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Show '-»-'*'M£ 3" cb.s. pm.4. c5045. flm-Ze, Per/patet/quer, from the Walk hee taught in; and thofetha: ut ew in rhud hints of humane Reafon: But they were at r r- men livedupon groffe Experience; there was no lfvileft o ; thatis to fay,no Sowing,nor Planting of Knowledge by it e. ,éatpart men from c/Moreffiela'sfrom Pauly-Chad}, and from the Exchange becaufe they meet there often,to prate and loyter. ' urIe. from the Weeds, and common Plants of Errour an COI‘lJC in time it {pread it felfe over all Europe, and the heft part of Afrique And the caufe of it being the want of leafure from procuring t e n‘cceffities of life, and defending themfelves agamlt their neilggibors, tdsC, ml it Was impolfible, till the erecting of great Conggm-wea {hould be otherwife. Lea was the mother oflp g .- offiopgyian mon-wcalib,the mother of care,and Leafure : Where/j [r "2ch gicgt i, [e and fiouriihing Citm, there was firfithe i‘tudy of P iii/op 1;, C Ira o the‘leeft‘t: Prrfia,and Magzof the Gjmiofop/fljf: of Indra, dad and Egypt, are counted the molt anc1entIPhio op ers ,7 'lan thofe Countreys were the molt ancient of Kingdoltnesf. hp 1 afgh was not rifen to the Grimm, and other peop eo t eWe , W ofe Comma»-maltbr( no greater perhaps-then Lucm,or Genntfi) had never Peace, but when their fears of one an0ther WC; 1""? h; nor the Leafur: to obferve any thing but one another. . t envt , when Warre had united many of thefe Grdtldfl leffer CltlfCS, into fewer,and greater3thcn began Swen mm, of feverall parts 2 Gauge, ad to get the reputation of being Wife; {Cine ofthem for Mor; an Irrrque Sentences; and orhers forthe learning of the Clm a'mmfah Egypmthicffi wits {fr/(Jimmy, and Geometry. But we hear no )Ct ~ fan Schaolro‘ Patio 0 y. OfIhe Schooho Aher the "thenimsfh the overthrow of the Perfifin Ahrnpfisméid obei'Iafopby gotten the Dominion olt eSea, and thereby, of a t e an d among} the and Maritime Cities ofthe Art/)Ifie'lagofis well of Afin $157012: an A‘"‘""'"" were grown wealthy-,they that had no employmentmeit ierlft ome, nor abroad,hadlittlc elfe to employ thcmielves in , but eit ier {dtfs Zenotaugit, Sta/qua)", from the Sum: as if we fliould denominate Neverthelefl‘e, men were {0 much taken with this cultome, that -, {o as there were Schools publiquely ereéted , and maintained for Lefiures, and Diiputations, almoft in every Common - wealth. There were alfo Schools, anciently, both before, and after the OfrbeSrbaol: time of our Savtour,amongfl the [(WJIbUt they were Schools oftheir a; the jam. Law. Forthoughthey were called Synagoguer, tliatiSto fay,C0n regations ofthe People; yet in as much as the Law was every babbarh day read, expounded, and dilputed in them, they differed notin nature, butin name onely from Publique Schools;and were not onelyin jeruililem, but in every City of the Gentiles, where tlie_[c\\'sinliahited. There was ('uch aSchoole at Dams/rm, whereinto I'uulentred,to perfccute. There were others at Annarb, Iron/um and Tbefln/o;z/(.r,\i'liercinto he entred,to diipute: And filth was the Synagogue or the Lu'zrrlwer, Cyrmmm, Alexandr/4m, Crl/(iflm, and thole of rIfla; thatis to lily , the Schoole of Lit'm- rjmr,and or litre; , that were (hangers in Ierujéz/cm : And of this Schoole they were that difputed ( A27. 6. 9. ) with Saint Stf'vf". But what has been the Utility of thole Schools." what Science is Whethwlwf there at this day acquired by their Readings and Dilputingse' That the bum", wee have or Geometry, which is the Mother of'ull Naturall Science, miprufiwblc '. wee are not indebted for it tothe Schools. P/mthatwasthe heft l'hilol‘opher of the Greeks, forbid entrance into his Schoole, to allthat were not already in ionic iiicaliire Gcoinctricians. There St. Luke fa s, A437: 17.21. in rte/[mg and lymrzirg mm, or 112 . i eourfingo Plazlofopby publiquelyto the youth otthe City. bltery Mailer took {ome place for that purpofe. Plato in certain pu 10,31; Walks called Academix, from one Ania/(mm t/influtl: in the Wu :1 of the Temple of Pan, called Lvmum‘: Others in the Staa,or cover: , name of Philoiophers. The naturall Philofophy or thoie Schools, "'18 rather aDream than Science, and {ct forth in lent-elem- and Walk, wherein the Merchants Goods were broufriht to land : opt: in other places-,where they {pent the time oi their eafure ,lrilte‘.lt lint: iniignificant Language; which cannot be avoided by thoferhat will teach Pliiloi'ophy, Without having firft attained great knowledge or in difputing of their Opinions : and ionic in any place," itrexey1 could get the youth ofthe City together to hear them talk. b' 1i this was it which Carnudcs alfo did at Rome, when he was Am .11 1 in Geometry: hoi'Nd‘tiire \vorketh by Motion; the Wayes, and Degrees whereof cannot be known, Without the knowledge ofthe Pn portions and Properties of Lines, and Figures. Their Moral} Philoibphyis butadefcription oftheir own Paflions. For the rule otManners, Without CiVill Government, is the Lawot‘Naturegand in it, the Law ClVlll, that determineth what is Hamjl, and dour: which caufed Car» to advife the Senate to diipitch him uickly, for feare of corrupting the manners of the mung??? that delighted to hear him peak ( as they thought ) flnctlfilr ; were many that {ludicd that Science to the great advantage of mankind : but there is no mention ottheirSchools; nor wasthere any Sect of» Geoiiictricmns; nor did they then pdfle under the From this it was,thatthe place where any of them taughtI , Lip: 1)}jhflfle'fl3 what is luff, andl'npzfl; and generally what is Good, difputcd,was called Srlwla, which in their Tongue fignihetn :1 fun; and their Difputations, Didtribt, that is to lay, PAH/I13 my"; ;: 11nd 1.71/1: whereas they make the Rules of Good, and Bad, by ) :K 36' Tome of them from thei‘e their Schools : For they that followed Plato's Doétrine, were called Academrquer; The followers ofAri- anal lIgiiilds and Vineyards; in which time they led on AkornS,, agu gengran trig, )Water: (0 alfothere have been divers drank profitablc Speculations from the beginninggflasfl tfingft Clnatuin- : 0F DARKNESSE. rim. Alfo the Philofophers themfelves had the name oftheir Seas "WA; Fi 1d3 3:: 50);: :eIfdieGrtlfe: knew their Vern: for in (add: tuige ocf them for their nouriihment, or planted them apart 3 their own Lib/13,;tnd DI/hltmg : 15y which means, in {0 great diAaa3 verfity |