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in_o chastisement_n 207_o treatise_n iii_o discourse_n page_n 1._o of_o the_o nature_n of_o fear_n 220_o 2._o that_o torture_n be_v not_o terrible_a but_o in_o opinion_n and_o that_o fool_n and_o coward_n only_o be_v affright_v at_o they_o 228_o 3._o that_o a_o wise_a man_n be_v not_o afraid_a of_o death_n and_o consider_v it_o as_o the_o end_n of_o his_o misery_n and_o the_o entrance_n to_o felicity_n 237_o 4._o that_o despair_n be_v mix_v with_o cowardice_n fury_n and_o injustice_n 247_o treatise_n iu._n discourse_n page_n 1._o of_o the_o nature_n of_o grief_n 254_o 2._o that_o misfortune_n make_v not_o a_o wise_a man_n sad_a and_o that_o they_o be_v equal_o advantageous_a to_o the_o innocent_a and_o the_o guilty_a 259_o 3._o that_o the_o wise_a be_v happy_a even_o in_o exile_n and_o prison_n 268_o 4._o that_o pity_n and_o envy_n be_v enemy_n to_o wisdom_n 276_o errata_fw-la page_n 23_o line_n 14._o for_o experte_a read_v exparte_v pag._n 109._o l._n 14._o for_o to_o grandeur_n r._n to_o her_o grandeur_n pag._n 130_o l._n 14._o for_o transmit_v r._n transmute_v pag._n 142._o l._n 10._o for_o be_v r._n see_v pag._n 150._o l._n 25._o for_o unskilful_a r._n skilful_a pag._n 171._o l._n 31._o for_o christ_n r._n christ_n ag_n 184._o l_o 14._o for_o dispose_n r._n despise_v prov._n 3_o 3_o to_z king_n charles_n the_o second_o seneca_n seneca_n veritati_fw-la nemo_fw-la praescribere_fw-la potest_fw-la non_fw-la spatium_fw-la temporum_fw-la non_fw-la privilegia_fw-la regionum_fw-la tertul._n lib._n de_fw-la veland_n virgin_n c._n 1._o 1._o judicia_fw-la nullius_fw-la jus_fw-la deterius_fw-la sed_fw-la fermius_fw-la efficiunt_fw-la l._n 87._o ff_n de_fw-fr regul_n juris_fw-la juris_fw-la lipsius_n lib._n 10._o manuduct_n ad_fw-la stoic_n philosoph_n amicus_fw-la plato_n amicus_fw-la socrates_n sed_fw-la magis_fw-la amica_fw-la veritas_fw-la aristoteles_n 1_o eth_n ad_fw-la nicom_fw-la nascitur_fw-la ex_fw-la affectibus_fw-la virtus_fw-la &_o nata_fw-la cum_fw-la illis_fw-la consistit_fw-la architas_n apud_fw-la stob._n serm._n 1_o interpres_fw-la apollinis_fw-la egebat_fw-la interpret_v &_o sors_z ipsa_fw-la referenda_fw-la erat_fw-la ad_fw-la fortes_fw-la chrysippus_n chilo_n quid_fw-la difficilimum_fw-la interogatus_fw-la seipsum_fw-la agnoscere_fw-la respondit_fw-la unumquemque_fw-la enim_fw-la multa_fw-la ex_fw-la caeco_fw-la amore_fw-la sibi_fw-la attribuere_fw-la stob._n serm._n 21._o cavenda_fw-la haec_fw-la ignorantia_fw-la qua_fw-la de_fw-la nobis_fw-la minus_fw-la sentimus_fw-la sed_fw-la plus_fw-la illa_fw-la qua_fw-la plus_fw-la nobis_fw-la tribuimus_fw-la per_fw-la hanc_fw-la damonibus_fw-la per_fw-la aliam_fw-la pecoribus_fw-la sociamur_fw-la bern._n lib._n the_o dilig_a deo_fw-la fieri_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la certè_fw-la egrè_fw-la ut_fw-la bona_fw-la aliquis_fw-la faciat_fw-la sine_fw-la instructo_fw-la apparatu_fw-la multa_fw-la enim_fw-la velut_fw-la per_fw-la organa_n facienda_fw-la sunt_fw-la per_fw-la amicos_fw-la opes_fw-la civilem_fw-la gratiam_fw-la aut_fw-la potentiam_fw-la arist_n ad_fw-la nicom_n 1._o cap._n 8._o nesciat_fw-la iustùs_fw-la nisi_fw-la secundùm_fw-la naturam_fw-la vivere_fw-la in_fw-la cujus_fw-la instituto_fw-la dei_fw-la lex_fw-la est_fw-la ambros_n lib._n 2._o de_fw-fr abrahamo_n cap._n 11._o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr in_o homine_fw-la penitus_fw-la extinctae_fw-la scintilla_fw-la rationis_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la