Part Xf.

DE MOC KiTV S.
a Cic.de jene^. b de die. nat. cap. C Laert,
d Laert.
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and not n'linding fuch Friendi as'earne fo me, l»uc wholly t^ken up with Contemplation of foniething, )ou would have inferred irom what- you beheid . that I was Mad. A Phyfitian tl ercforc mu/i: not judge of the AfTeclions or Paillons by the figiK only, but by the Actions thcmfelves, and obferve, whether they are in tlieir Beginfiing, or in the Middle, or in the r,nd, and to confider the difference of Time and Age, before he undertake to cure the Body ; for by all ihefe, the Difeafe will be difeovered.
To v^'hich Hippocrates returrr'd this Anfwer.
In the art of Phyllck, that which happens Succefsfullyjmen for the moh part commend nor, but commonly aferibe to the Gods ; but if any thing happen amifs in it, fo as that the Patient dieth, they let the Gods alone, and accufc the Phylician. And indeed, I perceive, that I gain more blame than credit by my art; for, tho’now very old, I have not yet arrived at the height of Medicine, neither did ^Iculafats himfclf who invented it, as appears in that he many times difients from thofe who have written hereupon. Your Letter to us condemns the adminiftration of Hellebore ; I was fen t for indeed, Detnoerttm, to cure a Mad-m^in, neither at that time could I guefsin what condition you were : But afloon as I had Gonverfed with you, I knew you to be far from madnefs, and worthy of all refpedf. I acknowleged you to be the moff excellent In- terpreterof Nature, and the World ; and judged thofe that fent for me, mad, and to Band in need ofPhyfick. But fincethis Accidqit hath begot an acquaintance betwixt us, you will notdoamifs in writing oftner, and in communicating your works to me. I have fent you a Treatife con¬ cerning the ufe of HeUebore. Fareweb
Hence it is, thatfome held Hippocrates to have been the Difci pie of Demoentus^ as Cornelius Cel] us affirms ; indeed , that Hippocrates learnt much Philofophy of him, as well by his Difeourfe, as communication of his Writings, is manifeft from the precedent Epifiles.
CHAP. VII.
His Death.
He (a) lived to a great age ; Laertius faith, above loo. years j Phlegon and Lucian more exprefty, 104. (b) Cenforinus, ic8. C c) Hip- parphusy ic(^. Laertius fAUh, be died of Age Vhle- govy for want of food ; the manner related thus by Hermipptts. Being very old, and drawing nigh his end, his Sifter was extreamly troubled, that be fliould dye within the time of the Feftival of Ceres \ but he bad her be of good comfort, and bring him every day fome hot Bread, which hold¬ ing to his nofe, he prolonged his life, til! the days of the Feftival w’cre paft, which were three : and then without any pain gave up the Ghoft, {d) and was buried at the publick Charge.
c H A p. vnr.
His Ji'ritinzs, , •
THrafy'Jtfs^ (a) who difpofed the Writings of 5 Laert.
Plato according to Tetralogies , digefted alfo thofe of Democritus into order ; thus,
ET H 1 C K.
Pythagoras.
Of the Difpcfition of a vEife man.
Of the things that are in the Infer t, to which perhaps the alluded in their Epiftle to
Hippocrates.
fritogenia j that all human things confift of
Three. . ,
Of Goodnefs, or Virtue.
Amalihi^a' s Horn. /
■ Of Tranesuility of mind.
Comment ark s.^ or, of Houfes, OeconcmicaJ.
Felicity ( ) not extant in the time of
Thrajyllus.
P HYS 1C K.
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The great Diacofmus, confifting of 12 Books, Theophrafim aferibes it to Leucippus: but Antifi- henes affirms, Democritus recited it in publick as his own ; and as His is it cited by Eptcisrm , in his Epiftle to Herodotus. To this Work it was perhaps, that C/arc alludes, buying, PVbat fhali I jay of Democritus r IP’hom can "ive compare v:ith him, ovho dtirfi begin thus, Hacc loquor de Uni- verfis? He excepts'nothing, whereof he profcjfeth not to treat ; for what can be beyond all things ?
The little Diacofmus.
Of the Planets ; in which Treatife he proved that there are more than Seven.
Of Nature, the firft.
Of the Nature of Man, or of fieflj • the fecond, dedicated to Hippocrates.
Of the Mind. Of the Senfes ; thefe two, fome put together, and entitled, Of the foul.
Of Sapours. of Colours.
Of Different figures ( fvcpiot. )
^ of the reciprocation of figures This and the ibre-goingTreatife, perhaps tended to ffiew the nature of Qualities, which according to him arife from the various difpofure of Atoms, ac¬ cording to their particular figures.
Yi^.avv'lneia- , OF Of the mixtures of the things aforefaid.
Of an Image, or, Of forefght. of Pefiiknces ( Gaffendus reads T^ex Of
Logicke.) Canofr.' i, 2,
Of Efjlublions.
EXTRAORDINARY.- ■
Celefiial Cattfes.
Aerial Caulet.
( b) Plain juperficial Caufes; perh.ips , W'hat y things are made of pjain Atoms; for that which immediately followeth, is oppofite fo it. ^ee,
Caufes of fire, and things in Fire, thefe COnfift Df round Atoms.
Caufes of Sounds.
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