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He followed likewiie Crates the Cynick, and others of that Sed, which confirm’d his Mafter in the Opinion that he was Mad. He was a Per- fon Eloquent and Learned, mentioned by Me¬ ander in his tiippocramus *, of fo great conftan- cy that he contemned all Glory for Virtue’s fake. He wrote fome things, which at firfi: appearance leemed Ludicrous^ but contained deep ferious Senle : as of Appetites two Books, and a Pro- treptick.
ONESICRITUS.
ONeJicritm was of jpgina-^ or according to Demetrius^ zn Ajiypa/aan he had two Sons : he fent the younger, named Androjihenes, to Athens^ who hearing Diogenes^ would not de¬ part thence. Hereupon he fent the elder, named Phi/ifcus^ who flayed there likewife for the fame reafon. Laftly, the Father himfelf went, ■and was fo much taken with Diogenes^ that he became a fedulous Auditor of him, as his two Sons were.
He was efleemed amongft the moft eminent Difciples of Diogenes. Laertius compares him With. Xenophon-. One fought under the
other under Alexander : One wrote the Injiitii- tion of Cyrus the other the Praife of Alexander: Their Stiles alfb were very like.
CRATES.
C Pates was a TJjeban., Son of Afcandas : He was likewiie reckoned amongft the moft eminent of Diogeneses Difciples : yet Hippobo- tus faith, he was not a Dilciple of Diogenes^ but of Bryfo the Achaan.
He fiourifhed about the i Olympiad : An- tifb'enes^ in his Succejfons., lliith, that being at a Tragedy where Telephus was reprefented, car¬ rying a Basket in a lord id condition, he betook himlelf to the Cynical Philofophy, and felling all his Eftate, (for he was very Rich, having got¬ ten together above two hundred Talents) he di- ftributed it amoi^ft the Citizens, and was fo conttant a Profellor of this Philofophy, that Philemon., the Comick Poet, takes notice there of*in thele words.
By him in Summer a thick Coat was worn.
In Winter-time (lb temperate) a torn.
Diodes faith, Diogenes perfwaded him to part with his Eftate, and to throw all the Money he had left into the Sea : and that the Houfe of Cra¬ tes was from Alexander.^ that of Hipparchia his Wife,from Some of his near Friends that came to him to diffwade him from this courle o: Life,he beat away,for he was of a refolute Ipirit Demetrias the Magnetian., faith, he depolitec fome Money in the hands of a Banquier, with this condition,that if his Sons betook themfelves
houfe of a young maid that was his Have, fay¬ ing, This is a hereditary matrimony to you ; but thole who commit adultery, are, according to the Tragedians, punillied with banilhment or death ; Thofe who keep Concubines were, ac^ cording to the Comedians, by luxury and drun- kennefs, tranfported to madnels.
P^7^/5T,the-Dilbiple toEuclidy^^s his brother.
He laid, tis not pollible to find a man without a fault i fbr, in every Pomgranat there is at leatt one grain corrupt.
Having dilplealed Nieodromus a Lutinift he beat him black and blew ^ whereupon he pafted a piece of paper on his Forehead, wherein was written, Nieodromus did this.
He was exceedingly inveaive againft common women.
He reproved Demetrius Phalerius for fendhig bread and wine to him, faying, Iwifhthe foun¬ tains alfo produced bread intimating, that he li¬ ved with water.
The Athenian Magiftrates blamed him for wearing a long robe •, 1 will fhew you, Theophra- ftus, fays he, in the fame attire ^ which they not believing, he brought them to a Barber’s Ihop, where he was fitting to be trimm'd.
At Thebes, being beaten by the Mafter of the Gymnafium -, or, as others, at Corinth by E/i- thicrates, he laughed, fayilig.
He by the foot him drew.
And o’er tbe threJJjold threw.
Zeno in ^ his Chrias faith, he Ibwed a ftieep- skin upon his cloak, to appear the more defbr- ■ med. He was of a very unhandlbme look and whilft he difeourfed, laughed.
He uled to lift up his hands and lay. Be of good courage, Grecians, both for the eyes and all other parts, for you fh all foon feethefe deriders fur- prijed by ficknefs, and proclaiming* you happy, blame their own flothfulnefs.
