Part IVi

banilhed thence, hb went to Etolomy the Son of hagus^ with whom he lived, and was by him lent on Emba^ to Lyfimachus^ tp whom fpeaking Atheiftic^Uy •, l^Jimachus ^^jd, A.re not you that Theodor us that was banijh’ed A- thens ? He anfwered, It is true^ the Athenians whej2 they could hear w-e no longer^ Semele Bacchus, caji jne out. Lyfmachus replied. See that you come no more to me. No , an¬ fwered he, unlefs Ptolomy Jend me.’. My- thro Son lOf Lyfmachus being prelent, laid, Tou feem not only ignorant of the Gods but of Kings. How faith he, Am I ignorant of the ' Gods., who believe you an Enemy to them ? Lyf- *3en. de tranq. machus threatned him with Death ^ ^ Lou glory mm. 6. ck. f^ith he in a great 7natier., a Cantharides can do plut Tnlitti r ^ tnuch. Or as Siobaus., \ knew not that you had itdinjeLfuff. fiot the powcrof a KingbutofFoifon. Hereat incenfed, he commanded he fhould be crucified. Threaten., laith he, thofe things I pray to your purple Nobles ^ it is all oe to Theodorus whether he rot above., or wider Gj^ound.
Finally he went to Cyrene, and lived with Marius in much repute, in that City out of which he was firft ejeHed.
Dilputing with Euryclides a Priefl, he ask’d, what perfons thofe were who defile mylfe- ries : Euryclides anlwered, Thofe who commu¬ nicate them to perfons not initiated. Then., repli¬ ed he, you do impioufly, in declaring them tofuch.
What others alcribe to Ariflippus and Dio¬ genes, fome attribute to Theodorus and Ale- trocleus, a Qyniek, who fay ing,D^ would not voant Difciples if you waf:ed Herbs : Theodorus an- Iwered , Neither wouldyou wafh Herbs, if you knew, how to eonverfe wtth Men.
He Taid of Hipparchia the Wife of Crates , This is Jhe who hath given over the Shuttle tQ^ put on a Cloak.
f Suid. in Som oat.
iMXt.
H’
CHAP. II.
His Fhilofophy.
E taught all manner of Learning, and inftituted a SeQ:, called Throdorean. f He Indifference , that there is no diffe¬ rence of things.
^ That our end, or chief good and great ejl ill, are joy and forrow j one confijYtng iti Frudence, the other in Imprudence.
That Frudence and fuff ice are good things,the contrary Habits ill, the mean, pleafure and grief.
He took aivay Eriendfhip, beeaufe it is neither in fools nor wife A\en •, thofe being uncapable to make ufe of it, the thing it felf vanifheth thefe not needing it,as being fufficient to themfelves.
■ That it is reaf enable that a Wife Alan expofe ndt himfelf to danger for his Country •, Wifdom ought not to be lofffor the prefervation of Fools. I
That the World is our Country.
That a Man upon oceafion may commit Theft , Adultery, \and Saefile'dge , there being nothing in thefe naturhlly epil, xfthdt Opinion were taken away' which is built upon the agreement of fools.
That a wife Man may publickly without fame
He ufed fuch Induftions as thefe : Is not a Woman that is skilful in Grammar, profitable in that refpeli as a Grammarian f* Tea. Is not the fame of a Touth ? 2cs. Is not a beautiful Woman then profitable, as being handfome ? Tes : Then fhe who makes right ufe of it doth not amifs. In thele kinds of Queftions he was verv fubtle.
H A P.
III.
. ^ His Death, Writings, See., ' : ' • ■
AAlphicrates faith, that he was condemn-
ned by the Law fOr Atheilin, and drunk ' Hemlock.
He wrote, belides tliat which appertained to his SqQ, many other things.
Laertius reckons twenty of this name : The Jirff a Samian, Son of Rhtcus, who, adviled to lay the Foundation of the Temple at Ephefus, upon Embers : For, the place being wet , he faid, that Coals, when they fbrfake the nature of Wood, acquire a folidity not to be violated by Moifture.
The fecond of Cyrene, a Geometi'ician, whole Difciple Ylato was.
