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vid._n plutarch_n de_fw-mi repugn_v stoicorum_n etc._n etc._n that_o be_v do_v by_o plutarch_n i_o can_v but_o take_v notice_n that_o they_o maintain_v some_o principle_n that_o be_v immoral_a and_o impious_a and_o such_o as_o can_v not_o come_v from_o god_n 69._o arrian_n epicter_n l._n 1._o c._n 24._o marc._n antonin_n l._n 5._o sect_n 21._o seneca_n epist_n 69._o they_o give_v man_n liberty_n to_o murder_v themselves_o and_o to_o go_v out_o of_o this_o world_n without_o the_o leave_n of_o he_o who_o send_v they_o into_o it_o and_o this_o evil_a and_o impious_a doctrine_n be_v the_o common_a and_o receive_v and_o avow_a principle_n of_o the_o sect_n exerce_fw-la te_fw-la ut_fw-la mortem_fw-la excipias_fw-la &_o si_fw-la ita_fw-la res_fw-la suadebit_fw-la accersas_fw-la interest_n nihil_fw-la a_o illa_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la veniat_fw-la a_o ad_fw-la illam_fw-la nos_fw-la say_v seneca_n it_o be_v true_a that_o seneca_n elsewhere_o explain_v himself_o 58._o epist_n 58._o and_o seem_v to_o allow_v this_o liberty_n only_o in_o a_o useless_a old_a age_n or_o in_o extreme_a necessity_n but_o as_o that_o liberty_n be_v upon_o no_o account_n to_o be_v allow_v so_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o he_o speak_v inconsistent_o with_o himself_o for_o elsewhere_o he_o do_v not_o only_o allow_v a_o wise_a man_n to_o kill_v himself_o 70._o seneca_n epist_n 70._o si_fw-la multa_fw-la occurrunt_fw-la molesta_fw-la &_o tranquillitatem_fw-la turbantia_fw-la i_o e._n if_o many_o trouble_n arise_v which_o disturb_v he_o but_o also_o when_o he_o suspect_v that_o trouble_n will_v come_v upon_o he_o for_o he_o go_v on_o thus_o nec_fw-la hoc_fw-la tantum_fw-la in_o necessitate_v ultima_fw-la facit_fw-la sed_fw-la cum_fw-la primum_fw-la illi_fw-la caeperit_n suspecta_fw-la esse_fw-la fortuna_fw-la diligenter_n circumspicit_fw-la numquid_fw-la illo_fw-la die_fw-la desinendum_fw-la est_fw-la nihil_fw-la existimat_fw-la sva_fw-la refer_v faciat_fw-la finem_fw-la a_o accipiat_fw-la so_o that_o 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hominis_fw-la extinctor_fw-la est_fw-la eidem_n sceleri_fw-la obstrictus_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la se_fw-la necat_fw-la quia_fw-la hominem_fw-la necat_fw-la another_o principle_n full_a of_o impiety_n the_o stoic_n maintain_v and_o it_o be_v this_o that_o a_o man_n happiness_n be_v from_o himself_o and_o that_o he_o need_v not_o seek_v it_o of_o god_n or_o be_v behold_v to_o he_o for_o it_o so_o that_o upon_o the_o matter_n they_o teach_v man_n to_o live_v without_o dependence_n upon_o god_n vnum_fw-la bonum_fw-la est_fw-la 41._o seneca_n epist_n 31._o quid_fw-la votis_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la fac_n teipsum_fw-la felicem_fw-la ibid._n quam_fw-la stultum_fw-la est_fw-la optare_fw-la cum_fw-la possis_fw-la à _fw-la te_fw-la impetrare_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la ad_fw-la coelum_fw-la elevandae_fw-la manas_fw-la epist_n 41._o quod_fw-la beatae_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la causa_fw-la &_o firmamentum_fw-la est_fw-la sibi_fw-la fidere_fw-la i_o e._n there_o be_v one_o good_a thing_n which_o be_v 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