Flefaid, we ought fo long to ftudy Philolb- phy, until the leaders of the Army leem to be Horferdrivers.
He faid, they who lived with Flatterers, were forfaken perfons,living like Iheep amidlt wolves, not with thofe who wilh’d them well.
Perceiving he drew nigh to death, he looked upon himfelf, faying,
-And dofi thou go, old Friend,
To the next World, thou whom old age doth bendd For he was Crooked through Age.
To Alexander, asking whether he would that his Country fhould be reftored, or not .* To what end, faith ho, feeing there will come perhaps ano¬ ther Alexander, and Depopulate it. He faid, Con- ternpt of Glory and Want were his Country, which were not fubjeO: to Fortune ^ and that he was Countryman to Diogenes, not fearing any body.
Coming into the Forum,vjhoto he beheld fome stob. Sed 37. buying, others felling : Thefe, faith he, think themfelves happy in employments contrary to one
- , — - - .. another-, but 1 think my f elf happy, inhaving no-
to any Civil Employments, it fhould be repaid ihing to do either way.
again ^ but, if to Philofophy, it fhould be diftri- ' To a young man followed by a great many 62.
buted amongft the People, for as much as a Phi- Parafites : Tbung Alan, faith he, I am ferry to fee lofbphei ftands in need of nothing. you fo much alone.
Eratojihenes relates, that having a Son named He laid. We ought not to accept gifts from all ^or. 77; Paficles, By hlisYlTo Hipparchia, as fbon as he men, for Virtue ought not tobe maintained by Vice. arritii at '^^mans Eftate, he brought him to the Seeing at Delphi a golden Image of Phryne
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the Curtezan, he cried our, T})is- is a Trophy of ' the Greciaji Intemperance.
Seeing a young man highly fed and fat ; Ln- happy youth, faith he, do not fort if e yourFrifon. He faid. He gained Gloty,7tot by his Richesfut
his Poverty. , i , ,
To one, demanding what he ihould get by Philofophy ; Jbu will learn fPiPa. hQ,to open your purfe eafily, and give readily, not as you do now, turning away, delaying and trembling, as if you had the Pal fey.
He laid. Men know not how much a Wallet, a me of lire of Lupines,and fecurity of mind is worth.
The Epiftles of Crates are extant, wfierein, faith haertim, he writes excellent Philofophy, in ftile relembling Plato. He wrote Tragedies likewife, full of deep Philofophy.
He died old, and was buried in Batotia.
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the Atheift, with whom fhe argued thus-, if that, which if Theodoras do, be not unjuffly done, nei¬ ther is it uniuftiy done if Hipparchia do the fame : But Theodoras, if he ffrike himfelf, doth not unjuffly • therefore Hipparchia doth not un- juftly if fhe Ifrike Theodoras-, Theodoras anfwer- ed nothing, only plucked her by the Coat, v/hich fhe wore not like a Woman, but after the man¬ ner of the Cy nicks-, whereat Hipparchia was no¬ thing moved j whereupon he faid,
Her Webb and Loom i
She left at Home.
, I did, faith fhe, Theodoras, and I think have not erred in choofing to beftow that time which I fhould have Ipent in weaving, on Philofophy.
Much more faith Laertias is alcribed to her.
METRO C L ES, &c.
METROCLES.
MEt rocks was Difciple of Crates, Brother to Hipparchia. He fir if heard Theophra- jhis the Peripatetick, See. afterwards apply'd himfelf to Crates, and became an eminent Phi- iofopher.
He burnt, as Hecaton faith,his Writings,faying, Thefe are the Dreams of Wild Phantafick Touth^
He burnt likewife the diffates of his Mailer, Theophrafus.
Vulcan come hither needs thy aid.
He faid. Of things, fome are purchafed by mo¬ ney, as-Houfes-, fome by time and diligence, as Learning': Riches is hurtful, if not rightly applfd. He died old, he Ifrangled himlelf Of his Difciples are remembred Theombrotus and Cleomenas. Demetrius of Alexandria was Auditor of Theombrotus : Timarchus of Alexan¬ dria, and Echicles of Ephefus, were Difciples of Cleomenes. Echicles he2Lxd.-AioTheombrotus,fiom whom, came Menedemus, of whom hereafter. Am Dngft thele was alfo Menippus, of Sinopis.
