw-la suspecta_fw-la esse_fw-la fortuna_fw-la etc._n etc._n epist._n 70._o his_o wise_a man_n need_v not_o stay_v till_o extreme_a necessity_n urge_v he_o to_o such_o a_o violent_a action_n but_o as_o soon_o as_o his_o fortune_n begin_v to_o be_v suspect_v as_o soon_o as_o he_o perceive_v there_o be_v some_o likelihood_n of_o his_o be_v bring_v into_o ill_a circumstance_n he_o may_v prevent_v they_o all_o by_o go_v aside_o he_o have_v this_o leave_n give_v he_o by_o the_o stoic_n as_o well_o as_o by_o the_o platonist_n and_o other_o philosopher_n but_o reason_n and_o christianity_n and_o some_o of_o the_o philosopher_n too_o in_o a_o better_a mood_n oppose_v it_o as_o a_o rash_a and_o foolish_a attempt_n nay_o as_o a_o vile_a and_o wicked_a enterprise_n it_o be_v a_o usurp_a on_o god_n proper_a right_n and_o authority_n who_o only_o have_v power_n to_o dispose_v of_o man_n life_n when_o 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