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up_o their_o several_a sect_n with_o their_o respective_a opinion_n so_o that_o what_o the_o one_o furnish_v in_o gross_a the_o other_o deal_v out_o by_o retail_n sect_n xxxiii_o the_o argument_n of_o panaetius_n answer_v these_o reason_n may_v be_v disprove_v for_o they_o proceed_v from_o ignorance_n that_o when_o there_o be_v speech_n about_o the_o eternity_n of_o soul_n it_o be_v mean_v of_o the_o understanding_n which_o be_v always_o free_a from_o any_o turbulent_a motion_n not_o of_o those_o part_n wherein_o passion_n wrath_n and_o lust_n inhabit_v which_o o_o he_o against_o who_o these_o objection_n be_v raise_v suppose_v remove_v from_o the_o understanding_n and_o lodge_v in_o distinct_a apartment_n for_o likeness_n more_o appear_v in_o beast_n who_o soul_n have_v no_o reason_n but_o the_o likeness_n of_o man_n be_v more_o visible_a in_o the_o shape_n of_o their_o body_n and_o the_o soul_n themselves_o it_o much_o import_v in_o what_o kind_n of_o body_n they_o be_v lodge_v for_o 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any_o villain_n that_o he_o be_v by_o far_o the_o base_a of_o all_o like_o to_o who_o too_o be_v the_o grandchild_n of_o p._n crassus_n both_o a_o wise_a and_o eloquent_a man_n as_o also_o the_o son_n and_o grandson_n of_o many_o other_o excellent_a personage_n who_o it_o be_v no_o way_n material_a to_o name_n on_o this_o occasion_n but_o what_o drive_v we_o at_o have_v we_o forget_v that_o this_o be_v the_o scope_n of_o our_o present_a discourse_n after_o we_o have_v speak_v sufficient_o upon_o eternity_n further_o to_o prove_v that_o there_o be_v no_o evil_a in_o death_n though_o soul_n be_v also_o to_o be_v extinct_a s._n true_o i_o mind_v it_o but_o all_o the_o while_o you_o be_v discourse_v upon_o eternity_n be_v willing_a you_o shall_v run_v on_o wide_a of_o the_o point_n in_o hand_n o_o he_o against_o who_o these_o objection_n be_v raise_v plato_n p_o aristotle_n indeed_o say_v that_o all_o ingenious_a man_n be_v of_o a_o melancholy_a temper_n in_o his_o problem_n sect._n 30._o choler_n adust_a have_v the_o predominancy_n in_o they_o and_o they_o be_v upon_o the_o confine_n of_o madness_n sect_n xxxiv_o upon_o supposition_n of_o the_o soul_n mortality_n death_n be_v not_o evil_a be_v a_o departure_n from_o evil_n m._n you_o look_v high_a i_o see_v and_o will_v fain_o be_v remove_v to_o heaven_n i_o hope_v that_o will_v be_v our_o portion_n but_o suppose_v as_o those_o gentleman_n will_v have_v it_o to_o be_v that_o soul_n do_v not_o remain_v after_o death_n i_o see_v we_o be_v cut_v off_o from_o the_o hope_n of_o a_o more_o bless_a life_n but_o what_o evil_a do_v that_o opinion_n import_n suppose_v the_o soul_n so_o to_o perish_v as_o the_o body_n be_v there_o then_o any_o pain_n or_o indeed_o any_o sense_n at_o all_o in_o the_o body_n after_o death_n no_o body_n say_v so_o although_o epicurus_n charge_v that_o on_o democritus_n his_o follower_n deny_v it_o neither_o be_v there_o any_o sense_n therefore_o leave_v in_o the_o soul_n for_o that_o itself_o be_v no_o where_o where_o then_o be_v the_o evil_a for_o there_o be_v no_o three_o subject_n be_v it_o because_o the_o part_n of_o the_o soul_n from_o the_o body_n pass_v not_o without_o pain_n shall_v i_o believe_v it_o to_o be_v so_o how_o small_a a_o business_n be_v that_o and_o i_o take_v it_o to_o be_v untrue_a for_o it_o happen_v frequent_o without_o sense_n nay_o sometime_o with_o pleasure_n and_o that_o whole_a concern_v make_v the_o most_o of_o it_o be_v of_o small_a import_n for_o it_o endure_v but_o a_o moment_n that_o consideration_n perplex_v or_o rather_o torment_n a_o departure_n from_o all_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v good_a in_o this_o life_n look_v whether_o it_o may_v not_o more_o true_o be_v say_v from_o the_o evil_n thereof_o why_o shall_v i_o now_o bewail_v man_n life_n i_o may_v true_o and_o have_v title_n to_o do_v so_o but_o what_o need_v it_o when_o i_o be_o labour_v to_o take_v off_o the_o opinion_n that_o we_o shall_v be_v miserable_a after_o death_n to_o 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reckon_v