MENIPPUS.
MEnippus was a Cynick, a Phtenician, by Birth, Servant by Achaichus
affirms. Diodes faith, his Father was of Pontus, called Bato Menippus for acquilition of Riches went to Thebes, and was made tree of that City. He wrote nothing ferious, all his Books being full of Mirth, not unlike the writings of Mele¬ ager. H'ermippus faith, he was named Hemero- I danifla, the daily Ufurer, for he put out Money ■j to Merchants upon Interelt, and took pawns-, at laft being cheated of all his goods, he hanged himfelf. ^
Some lay the Books that are alcribed to him, were writ by Dionyfus and Zopyrus, Colophoni¬ ans, which being ludicrous, they gave to him as a perfon difpofed that way ; they are reckoned , thirteen.
ICania's.
Teftaments.
Epiflles, in the perlbns of the Gods.
Two Natural Philofophers, Mathematici¬ ans and Grammarians.
Of Epicure.
H IPP ARCHI A.
Ipparchia was likewife taken with the Di- Icourfes of thofe Cynic ks, Ihe was lifter to Alet rocks -, they were both Alarionites. She fell in love with Crates, as well as for his Difcourle as manner of Life, from which none of her Sui¬ tors by their Wealth, Nobility or Beauty, could divert her, but that fhe would beftow her jfelf up¬ on Crates -, threatning her Parents, if they would not liiffer her to Marry him, Ihe would kill her felf. Hereupon her Parents went to Crates, deli- ring him to dilTwade her from this Refolution j which he endeavoured, but not prevailing, went away, and brought all the little Furniture of his Houfe and ftiewed her. This, faith he, is your Husband, That the Furniture of your Houfe -, con- fider upon it, for yor cannot be mine unkfs you follow the fame courfe of Life. She immediately took him, and went up and down with him, and and in publick, awjiyiyslo, annd went along with him to Feafts.
At a Feaft of LyCwuichus, Ihe met Theodoras
Laertius reckons fix of this name ^ the firft wrote the Lydian ftorj, and epitomiz’d Xanthm. The fecond this.
The third a Sophift, of Caida.
The fourth a Graver.
The fifth and fixth Painters, both mention’d by Apollodorus.
MENEDEMUS,
MEnedemus was Difciple of Colotes, of Lampfacum-, he proceeded, asHippobo- ttfs relates, to fo great extravagance, that he went up and down in the habit of theFuries,declaring he was come from the World below to take no¬ tice of fuch as offended, and that he was to re¬ turn thither to give an account of them.
He went thus attired, A dark Gown tds heels, girt with a purple girdle -, upon his head an Ar¬ cadian hat, on which were woven the twelve figns-, tragick buskins, a long beard, in his hand an 'ajhen fii^. Hitherto of the
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HISTORYof PHILOSOPHY.
Containing the ST 0 I CK Philofophers.
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Kis Country ^Varents^ Brft Studies.
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H E Se^ of Stoicks had its Original from the Cynicks^ Zeno was the Author thereof, who having hilt b^n a Scholar of Crates^ and af
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terwards a hearer of other Philofophers,at lafl: in* ftituted this new Se£l, ^ He was bom at Giti- ^ ,
um, a Greek Sea-town, in the Ifle of Cyprus^
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b with a lock’d Haven, Inhabited by Ph^’nicians^ c whence he fometimes was termed the Pbxni- Clan. His Father was called Mnafeas, by iome Dcmeas, a Merchant, whence v^as objected to Zeno^ the obfcurity of his Birth and Country, as being c/ a Stranger, and of mean Parentage, whereof he was fofar from being alhamed,that e he refuledto be made a Citizen of Athens., as be an undervaluing of his own
conceivHig it to
jelling, faid, it was written under the Dog’s tail.
At laft deferring Crates he applied himfelf to Srilpo the Alegarick Philofopher. Apollonius b haert.
