Part VIII

CHRTSIPPUS.
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C H A P. IV.
His Death,
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He lived according to Laertius 8o Years, ac¬ cording to 99. The occafionof
his Death this, being troubled with a forenefs of his Gums (Stobeus an Ulcer under his Tongue) he was enjoyned by thp Phyficians to faft tWo days j which he did, and was well •
then they told him he might eat again, but he would not, faying, he was now gone a great way on his Journey ^ {a) would you have me ^ faith W stab, he, having pajiover the great efi part of my Life, return hack again, and begin it anew ? (b) Ha- CD Laert, ^ ving faded two days more, he Died.
(f) Simplicity hith, he faw an exquifite Ilatue CcJJnEpiUet, of Qeanthes in AJfus, an example of the niagni- ficence of the Roman Senate, dedicated to his Honour,
CHRYSIPPUS.
CHAP. I.
m Life.
laerp. ^^"'^Hryfppus was of Soli, ( a City of G- m licia, afterwards called Dompeiopolis)
j his Father was of’ Tarjis.^ named Apollonity, or, as Suida^., Apollonides, who came and lived at Soli, which perhaps gave Laertius., and from him Suidof, occaflon to doubt whether Chryfippus himfelf were not of ‘Larjis,
He firfl: exercifed in the Hippodrome. Hecaton faith, that having wafte^ his Patrimony in the , King’s fervice,he applyqd himfelf to Philofophy.
Coming to Ashen s, he heard, as fome affirm, Zeno,or rather (as Diodes and others ) Qeanthes, from whom whilfl; he was yet alive he diffented. He was an eminent Philofopher, Ingenious and Acute in every things fo that in mod: opinions he differ’d from Zeno and Qeanthes, to whom he would only fay , tell tne. the DoUrines, and. let me clone for Proofs, If at any time he eroded Qe¬ anthes in difputc, he wag afterwards lorry for it, often faying,
Ofhappinefs in all I am poffef s' d.
But in Cleanthes j' there alone unblefs'd.
He was fo famous for that it was a
common fpeech. If the, Gods themfelves would itfe Dialedick, they would make ufe only of the Chryfippean, But^he more was plentiful in mat¬ ter, than free in expreffion.
He was infinitely dudiQ)a$ and indudrious, as appeareth from the multjtqde of his Books. An old Woman that waited on himVfaid^ that he wrote everyday 500 Paragraphs.!
When any quedidn’d'him in private,' he an- fwer’d meekly and freely ; but as foon as any company came, he grew eager and litigious, fay-
Brother, there hangs a cloud before your Eyes Caji quite away this madnejs, and be wife.
When he drunk at Feads, he lay very dil1,only‘' diaked his Legs •, whereupon his Woman faid, Chryfippus' s legs only are drunk.
He had fo good an opinion of himfelf, that to one who asked him to whom he fhould com¬ mend his Son, he anfwered. To me •, for if 1 knew any better, Iwould hear Philofophy ^ of him my felf :• Whence it was faid of him, '
; He is infpirdbyjove,.
The refi like fhadows move.
As alfo that.
Had not Chxyfvp^\\% been.
No Stoa we had feen.
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Arceftlaus and Laeydes(as Sotion fait^i)coming,i^er/. into the Academy, he ftiidied Philofophf ^with' ^
them, whence he difputed againft Cudom, and for Cudom, and of Magnitude and Multitude, ufing the arguments of iht Academic ks.
. (3) He was a great defpifer, ofHonours,for of(^i^ Laert, all his Writings, he Dedicates none to any King.
(c) He was content with little, for {d) he lived (c) stob. without any other attendants than one old Wo- C^J Laert, many and when PtolomyytxoX.e. to Qeanthes, de- firing he would coruem hirn, or fend fome one of his Difciples, Spheerus went, hnt Chryfippus^ rrfufed.
. Having fentfor Ariflocreon and Philocrates,
’his fiders fons, he firit; taught in the Lyceum in the open Air, as Demetrity writes. ^
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C-H R T S I FPUS.
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C H A P. II.
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His Apophthegms.
The firll Order of .'the 'Logical place of things.
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(b) Stib.
(c) Stob.
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(d) Ser.42.
(e) Scr. yi,.
{f J Ibid.
{g) Ibid.
(h)Ser. 116.
(i) Ser. rji
(k) Ser.249.