factus_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la imaginem_fw-la dei_fw-la august_n 22._o the_o civet_n dei_fw-la cap._n 24._o finem_fw-la zeno_n ita_fw-la edidit_fw-la convenienter_fw-la vivere_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la secundùm_fw-la unam_fw-la rationem_fw-la &_o concordem_fw-la sibi_fw-la stob._n in_o eclog._n stoici_fw-la secundùm_fw-la naturam_fw-la vivere_fw-la finem_fw-la esse_fw-la decreverunt_fw-la dei_fw-la nomen_fw-la in_o naturae_fw-la decorè_fw-la commutantes_fw-la clem._n alex._n 2._o strom._n assuesce_fw-la ita_fw-la vivere_fw-la ut_fw-la vita_fw-la tua_fw-la quandam_fw-la picturam_fw-la exprimat_fw-la eandum_fw-la servans_fw-la semper_fw-la imaginem_fw-la quam_fw-la acceperis_fw-la ambros._n lib._n 11._o ep._n 82._o quid_fw-la aliud_fw-la censes_fw-la esse_fw-la beatè_fw-la vivere_fw-la nisi_fw-la secundùm_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la in_o homine_fw-la optimum_fw-la vivere_fw-la quis_fw-la vero_fw-la dubitavarit_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la esse_fw-la hominis_fw-la optimum_fw-la quam_fw-la eam_fw-la partem_fw-la animi_fw-la cui_fw-la dominanti_fw-la obtemperare_fw-la convenit_fw-la cetera_fw-la quaeque_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o homine_fw-la sunt_fw-la haec_fw-la autem_fw-la ne_fw-la aliam_fw-la postâ—les_fw-la definitionem_fw-la mens_fw-la aut_fw-la ratio_fw-la dici_fw-la potest_fw-la augustin_n lib._n 1._o cont_n academic_n in_o homine_fw-la optimum_fw-la quid_fw-la est_fw-la ratio_fw-la haec_fw-la antecedit_fw-la animalia_fw-la deos_fw-la sequitur_fw-la ratio_fw-la ergo_fw-la perfecta_fw-la proprium_fw-la hominis_fw-la bonum_fw-la est_fw-la senec_n ep._n 76._o sic_fw-la est_fw-la faciendum_fw-la ut_fw-la contra_fw-la universam_fw-la naturam_fw-la nihil_fw-la contendamus_fw-la &_o ea_fw-la tamen_fw-la conservata_fw-la proprium_fw-la sequamur_fw-la cic._n offic._n arriaga_n in_o phys_n 8._o 81._o bonum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la omnes_fw-la appetunt_fw-la arist_n eth._n nusquam_fw-la pejus_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o sano_fw-la corpore_fw-la animus_n aeger_fw-la habitat_fw-la petr._n pulchritudo_fw-la eòs_fw-la qui_fw-la ipsam_fw-la sentiunt_fw-la amicos_fw-la reddit_fw-la &_o inimicum_fw-la neminem_fw-la sibi_fw-la fieri_fw-la permittit_fw-la stob._n serm._n 68_o animus_fw-la spectandus_fw-la est_fw-la nihil_fw-la pulchritudó_n juvat_fw-la cum_fw-la quis_fw-la mentem_fw-la non_fw-la bonam_fw-la habet_fw-la idem_fw-la serm._n 69._o nostra_fw-la longum_fw-la forma_fw-la percurrens_fw-la iter_fw-la deperdit_fw-la aliquid_fw-la semper_fw-la &_o fulgens_fw-la minùs_fw-la malisque_fw-la minùs_fw-la est_fw-la sen._n in_o herc._n voluptas_fw-la cum_fw-la maximè_fw-la delectat_fw-la extinguitur_fw-la nec_fw-la multum_fw-la loci_fw-la habet_fw-la itaque_fw-la citò_fw-la implet_fw-la &_o tedio_fw-la est_fw-la &_o post_fw-la primum_fw-la impetum_fw-la marcet_fw-la sen._n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la beata_fw-la cap._n 7._o virtus_fw-la contemptrix_fw-la voluptatis_fw-la &_o sortis_fw-la est_fw-la &_o longissimè_fw-la ab_fw-la illa_fw-la resiliens_fw-la labori_fw-la ac_fw-la dolori_fw-la familiarior_fw-la virilibus_fw-la incommodis_fw-la magis_fw-la quam_fw-la isti_fw-la effeminato_fw-la bono_fw-mi inserenda_fw-la sen._n 4._o the_o benef_n cap._n 2._o radix_fw-la omnicum_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la cupiditas_fw-la paul_n divitias_fw-la nego_fw-la