Tyr 'ius faith, That taking hold of his Cloak to pluck him away from Stilpo., he faid, 0 Crates, the handles by which the Philofophers are to be ta¬ ken hold of., are their Ears y lead me by thofe your way.) or elje., thd you confirain my Body to be with you., my mind will be with Stilpo. With Stilpo he
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Country ^ in fo much as / when he contributed I remained ten years. u • r
. to a Bath in Athens, and his Name was infcri- went to Xenoerates, being fo
bed upon a Pillar with the Tirle-ofP-hilofopher,! well Satisfied with the Inftruaion of thele two
hedefired they would add a Cittiean.
g Zeno fas Hecaton and Apollonius Tyrtt/s relate) enquiring of the Oracle, what courfe he Ihould take to lead the beft courfe of Life, was aniwer’d, that he Ihould converfe with the dead^
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whereupon he addiaed himfelf to the reading of
ancient Authors. ' , , , .
h Herein he was not a little furthered by his Fathei-, who, as Demetrius faith, trading fre¬ quently to Athens, brought him as yet but very young, many Socratical Books, which excited in him a great Afthaioii to Learning.
i Being now 17. (or as Perfaus 22) years old, he took a Voyage to Athens, carried thither as well by his particular inclination to Philofo- phy, as by his Buftnefs, which was to fell fome Purple that he had brought out oPPhatnieia. He took along with him a, hundred Talents, and having fold his Merchandife, apply’d himfelf to Philofofbphy, yet continued to lend his Mo¬ ney out to Merchants upon Intereft, fo to im prove his Stock. • ^ .
Some affirm his Ship wks call away -in the Pi- r£um, which news being brought him to Athens, he feemed nothing at all rnoved, but only faid, k^iHut.deutil.Jhou doft well fortune, k -to drive me into a c.ip.ex inimic. Gown-, or as Fortune commands me to
Study Philofophy more earneftly. b
/ Others fay. That being troubled at the lofs of his Ship, he went up to the City of Athens, ^ and fitting in a Boofellers Shop, read a piece of Xenophons Commentaries, wherewith being much pleafed, he asked the Book-feller where fnch men lived -, Crates by chance paffed by, the Bookfeller pointed to him, faying, that Man-, which he did, and from that time for¬ ward, became a Difciple of Crates. ,
Mafters, tliathe faid,ife tnade a very good Voyage when he wasShip-wrec/dd-, tho’ others apply it to his living with Crates.
c He afterwards apply’d himfelf to Diodorus c Cronus, as Hippobotus avers, under whom heftu- diedDiale6:ick,to which Science he was fomuch addifled, that d when a certain Philofopher oP that Sefl had informed him of feven Species of Dialeftick, in that fallacy which is called ih0 Mower, He asked him what he was to give him for his reward, the Philofopher demanded an hundred pieces of filver j Zeno(Po much was he affefled to Learning) gave him two hundred.
€ Laftly, not with Handing that he had made a e Lam. smi, great progrefs in Philofophy, he heard Polemon, whofe Doflrine was Pride-, wdiereupon
Polemon told him, 2ieno, / am not Ignorant that you He in Ambujh, and come Jlily into tny Garden ( as the Phcenicians ufe) to fieal away Learning.
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CHAP. III.
His School, and hijiitution of a SeU.
J_jAying been long a hearer of others, he at
CHAP. 11.
Of his Alaflers.
a Laert.
EytENO thus changingthe courfe of his Life,
applied himfelf to Crates, a being apt to Philofopy, but more Modeft than fuited with the Cynical Seft. Which Crates to remedy, gave him a Pot full of Pottage to carry through the Ceramick -, and perceiving him to hide it, as afnamed,with hisCoat,hellruck the Pot with his Stick and broke it. Zeno running away, all wet. What, faid he, are you running away, little Phoe¬ nician? Ho body hurt you. He made a little hol¬ low cover of a Pot, in which he carried the Mo¬ ney of his yiafiQiCrates, that it might be in rea- dinefs whenhewent -to buy meat. Thus he li¬ ved q while with Crates, during which time he
lafl thought fit to communicate the Learn¬ ing which he had received and improved. To this end he made choice of the rro/Arti s-ia, the pain- ^ ted Walk, fo named from thePiQures of Polyg- notus, otherwife called PiJianaHia, Here he conftantly walked and difeourfed, relblving to fettle there, and make the placeas full of Tran¬ quility as it had been before of Trouble .* For, in the time of the thirty Tyrants, near 1400 Ci¬ tizens were there put to Death.