' (a) ^^Oironc that .blamed him for not hearing
_ X ^Anjio "SOS, many did^ If I fliould follow manyjiCdkk.i^Si. Ifhoiild notftudy' Philofophy.
To a biaicftick adaulting Cleanthes with So- phifms ; Leave, faith he, diverting an aged Per- Jonfrom ferioiis things propound thofe to us that are young.
(b) He faid, meditation is the fountain of difcouiTe. -
(c) He faid,\d runkcnnefs is a lelTer madnefs. , (yl) He faid, a wife nian.- gneyeth, but is not
trobbljsd, fbr his mind yi^s hot to it.
(^) Tp one that faid' to him, Your friend re- vii'eth y6ii behind your back; Blame ^him not, faith he, for he might do it before my Pace.
C/)Toav vickedman that call many afperfi- ons upon him : Tou have done well, faith he, not to omit any thing that is in your f elf.
(g) Being told thatfome fpoke ill of him It is no matter., faith he, I will live fo, that they Jhall not be believed.
(h) He faid, there is a difference between
fwearing true, and fwearing truly ^ and betwixt fwearing falfe, and forfwearing. That which is fworp, at the time that it is^fworn,muIl: neceflari- ly be either’ true or falfe, feeing that the form of fwearing is an Axiom : But he that fweareth, at the fame time that he fweareth, is not necelfarily perjur’d, or fweareth true,becaufe the time is not yet arrived that niufl; determine his Oath.For as a man is faid to have covenanted truly or falfly, not when, tlie covenant is made, but when the time wh^fejjy it is limited is come ; So ,a man is faid t6 fwear truly or falfly, when the time comes wherein he promifed to make good his oath. ^
(i) Being demanded why he did not undertake the government of the Commonwealth ■,Becaufe., faith he. If I govern ill, I Jhall dijpleafe the Gods j if well, the People.
( k) He faid, he who hath arrived at perfeflion, difehargeth all offices, bmiting none, yet his life is not happy, for Beatitude is a poft-acceflion thereto, when as the mean aftions acquire a "^conftancy, habit, and peculiar confirmation.
: •/ C H A P > III. ‘-O' His Writings.
BEcaufe';- faith Laertius, his Writings were very^celebrious,nve ftiall give an account of thefiidigefted according to their fubjeds : They werethefe. ,
the Logical place, The/es.
Logick. " ''' -q
Phihfcphick Commentaries.
Lialeiiick definitions, to Metrodorus,6. , Of DialeHick names, Zeno i.
'Uialeilick art, to Ariftagoras 1.
Of Jonnex Probables, ta Diofeorides 4.
Of Axioms I.
Ofnot-fimpleAxio77ts\. ’ [ P
OfConnex, /i? Athenades 2.
Of Negatives, /^^Ariftagoras^..^,; Of Catagoreuticks, /t? AthenodorUS j. Of things JpoKen by privation, ^to ThS
aims I.
Of befi Axioms, to Dion 3.
Of Indefinites 4.
Of things fpoken according to Time 2 Of perfeit Axioms 2
The fecond Order, k
Of true disjunS, to Gorgippides i Of true connex, to Gorgippides 4' Livifion, to Gorgippides i Of Confequents i
Of that which is for three, to Gorgip¬ pides I
OfPoJJibles, to Clitus 4 Of Significations, againji Philo i What are falfe 1
The third Order.
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Of Precepts 1
Of Interrogations 2 \
Of Per com ati on 4 ,
Epitome of Interrogation and Percontetr^ tion I
Epitome of Anfwers x Of ^efiion 2 '
Anfwer 4
The fourth Order.
Of Categorems, to Metrodorus 10 Of right and fupine, to PhihxchvA i Of Conjunllions, to Apollonides i To Palylus, of Categorems 4 /
The fifth Order.
Of the five cafes 1
Of exprejjions defined according to the fuojeil I , , t , A
Of Affimilation, /
vf Appellatives 2 ' '
Of the Logical place concerning words, and their renfons. The firit Order.
Offingular and plural exprejjions 6 Of Words, to Sofigenes and Alexander 5 Of the anomaly of Words, to Dion 4 Of Sorites pertaining to voice 3 Of Solcecijms, to ^Dionyfius i • Of unufual fpeech i
Words, to Dionylius i
The fecond Order.
Of the elements of fpeech f Ofthefyntax of things /aid 4 Of the fyntax and elements of fpeech, to Philip 3
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