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Show ' t , . Of the Ad#~tfl€Ctf!ff!l ijlLearning, .. inhann·; tli£li is·~on~e~ntng t~hia:~.i~n o~ 1 atrong. tH M rince.~i.tlffel~a~r~rt ~~opoo.ple. · r i ci h I hath llean.Wg'atl tnflt.lenJ:t aod opera-t! o on:aly vpon oipile mFrit and mor l:ver.ru~ ;.and . th~rArt ·or temper~tt.U~ .of:pe~c~~ '! aJ.ldt. .eac<!abl~ gouernem en~· J .but likcwtf e Jt ·lia~J:l'-n? ~1 eif~.· :Power and efficacic in inablero.ent tQ.ward·s tnaruall ~nd militarie vertue and p.roweffe; as may be notablv repr. efent~d in i~e. examples c~fc;;ile~lt."c!~r: tb;:weat, and 'C4{d~ the Dtt.frator menuoned befo ' b~tt 1lOW in tit plac=e to bee refumed, . of whofe JJer~~s and. ACls in warre, there needeS'no notF· orrec'nall, ha~ uin·g beene the wonders of time. i~ that .kind~" "Bt~t · of their. atfeB:ions towardes. l~arn1ng~ aod· rfett t~. sin learning·~ ·it is perfin·arut.ofa:y{omew.nat~. · . · LA lexa~der was bred and taught vnder Mrifior/e. tbe·great Philofoplier; who dedicated diuerl. of hiSt ookesof:Philofophievnt0.him; he w~s a~cndeq · ~wit~ callij)hent 11 9.nd diuers.Qther lea~n·ed rper!Ons, that Jfollowed. hitn itl' Ca1npe, throughout his Iourneyes and C 0nquefls:what pr rce and efiitnation hee had ·learn in~ in1 · do~h notably appeare:in tlhefe tHree particulars~ Firft, in t~e enuie he'v.fed to ex-pteffe ~ that he bare toWards .~4chiiles, in. this; tHat he had·fo good a 'Xrutnpet of his prayfes asH omers ver~ fes : Secondly ~in the iudgement·or. tolutionhe gaHe touching that ·precious , C bihet of.DarittJ· which1 · wac; found among his Ie\v.els, wheteof.~1:1efiion was made, ·what thing.was worthyto beputintoir, and bt~gaue hi~ qpif!jpn. fq~. H om{rs w9rke.s. Thirdly)i" · · · · · his r ". / ·. ·. fr.hefofl · 'Boo~. 37 . , His letter. to LArijfotle after hee. had fet forth his. Bookesof Nature.; ·wherein he expofiulat~thwith ~irn for publilhing'the lecrets or n1ifteries of Philo .. fophie, ·and gaue hiGll .to vnderftand th1t himfeJfe . efteemed it more to excellother men in learning & kno.wledgej than.in power and Em.pire. And what vfe· he had eflearning1doth appeare, or tather fhine . in all his fpeech.esai?d anfweres) being fillloffcienc·e .and vfe of fcience, and that in all varietie. · · · And herein againe, it may fee~e a thing fcho!a. .fiicall;andfomewhat .idle .to recite things thareuery man~knoweth; but .yet_,flnce .. theargument lhandle 'lead~th ,mee there\lnto, I am glad that men ~all. , ~per.ceiue I .am .as .willing ·to flatter ·(if they ·will f0 ~all it) an Alexander, ·or a Cttfar,or an Antoninttf, tha~ . :are dead many -hundreth yeeres fince, as any :that now lineth : for it is .the di(play.ing of the glorie ~ef Learni~~~n · Souer~igntie · ihat 1 .pro~ou~d ·to: · my f.elfe ~~~ no~ ·an hu~eur ·of~eclaymtng.Jn,any :mans pratfes. Obferue then the fpeech hee vfed ·of DiogeneJ_ and fee if.it tend not to .the true ftate oll, ·one·of tbe gre~teft quefiions of morall Philofophie; .. whet~her. ~he ,enioying · of outward t~inges~ f?r the ~contemntngofthem. bethegreateftbappinelre; fur . ·w~en·h~~faw Di~~~nes fo perfettly contented with ·folntle.: he fayd to thofe· th:tt mocked at:his condi-· l.tien~ 'Wer.e'i'nott:Alexander~lwou!d ·wifhto be bioae.: :tJ,es; Bat s~ncca ·inuerteth it, and fayth; Plt1s er~t ~ · '}rlflil htc no!fe~ Mcipn-_e, q ~am qu1d iOe poper dar.e. T ber; · '#l~more.;~/nngs#h"'kf? Dtogenes wouldl14tttrtfufld,rbt , 4 • • • • . K ~ . · -1hoft . |