Hither relorted a great many Difciples to him,’wh6 wereat firil called Zenonians, as Epi- « cure affirmeth, from their Mailer, afterwards from the place where he taught, Stoicks , as £’- ratofthenes in his eighth Book of Antient Come¬ dy ^ adding, that not long before, fome Poets that lived there were called Stoicks alfo, upon which occafion the name was very well known.
He was fubtil in Difquifirion and Difpure.
He Difputed earneftly with Philo the Diale- £lick, and exercifed himfelf together with him : fo that Zeno the younger admired him no lefs than his Mailer
He firft leemeth (faith Laertius) to have let a bound to the loolenefs and extravagance of • Propolitions : But of this more, when we comp to Ipeak of his Philofophy, which by reafon of its largenefs, we remit to the end of his Life.
writhis Book of the Commonwealth,wheaQe Pome
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ZENO
CHAP. IV.
What Honours were conferred upon him.
ZENO by the Philofophy which he taught, and the pra£life of his Life conformable to that Doarine, gain’d fo high an Eftimation a- mongit the Athenians^ that a they depolited the Keys of the City in his Hands, as the only Perlonfit to be entrufted with their Liberties. His I^me was likewile much Honoured by his own Country-men, as well thole at Cyprus, as thofe who lived at Sidon.
Amonglt thole who honoured and favoured Z^;?^,was Antigonus Gonotus King of Macedonia a Prince no lels Eminent for his Verue than his Greatneft, much elf eem’d him, and as often as he went to yl//r^’/?x, heard him. He lent many rimes to invite him to come to him, among!! the
L^ttsr to this ElFea, alledged Apol¬ lonius Tyrius.
Eing Antigonus to Zeno the Ehilofopherfieahh.
T Think that I exceed you inEortune andGlory-.^ Xbutyn Learning and hifcipline.^and ihatperJePi reiiciiy which you have attained., I am exceeded by yoi^ : Vberejore I thought it expedient to write to yoiLthat you will come to me., ajfuring my felf you mil not deny it. JJfe all means therefore to come to us., and know., you are not to inftruh me onjv but all the Macedonians. For, he who tejeheth the King of Macedonia, and guideth him to Vert ue It is evident that he doth likewife tnjfrua all his Subjedis in Virtue. Forfuch as is the i t^f^ojuchjor the mofl part are thofe who live under his Government.
CHAP V.
Zeno anfwcrcd thus:
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To King Antigonus, Zeno, healih.
T Much efeemyour earneftdefre of Learning A in that you am at Fhilofophy j not popular, whichperverteth manner sfut that true difciplme which conferreth profit, avoiding that generally commended pleafure which effeminates the Souls oj fame young Men It is manifefi, that you are enchned to Generofity, not only by Nature, but by Lboice. A generous Nature with indifferent , exercife affifiedby a Mafter, may e a fily attain to perfedl Virtue. But 1 am very infirm of Body
fourfeore Tears ^a, and therefore not able to come to you. Tet i willfendyoufomeof my Con-Difciples, who, in ■ y . that concern the Soul, are nothing inferior to me in thofe of the Body, are much fuperior tome j of whom, if you make ufe, you will want nothing conducing to perfect Beatt-
_ Tiius Zeno abfolutely- refufed to go to An
So^nf n Difciple Perfaus
a Cittiean, (who fiourilh- ed in the r 30th Olympiad , Z.L being then very_ old ) and Philonides a Theban^ S mentioned by in his Epilfle to Arifto-
hulus, as having been WuXx Antigonus.
His Apophthegms.