The third this Philofopher.
The fourth writ of exercifing the Voice, a fa* • mous Book.
The fifth writ of Law-givers, beginning with Terpander.
The fxth a Stoick.
The feventh writ theRonjan Hiftory.
The eighth a Syracufian , writ Taflicks.
The ninth a Byzantine, a Sophift, ^ eminent * suid. for Civil Pleas.
The temh of the fame Country, mention’d by Arijiotle in his Epitome of Oratours.
The eleventh of Thebes, a Statuary.
The twelfth a Painter, mentioned by Foie-, mon.
The thirteenth oF Athens,3iF2iintet,oF whom writes Menodotus. >.
The fourteenth of Ephefus, a Painter, of whom Theophanes in his Treatife of Paint* - ing.
The fifteenth a Poet, who wrote Epigrams.
The fixteenth wrote of Poets.
The feventeenth a Phylician, Difciple to A- thenaus.
The eighteenth of Chios, a Stoick.
The nineteenth of Miletus, a Stoick. ;
The twentieth a Tragick Poet.
BION.
I
Pa r t. IV. B I 0 N.
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B I O N.
C H A P. 1. BionH/j Life*
, ^ ^ 'Lhodorcan Se8: was BtON,
~ m \ a Bonjihenite. What his Pa-
M m rents were, and what his Em- ployments, he diverting himfelf to Philofophy, related to Antigonus^ King of Alacedoniafa this manner. Antigonus asked Whence art thou ? Who thy Barents ? What thy Town ? Bion perceiving himfelf to be reproach¬ ed, anfwered thus, My Father was a Freeman, T(o iyKavt ATroiMvutQi-i.iv'Q- , implying he viras a fel¬ ler ofSalt-Filh, a Borijihenite j he had not a Face, but inftead thereof a Brand-mark, which declared the ill difpofition of the owner ; My Mother he married out of a common Brothel- f Mhen* deipn. hoAQ [ t ^ Lacedscmonian Curtezari^ named Olympia, ] being fuch a Woman as fuch a Man could get. My Father for cpuzening the State, was fold, and all our Family for Slaves. 1 being a young likely Youth, was bought by an Oratour, who died, and left me all he had. I tore and burnt his Papers, went to Athens^yn.^ there applied my felf to Philofophy.
This is the Blood and Race I boaft to own. Thus much concerning my felf; Let Berfeus therefore, and Bhilonidcs forbear to enquire after thefe things, and look you upon me, as I am in my felf You do not ufe, O King , when you fend for Archers, to enquire of what Pa¬ rentage they are ^ but, let them up a mark to Ihoot at : Even fo of Friendss you fliould not examine whence , but what they are.
Bion indeed, fetting this afide, was of a ver- fatile wit, a fubtle Sophift, and gave many furtherances to the Exercifcrs of Philofophy :
In fome things he w^as -
He firft heard Crates the Academick ^ but, defpifing that Seff, took a fordid Cloak and Scrip, and became a Qynick : To which Baer^ tills aftribes his conftancy, expert of pertur¬ bation. Then he follov^ed Theodorus the A- theiff, who profeft all manner of Learning ^ to whole Opinions he addi£fed himfelf, and was called a Theodorcan : Afterwards he heard- Theo- phrajius the Bcripatetick.
C H A P. II.
His Apothegms.
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He left many Memorials, and profitable A^wthcgms j as, being reproved for not endeavouring to catch a young Man 5 New Cheefe, laith he, will not flick to the Hook.
Being demanded what Man is mofl per¬ plexed ? He, faith he, who aiiiis at thehighefl Content.
To onO who asked his Advice whether he fhould Marry or not, ( for this fome af- cribeto Bion., which A. Gel/iiis to Bias.yhe mi- flake perhaps grounded upon the nearnels of their Names) he anfwered. If you take a foul Wife, fhe will be a Torment 5 if a fair , Com-^ mon.
Fle laid. That Age is the Haven to which all Ills have recourfe ; That Glory is the Mother of years-.^ thSit beauty is a good which concerns others^ notour /elves-., that riches areihefinews of things,.