up_o the_o misery_n of_o man_n life_n i_o can_v do_v the_o like_a though_o not_o to_o that_o degree_n as_o he_o who_o think_v it_o expedient_a for_o none_o at_o all_o to_o live_v other_o i_o wave_v be_v it_o expedient_a for_o we_o to_o do_v so_o who_o be_v stripe_v of_o the_o comfort_n and_o ornament_n both_o of_o family_n and_o court_n have_v we_o die_v before_o death_n have_v most_o assure_o remove_v we_o from_o evil_n and_o not_o from_o good_n sect_n xxxv_o or_o from_o uncertain_a good_n suppose_v we_o then_o one_o that_o have_v no_o evil_a have_v meet_v with_o some_o misfortune_n q_o metellus_n the_o honourable_a have_v four_o son_n ay_o but_o priam_n have_v fifty_o and_o seventeen_o of_o they_o bear_v of_o his_o lawful_a wife_n fortune_fw-mi have_v the_o same_o power_n over_o both_o though_o she_o make_v use_v of_o it_o only_o upon_o one_o for_o many_o son_n daughter_n grandson_n granddaughter_n lay_v metellus_n in_o the_o grave_a but_o the_o hand_n of_o a_o enemy_n 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there_o be_v more_o and_o more_o dangerous_a disease_n of_o the_o soul_n than_o of_o the_o body_n for_o even_o these_o latter_a be_v therefore_o vexatious_a because_o they_o reach_v the_o soul_n and_o afflict_v it_o now_o the_o soul_n vex_v be_v as_o say_v ennius_n to_o all_o quiet_a lose_v stay_v no_o where_o long_o by_o new_a lust_n still_o be_v toss_v now_o what_o bodily_a disease_n in_o the_o whole_a world_n can_v be_v more_o grievous_a than_o those_o two_o disease_n to_o pass_v over_o the_o rest_n i_o say_v than_o discontent_n and_o lust_n but_o how_o can_v it_o be_v prove_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v able_a to_o cure_v itself_o when_o it_o be_v the_o soul_n that_o invent_v the_o art_n of_o cure_v the_o body_n and_o whereas_o the_o disposition_n of_o body_n and_o nature_n do_v work_n much_o towards_o the_o cure_n of_o body_n nor_o be_v patient_n yet_o come_v under_o cure_n by_o certain_a consequence_n cure_v soul_n on_o the_o contrary_a which_o be_v willing_a to_o be_v restore_v 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the_o sight_n of_o the_o mind_n dim_v with_o pore_v upon_o its_o misery_n and_o when_o it_o have_v sound_v a_o retreat_n from_o they_o it_o push_v it_o forward_o again_o and_o provoke_v it_o to_o look_v on_o and_o with_o the_o whole_a fancy_n taste_v variety_n of_o pleasure_n with_o which_o he_o think_v the_o life_n of_o a_o wise_a man_n be_v fill_v both_o through_o the_o memory_n of_o the_o past_a and_o hope_v of_o follow_a one_o this_o account_n we_o have_v give_v after_o our_o own_o fashion_n the_o epicurean_o deliver_v after_o they_o but_o let_v we_o see_v what_o ground_n we_o have_v to_o slight_v what_o they_o say_v sect_n xvi_o the_o contrary_a tenet_n of_o epicurus_n and_o his_o follower_n first_o they_o do_v ill_o to_o reprove_v a_o premeditation_n of_o future_a contingence_n since_o there_o be_v nothing_o do_v so_o much_o take_v off_o the_o edge_n of_o discontent_n and_o weaken_v it_o as_o the_o continual_a consideration_n throughout_o the_o whole_a course_n of_o our_o life_n 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that_o all_o trial_n common_a to_o man_n shall_v be_v bear_v as_o such_o patient_o last_o that_o he_o perceive_v there_o be_v no_o evil_a but_o where_o be_v blame_v but_o there_o be_v no_o blame_n when_o that_o fall_v out_o the_o prevention_n of_o which_o be_v not_o in_o man_n to_o warrant_v for_o that_o sound_v a_o retreat_n which_o epicurus_n enjoin_v when_o he_o call_v we_o off_o from_o look_v upon_o our_o evil_n be_v null_a for_o not_o to_o take_v notice_n or_o to_o put_v out_o of_o memory_n be_v not_o in_o our_o power_n when_o those_o thing_n gore_v we_o which_o we_o conceive_v to_o be_v evil._n they_o tear_v fret_v spurgall_n apply_v torch_n for_o torture_n allow_v no_o breathe_a time_n and_o you_o bid_v we_o to_o forgo_v what_o be_v against_o nature_n what_o remedy_n be_v by_o nature_n give_v will_v you_o wring_v away_o that_o of_o a_o grief_n wear_v old_a true_o it_o be_v a_o slow_a process_n yet_o of_o great_a efficacy_n which_o length_n and_o time_n do_v