-A^phthegms are remefnbred thefe :
Of a Man very finely drelf,lfepping light- ly over over a Kennel; He de,h Zl SJf.r
‘pliirt, faith he, becaufc he camot fee - his race in it, ■ , .rrirt
A certain Cymek came to him to borroW Wt , fay ing he had none left : Zem denied him -ind ‘”‘ as he was going away ; Aoio, faith he, cZsder mid) oJ us tm are the more Impudent Cremniies whom he much affeHed'and Cie- amhes fitting down befide him,'*he atofe; wherd. at aeambes wondring, / have heard good Fhy/icl
Two fitting by him at a Feaft, he that was next him hit the other with his Foot .- Zem hit him that was next him with his Knee, and turn¬ ing him to him. What then think you , faith he that you have done to him that fits below you. ’
To one that loved the company of Boys, Neh therhave thof e Mafiersfmh ho,any Wit whocoih veife always with Boys, nor the Boys themfelves.
He laid, that Elegant Speeches were like A- lexandrian Silver, fair to the Eye, and figured like Money, but not a whit of the more value. ^ Speeches which are otherwife, he likened to Attick Tetradrachmes,which had a rough flamp but were of greater value.
f Difciple difeourfing many things
foolilhly,fome petulantly, others confidently,?? cannotbe,iknh he,but your Father was drunk when you were begot : Whereupon himfelf being veiV co^ife of Speech, he called him the Talker To a great Eater who left nothing for Mo Laert. Athcn. that eat with him, he caufed a great Filh to be let before him, and immediately to be taken a- way ; the other looking upon him. What, faith he, do you think your Companions fuffer every day feeing that you cannot fuffer my Grecdinefs once}
A yonng Man, who quelfioned fomethiug Laert. more curioully than fuited with his Age he brought to him a Glafs, and bad him look in ^1^^^ asked him, whether he thought that ^eftion agreed with that Face ?
To one that fiid, he dilliked many things of ytijiheness Writing, he brought his Chria of Saphac/es,3nd asked him, if there were any thing therein excellent? The other arfwered,lie knew" not- Are you not q/hamed then (replied if Amilhoms have f aid any thing ill, youfeka and remember that : but if any excellent, you are fo ' " ' far from remembring, as not to mind it ^ ^ '■
^ To one that laid the Speeches of Philofo- giers were fhort : Tou fay very true, faith hefo fbould their ^ very Syll abl es be, as much as is pojfible One laying oiP olemon,x\\‘3i\. he propoled Ibme things and faid others .• He frowning laid. What rate do you fet upon things that arc given}
He laid, that a D 'fputant fhouldhavc the voice and Lungs of a Com Mian, but not the Icudnefs.
To thofe that /peak well,h.Q faid-,?v^’ fkou Id allow a place to hear, as to skillful Artificers to fee • on the othefide, the hearer mu ft fo attend to what isfpoken, that he take no time to cenfure To a young Man that fpoke macli your Lars lairh hQ,are fallen into your Tongue.
To
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To a haiidfome youth, who faid, that te thought that in his Opinioh, a wife man ought not to love: Nothini, faith he, mil be more un- happy to you that are handfome.
■^Hefaid, t\m moji Fhilofophers are in many things fools., in trivial and vulgar ignorant
he who finds out all things of himlelf^ for the latter hath only underttanding, but the other praftice alfo.
Being demanded how it came to pafs that be Lam. Atlvn. ing very aulfere, he notwithftanding was very
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Cr^itin Right. much con- He faid. That to do well is no f mall matter ;
6dIce^^r”P-, faith ^flJboMbe loa^h >o m “
5iufxi#,hKe;4g|dU^^
Heaccufed many, faying, they might take stob. Ser. 58. pleafure^ in labour., they would rather go to the Cooks Jhop for it.
He laid, thatw? flwuld not affeu delicacy oj stob.
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Ill in d u.iii.y dcdi., iiiaL nv li k^i. /
next placed himamongft the Beggars, that he might convetle with them and their tags, until at laft the young man went away.
He faid, that nothing is more unfeemly than Tride, efpecially in young men.
