Part IX.

of he is ignorant :, and that he who learncth, ad¬ dict and refign himlelr to hisTeachei. Ina woid,
• they faid, It"is neccffary, that inch young men as would beprelervedj flio'.ild addidt thcmielvcsto
• the Conceptions and Of-irdons of their EldcrSjand fuch as load a good life.
Now in the whole courfoof humane life, .there are certain diltinvl Ages, which are not tcmcrari- ouily to be conncQod, tor tliey are expelled by one another, unkfs a man be well and rightly ordered from his birth. It is requifite therefore, that from the inftitution ofaChild in Goodnefs, Temperance, and Fortitude, a great part be tranfmitted to his Youth, rvhenhe arrives at that age ^ likewife of his Youth inllituted in Goodnefs, Fortitude and Temperance, a great part be tranf¬ mitted to his manly eftate. Herein the courfe or¬ dinarily taken, is ridiculous for raoft think, that Children ought to be* well ordered , inftruHed in Temperance, aqd to abHain from all things odi¬ ous and undecent ^ but when they come to be Youths, moll leave them to their own manage¬ ment, to do what they pleafe •, whereas at that Age they are fubje^f to both forts of Vices, of Cnildren, and Of Men. To (Imn Study and Or- . der, and to follow Play and VVantonnefs, the Vice of Childhood is likewife moll proper to Youth. Again, vehement D-lires, Ambition, and the like, the Ail'eftions of Manhood, inlinuate into Youth, for which reafon, this Age requireth care above all the reft. In fine, a man ftiould never be fo given over, as to do whatfoever he pleafeth , but that there Ihould always be fome Overfeer prefi- dent over the reft, a legitimate fitting Magiftrate, whom every Citizen ought to obey. For a living creature, as foon as ever it is neglected, falls into ill and wickednefs.
They affirm, that they often have enquired and examined, for what reafon we give Children food at fet times, and moderately ^ the ordinary An- fwer is. That Order and Moderation are good ^ their contraries, Diforder and Immoderatenefs, ill, as is manifeft, in as much as to be a Glutton or a Drunkard is efteemed a great reproach. For if none of thefe were ufeful and beneficial to us when we arrive at man’s eftate, it were needlefs to ac- cuftom our felves, whilft Children, to fuch Or-
• der. It is' the fame in other, habits. We fee it . manifeft alfo in all other kinds of living creatures,
which are taught by man from. the very beginning, as Whelps, and the like, thofe things which they arerequired to praflife when they are come to full growth. T hm Jamb/ichus. OiStlence^Akflinence^ and the whole courfe of his have
formerly treated.
CHAP. II.
fortitude.
(a) Jamb. cap. H E greateft Argument of the Pythagore-
32. pag.189. j_ pQj. fortitude, was, for that they
fully perfwaded therafeives, that of all Humane Chances, nothing ought to happen unexpededly to any, but that they Ihould exped all things which were not within their own power. Pre¬ cepts of Pythagoras ^ tending to this Virtue, are thefe.
(i) Stib.,(cm. (^) things which you judge to be
\good^ although after you have done them., you Jhall I be difefteemed ^ for the vulgar is an ill judge of all good things : As you defpife their praife.,fodefpife their difpraife.
(c) He forbad to forfake the proteSion and ftati- fej ckAt ic¬ on of this life, without the command of ourfupream neft. hord.
CHAP. Ill .3
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Temperance and Continence.
(a) T T E often ufed this Apophthegm to all his pA ) Porph.
JlI Auditors, whether many or few. We Jamb, muji avoid with our utmoji endeavour^ and ampu¬ tate with Ere and Sword., and by all other means, from the Body, Sicknefs •, jrom the Soul, Ignorance •, from the Bellygjfuxury from a City, Sedition from a f amity, ^if cord-, from all things, Ex- cefs. ' ■ I
{b) It is better to live lying on the ground with (b) Stub.icm. , . J a fettled confidence, than to have a golden bed 4* 1
and be troubled. . . ... ||
(c) Temperance is the ftrength of the Soul ; ^
for it is the light of the Soul clear from Paf- f
fion. j
{d) To fei ve Paflions is more grievous than to pdj stob. ibid. 1. ' ferve Tyrants.
(e) It is impoffible he can be free, who ferves fO -S^o^dbid. paffioris, and is governed by them. .
(j) No man is free who doth not command SM. ibid, ,
himfelf.
(g) The labour of Continence precedes 1
cellent things. ' • •
(h) To pofiefs Continence is the beft ftrength ph JStob. lyi’* ; and wealth.
(i) It is better to die, than to cloud the Soul by pi j stob. iWd,
Intemperance. '.
(k) He faid, that Drunkennefs is a little Mad- Stob. iS.\
nefs •, or, that it is the ftudy of Madnefs ; or, as Laertm, that it is the Canker of the flower of the Mind. ^
(/) The Voice of the flefh is. No hunger, no (0 Stob. 99. r' ! thirft, no cold.
{m) He admoniffied all men to fhun Ambi- (m) Ptrph. p-f' ' tion and Vain-glory, becaufe thefe chiefly excite a**' ■ 1
Envy. - _ . . /i
(nj He difeommended allExcefs, faying, laerf^ 'y /
we ought not to exceed a due proportion in labour - f j
and food. • ’ Aj
(0) We muft confider, there are three kinds of (o^Porph. | things which deferved to be purfued and acqui- • ^
red ’, the firft is of thofe which are honourable ^
and vertuous the fecond, conducing to life •, the laft, pleafures : not the vulgar enchanting plea- fure, for that he allowed not, but the folid and ' . »i
grave, free from blame. For, he faid, there arc two kinds of pleafure, whereof that which in- dulgeth to the belly, and to lafcivioufnefs •, by pro- fufenefs of wealth, he compared to the murthe- rous Songs of the the other, which confifts
in things heneft and juft, as alfo in the neceflaries of life, is fweet as well as the firft, and withal it is not followed by repentance. Hither perhaps alludes (p) C/entens,who faith, Pythagoras advifed pp. J Strom, i, to efteem the Mufes fweeter than Syrens ; teaching, P* 294* that we fhould ftudy Learning not with delight ■, whereby he condemned the other delight of the Mind, which is ^laclous.
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T r T H A G 0 R A S.