effect_n you_o bid_v 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not_o because_o they_o be_v always_o actual_o import_v by_o they_o this_o proneness_n therefore_o of_o every_o man_n to_o his_o respective_a humour_n peculiar_a to_o his_o complexion_n from_o resemblance_n of_o the_o body_n be_v name_v a_o indisposition_n in_o such_o sense_n as_o it_o may_v be_v mean_v a_o proneness_n to_o distemper_n but_o this_o in_o good_a thing_n may_v be_v name_v easiness_n since_o some_o be_v more_o ready_a to_o one_o good_a quality_n and_o other_o to_o another_o in_o bad_a thing_n a_o proneness_n to_o connote_v a_o propension_n to_o fall_v in_o indifferent_a thing_n it_o may_v have_v the_o former_a name_n now_o as_o in_o the_o body_n there_o be_v a_o disease_n a_o indisposition_n and_o a_o blemish_n so_o also_o in_o the_o soul_n sect_n xiii_o the_o similitude_n between_o soundness_n and_o unsoundness_n of_o body_n and_o soul_n they_o call_v a_o disease_n a_o corruption_n of_o the_o whole_a mass_n a_o indisposition_n a_o disease_n with_o infirmity_n a_o blemish_n a_o disproportion_n in_o the_o order_n of_o the_o part_n of_o the_o body_n from_o whence_o arise_v a_o crookedness_n of_o limb_n dislocation_n deformity_n so_o that_o the_o formet_fw-la two_o disease_n and_o indisposition_n grow_v from_o the_o concussion_n and_o disturbance_n of_o the_o health_n of_o the_o whole_a body_n but_o a_o blemish_n without_o the_o impeachment_n of_o health_n be_v discernible_a of_o itself_o but_o in_o the_o soul_n we_o can_v distinguish_v the_o disease_n from_o the_o indisposition_n by_o thought_n only_o but_o the_o blemish_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v a_o habit_n or_o quality_n of_o a_o mind_n waver_v all_o its_o life_n and_o at_o discord_n with_o itself_o so_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o in_o the_o one_o disease_n and_o indisposition_n be_v cause_v by_o corruption_n of_o opinion_n in_o the_o other_o by_o inconstancy_n and_o opposition_n for_o every_o blemish_n have_v not_o incongruous_a part_n as_o that_o of_o those_o who_o be_v not_o far_o remove_v from_o 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another_o and_o that_o be_v the_o virtue_n of_o the_o soul_n which_o some_o call_v temperance_n itself_o other_o a_o quality_n obey_v the_o rule_n of_o temperance_n and_o consequent_a upon_o it_o nor_o have_v any_o particular_a denomination_n of_o its_o own_o but_o whether_o it_o be_v this_o or_o that_o they_o say_v it_o be_v find_v in_o the_o wise_a man_n only_o though_o there_o be_v a_o certain_a soundness_n of_o mind_n whereof_o a_o unwise_a man_n be_v also_o capable_a when_o he_o have_v be_v distract_v and_o cure_v by_o the_o physician_n and_o as_o there_o be_v a_o just_a symmetry_n of_o part_n together_o with_o a_o freshness_n of_o colour_n and_o that_o be_v call_v beauty_n so_o in_o the_o soul_n a_o even_a temper_n and_o constancy_n of_o opinion_n and_o judgement_n with_o resolution_n and_o steadfastness_n follow_v upon_o virtue_n or_o make_v up_o the_o very_a nature_n of_o it_o be_v call_v its_o beauty_n likewise_o from_o a_o similitude_n to_o the_o strength_n of_o the_o body_n its_o sinew_n and_o activity_n the_o strength_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v name_v in_o like_a term_n again_o the_o swiftness_n of_o the_o body_n be_v ham_v celerity_n wit_n have_v also_o a_o like_a commendation_n for_o quickness_n when_o the_o mind_n can_v dispatch_v much_o business_n in_o a_o short_a time_n sect_n fourteen_o their_o dissimilitude_n there_o be_v the_o dissimilitude_n between_o soul_n and_o body_n that_o soul_n in_o their_o full_a strength_n can_v fall_v into_o sickness_n body_n may_v but_o the_o disorder_n of_o body_n may_v happen_v without_o any_o fault_n of_o soul_n can_v so_o all_o who_o disease_n and_o passion_n arise_v from_o a_o disobedience_n to_o reason_n and_o consequent_o be_v to_o be_v find_v in_o man_n only_o for_o beast_n do_v somewhat_o analogous_a but_o fall_v not_o into_o passion_n there_o be_v again_o this_o difference_n between_o the_o acute_a and_o the_o