4/P,« ar,d«U, a. ,hofLho mak. p/J JSePuTd leCo no wrong • fode%oSmea,,b.,anly.,,animakeuSeojV^^^^
It in our minds. _ 1
It in our minds. n r ii .dpfiv Being demanded whether a mar
He faid, that tijeell ""’fwL^ongfniay concealit fiom God ;
in their wd kina, in thcir behaviour, and intheiry^ 01 •
,«ian that ^^^^stob. Ser. $2.
. ^ yy. ^ 1 wtons. mav tuuccdi. iv. aiwui Uod ; faith he,
,« their v>alkmg, m the,r beh^wur mi m their ff^Cthmlieth it.
garments ; often repeating thofe Verles of ttitri- ^ Prodigality, fay-
pidesQonQQmm^ Capunaus. that they had plenty, out of which they did
He was not puft up with. his Store., .^6’ youexcuje a Cook., faith he, that fliould
Nor thought himfelf above the Poor. p,, p p, > ^
He faid, nothing was more alienate from the that of his Difciples,yi?;/z^’ werey»rQ-
comprehenfion of Sciences., than Poetry : and, that lovers of knowledge ^ others, n'oy oprei, lo-
we need nothing more than Time. \ vers of fpeaking.
Being asked who is a friend? he anfwered,iW/ ^ He compared -dr/r of TialeUick to ju(i stob.Ser.
meafures filled, not with Wheat or anything of
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Other felf
Having taken his Servant in a Theft, he beat him •, the fellow faid, it was his deftiny to fteal-, and to be beaten, faid he.
He laid, that Beauty is the fweetnefs of the voice, or, according to fome, he called it, the flower of Beauty.
Seeing the Servant of one of his Companions black and blew with ftripes •, I fee, faith he, the fruits of your Anger.
Tq one that linelt fweet of Oyntments ^ Who is it, faith he, that fmells Jo effeminately ?
To Dionyflus firnamed the retra-
Sor, who asked him, why he correHed all but himfelf j becaufe, faith he, I do not believe you.
To a young man who fpoke too freely, Por thisreafon,iP\x.\i\iQ, we have two Ears and but one Tongue, that we fhould hear much and /peak little.
He was invited to a Feaft with other Philofo' phers by the Ambaflador of Antigonus (accord VAf,loTaertius oP Ptolomy') and whilfl of the ref every one amidft their Cups made Oftentation of their Learning, healone fate filent *, whereup¬ on the Ambaffadors asking him what they fhould fay of him to Antigonus fPhat which you pe,PPixh^ he ',for of all things fils bar deft to contain fpeech.
Being demanded how he behaved himfelf when reviled, he faid, as ah Ambajfador dijmifs'd ^ without anfvoer.
He changed the Verfes of Heflod, thus.
Who good advice obeys, of men is beji.
Next, he who ponders all in his own breji.
For that man (faith hej is better who can obey god advice, and make good ufe thereof, than
value, but with Chaff andStraw. stob. Ser. 211.
He faid, we ought not to enquire whether men belonged to great Cities, but whether they defer- ved a great City.
Seeing a friend of his too much taken up with Stob. Ser. 222. the bufinefs of his Land , unlefs you lofe your hand, faith he, it will lofe you.
He PATamanmuft live not only to eat and drink stob.Ser. 297. but to ufe this life for the obtaining of a happy life.
being full of Wine, went to vifit him, and kilTing and embracing him as a drunken ' man, bad him demand whatfoever he would, fwearing that he would give it him j Zeno an- fwered, T0f£i/6«f at once reproving his
vice, and taking care of his health.
Stretching out the fingers of his right hand, ck. Acad. he PAd, fuch is phantafle-, then contraHing 'em queijl 4- hlittle, fuch is ajjent j then doling them quite, and (hutting \i\sPP,fuch is comprehenfion then putting to it his left hand, and (hutting it clofe and h3idi,fuch (faith he) is Science, of which none is capable but a wife man.
CHAP. VI.
His heath.
ZENO having continued according to a LatJit. Apollonius, Matter of his School fifty eight years, and attained to the $Sth of his age, by the computation of Laertius and b Lucian,
(for that he lived but 72 years, as fbme affirm upon the teftimony of c Perfaus, feems to be a mittake, feeing that his Letter to Antigonus was
written
ZENO.