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The lives, opinions, and remarkable sayings of the most famous ancient philosophers. The first volume written in Greek, by Diogenes Laertius ; made English by several hands ...; De vitis philosophorum. English
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Diogenes Laertius.
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1688
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chrysippus_n poâ—sidonius_n and_o antipaâ—er_o affirm_v it_o to_o be_v the_o air._n boethus_n assâ—rts_v the_o globe_n of_o the_o fix_a sâ—ars_n to_o be_v the_o divine_a nature_n nature_n they_o sometime_o define_v to_o bâ—_n that_o which_o comprehend_v and_o embrace_v the_o world_n sometime_o that_o which_o â—_z the_o product_n of_o the_o earth_n to_o groâ—_n and_o flourish_n nature_n therefore_o be_v a_o habit_n derive_v motion_n from_o itself_o according_a to_o the_o spermatic_a rationality_n terminate_n and_o put_v a_o end_n to_o those_o thing_n that_o flow_v from_o she_o at_o certain_a prefix_v time_n and_o perform_v what_o she_o be_v ordain_v for_o and_o it_o be_v apparent_a that_o she_o aim_v at_o profitable_a pleasure_n by_o the_o structure_n of_o man._n on_o the_o other_o side_n zeno_n chrysippus_n posidonius_n and_o boethus_n in_o their_o treatise_n of_o fate_n assert_v all_o thing_n to_o have_v be_v create_v by_o fate_n now_o fate_n be_v a_o series_n of_o thing_n link_v together_o or_o else_o thâ—t_a reason_n by_o which_o the_o world_n be_v administer_v they_o also_o allow_v all_o manner_n of_o divination_n to_o be_v substantial_a or_o else_o providence_n which_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o zeno_n chrysippus_n athenodorus_n and_o posidonius_n but_o panaetius_n will_v not_o yield_v it_o to_o be_v a_o substance_n for_o that_o the_o prima_fw-la mâ—tâ—ria_fw-la or_o first_o matter_n be_v the_o substance_n of_o all_o thing_n as_o cleanthes_n and_o zeno_n both_o acknowledge_v now_o matter_n be_v that_o of_o which_o any_o thing_n consist_v and_o it_o be_v call_v sometime_o matter_n sometime_o substance_n or_o the_o caâ—se_n of_o all_o thing_n both_o general_a and_o particular_a but_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o whole_a neither_o increase_v nor_o diminish_v a_o body_n they_o say_v be_v a_o terminate_v substance_n as_o apollodorus_n and_o antipater_n define_v it_o it_o be_v also_o passive_a for_o if_o it_o be_v immutable_a those_o thing_n which_o be_v can_v 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to_o our_o hemispere_n summer_n when_o the_o air_n be_v heat_v by_o the_o approach_n of_o the_o sun_n to_o the_o north_n and_o that_o the_o fall_v of_o the_o leaf_n be_v occasion_v by_o the_o sun_n departure_n from_o we_o that_o the_o wind_n be_v the_o flow_n and_o inundation_n of_o the_o air_n various_a in_o their_o name_n according_a to_o the_o climate_n from_o whence_o they_o come_v and_o of_o which_o the_o sun_n be_v the_o cause_n by_o exhale_v the_o cloud_n that_o the_o rainbow_n be_v the_o reflection_n of_o the_o sunbeam_n upon_o watery_a cloud_n or_o as_o possidonius_fw-la define_v it_o the_o manifestation_n of_o some_o part_n or_o portion_n of_o the_o sun_n or_o moon_n in_o a_o dewle_fw-mi cloud_n concave_a and_o show_v itself_o firm_a and_o contiguous_a to_o the_o apprehension_n of_o sight_n as_o the_o periphery_a of_o a_o circle_n fancy_v in_o a_o looking-glass_n that_o comet_n beard_a comet_n and_o other_o celestial_a meteor_n be_v substantial_a fire_n cause_v by_o the_o 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to_o he_o from_o all_o part_n to_o the_o number_n of_o above_o two_o thousand_o in_o a_o letter_n write_v to_o phanias_n the_o peripatetic_n among_o other_o thing_n touch_v the_o decree_n make_v against_o philosopher_n he_o thus_o discourse_n i_o be_o so_o far_o say_v he_o from_o call_v together_o great_a assembly_n of_o the_o people_n that_o i_o seldom_o appear_v in_o any_o company_n for_o by_o such_o a_o retirement_n i_o have_v the_o advantage_n to_o review_v and_o correct_v my_o write_n this_o be_v part_n of_o his_o epistle_n to_o phanias_n wherein_o he_o call_v he_o scholar_n nevertheless_o notwithstanding_o all_o his_o endowment_n he_o make_v no_o opposition_n to_o the_o decree_n but_o withdraw_v for_o some_o time_n as_o do_v all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o philosopher_n for_o sophocles_n the_o son_n of_o amphiclides_n have_v make_v a_o law_n by_o which_o it_o be_v enact_v and_o command_v that_o none_o of_o the_o philosopher_n shall_v intrude_v themselves_o to_o preside_v in_o 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