dull_a wit_n a_o as_o the_o corinthian_a brass_n in_o reference_n to_o rust_v so_o they_o fall_v into_o a_o distemper_n slow_a and_o be_v recover_v soon_o but_o it_o be_v not_o so_o with_o dull_a person_n nor_o in_o truth_n do_v the_o mind_n of_o the_o ingenuous_a fall_n into_o every_o disease_n and_o passion_n for_o it_o do_v not_o into_o many_o brutish_a and_o savage_a one_o but_o some_o there_o be_v that_o carry_v a_o appearance_n at_o the_o first_o sight_n of_o humanity_n and_o tenderness_n as_o compassion_n trouble_v fear_v now_o indisposition_n and_o disease_n be_v think_v to_o be_v remove_v with_o more_o difficulty_n than_o be_v those_o great_a vice_n which_o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o cardinal_n virtue_n for_o whilst_o the_o disease_n abide_v the_o vice_n can_v be_v take_v away_o because_o those_o be_v not_o so_o speedy_o cure_v as_o these_o be_v remove_v you_o have_v what_o the_o stoic_n accurate_o dispute_v concern_v the_o passion_n b_o which_o they_o call_v logic_n because_o 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greedy_o desire_v somewhat_o and_o empty_a mirth_n that_o be_v extravagant_a jollity_n do_v not_o much_o differ_v from_o madness_n from_o whence_o be_v understand_v what_o temper_n of_o mind_n he_o be_v of_o who_o at_o time_n we_o call_v moderate_a or_o modest_a grave_a sober_a and_o constant_a sometime_o we_o love_v to_o rank_v these_o name_n under_o the_o notion_n of_o frugality_n or_o honesty_n as_o its_o general_a head_n because_o unless_o these_o virtue_n be_v comprehend_v under_o that_o term_n that_o say_v will_v never_o have_v be_v so_o common_a as_o that_o it_o be_v now_o past_a into_o a_o proverb_n that_o a_o frugal_a or_o honest_a man_n do_v all_o thing_n well_o which_o very_a character_n when_o the_o stoic_n attribute_v to_o their_o wise_a man_n we_o take_v it_o for_o a_o mere_a rant_n and_o bravado_n sect_n xvii_o this_o moderation_n to_o be_v peculiar_a to_o the_o wise_a man_n he_o therefore_o call_v he_o by_o what_o name_n you_o will_v who_o through_o moderation_n and_o 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nothing_o new_a nothing_o unexpected_a can_v befall_v he_o nothing_o against_o which_o he_o be_v not_o already_o provide_v and_o who_o still_o walk_v with_o such_o vigilance_n and_o circumspection_n that_o he_o always_o provide_v himself_o a_o retreat_n and_o sanctuary_n of_o live_v without_o disquiet_n and_o perplexity_n so_o that_o whatever_o change_n fortune_n shall_v bring_v upon_o he_o he_o may_v bear_v it_o ready_o and_o with_o ease_n he_o that_o shall_v do_v this_o will_v not_o only_o be_v free_a from_o discontent_n but_o also_o from_o all_o other_o inordinate_a affection_n now_o this_o dispassionate_a mind_n render_v man_n perfect_o and_o complete_o happy_a whereas_o if_o that_o be_v disturb_v and_o withdraw_v from_o right_a and_o steadfast_a reason_n it_o lose_v not_o only_o its_o constancy_n but_o also_o its_o health_n wherefore_o the_o opinion_n and_o doctrine_n of_o the_o peripatetic_n must_v be_v count_v lasche_n and_o effeminate_a who_o maintain_v the_o passion_n to_o 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appearance_n rather_o than_o reality_n will_v offer_v to_o venture_v upon_o the_o rack_n prudence_n itself_o hold_v it_o back_o and_o deny_v that_o it_o be_v any_o way_n compatible_a with_o pain_n and_o torment_n ay_o whether_o a_o happy_a life_n can_v aspire_v it_o be_v a_o byword_n charge_v upon_o theophrastus_n and_o indeed_o if_o hope_n do_v determine_v with_o this_o life_n it_o be_v hard_a to_o reconcile_v blessedness_n with_o torment_n but_o in_o differ_v respect_n if_o blessedness_n consist_v in_o the_o favour_n of_o god_n that_o pain_n which_o turn_v to_o the_o account_n of_o incomparable_o great_a joy_n can_v hinder_v from_o the_o present_a title_n to_o bliss_n and_o future_a possession_n of_o it_o but_o to_o say_v with_o epicurus_n that_o pain_n be_v for_o the_o present_a delightful_a contradict_v common_a sense_n and_o experience_n k_o m._n attilius_n m._n attilius_n regulus_n circumvent_v by_o the_o carthaginian_n and_o overthrown_a be_v send_v upon_o his_o parole_n to_o 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