To One who had confumed his Patrimony, Earth, faith he, devoured Amphiaraus, but you devour Earth.
He _ faid, It is a great tll,not to be able to bear ill.
He reproved thofe who burn Men, as having no Senfe, and again burn them as having Senfe.
He ufed to fay. It is better to yield our own Youth and Beauty to others, than to attempt anothers ^ for he that doth lb, injures both liis Body and Soul.
He vilified Socrates, faying, if he could en¬ joy Alcibiades, and did not, he was a Fool 5 if he could not, he did no great matter.
He faid the way to the next World is eafib, for we find it blindfold.
He condemned faying. When he
was a Boy, he drew away Husbands from their Wives, when a Man, Wives from their Husbands.
At Rhodes, whilfl the Athenians exercifed Rhetorick, he taught Philofophy ^ for which being reproved, I bought Wheat, faith he, and fliall I lell Barley ?
He faid, they who are puniflied below would be more tormented if th^ carried Water in whole Veffels, than inVeflels full of holes.
One that was extreamly talkative, defiring his afliftance in a bulinels, I will do what I can for* you, faith he, if you fend a Meflenger to me, and come not your felf
Travelling with very ill Company, they fell amongft Thieves ^ We fhall be undone, faith he, unlefs we be known. >
He laid, Arrogance is the obftrufliori of Ver- tue.
Of a rich Man covetous,He hath not Money, faith he, but Money him.
He faid, Covetous Perfons keep their wealth fottriflly, that they have no more ufe of their own than of anothers.
He faid. When we are young, we ufe Courage, when old, Wifdom. Wildom^ excels other Vertues, as the Sight the other Senfes.
He laid. No Man fhould be reproached for old Age, that being a Condition all pray they may arrive at*
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! Athtn,
Laerpt
To an envious Man fad, I know not faith he, whether fome ill hath befaln you, or fome good another..
He faid, Impiety is an ill companion to bold Language ; '
I
E?/' though his Speech befree^
To Bondage yield nmjl he.
That Friends whatfoever they prove ought to be retain’d ; Left we feerato have converfed with wicked Perfons, or to ftiun good.
Being demanded if there were any Gods, he faid, 0 A/ manyailt thou not drive this croud away.
He conceived that he might make a Field fertile fooner by praifing than by manuring it.
■ He faid, They who love to be flattered, are like Pots carried by the Ear.
To one who asked him what folly is, he faid, the obftr'uflion of Knowledge.
He faid, good Men, though Slaves, are free, but wicked Men though free, are Slaves to ma¬ ny Pleafures.
He faid. Grammarians whilft they enquire after the Errors of U/yJfes^ mind not their own, nor fee that they themfelves go aftray as well as he, in taking pains about ufelefs things.
He faid, Avarice is the Metropolis of all Evil.
^ Seeing a Statue of Fer/us., under which was written, hepsaios shnonoso K I T T E Y 2, F erf ms , of Zeno , a fit tie an he faid, the writer raiftook 5 for it ftiould be, y^end's Servant as indeed he was.
CHAP. III.
His Death.
ATIaft falling fick (as thofe of Chalcis lay, for he died there) he was perlwaded to fuffer ligatures (by vyay of charm) he recant¬ ed and profeft repentance for all he had laid offenfive to the Gods. He was reduced to ex- tream want of lUch things as are molt neceffary to fick- Perfons, until Ajitigonus lent tO' him two Servants ^ and himfelf followed in a litter, as Fhavorinus affirms in his various Hiftory, of that Sicknefs- he died j on whole death thus Laertius.
^ ■ Bion t}iQ Borifthenite,,
By his Birth to Scythia ^nown^
Did Religious duiies fight^
* • ^ Gods affirming there were none.
, .n . ai i.ai ; a / . ^ ,
JftowhathethenprofeJ},
Firm he hdd continued flilf Then his Tongue had fpoke his breaji.^ And been conjlant though in ill.
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But the fame who Gods deny\f He who f acred fanes defpis'f He who Mortals did deride.^
When to Gods they facrific* *d ^
TortuFdhy along Difeafe^
And oj Deal if s purfuit afraid^
Gifts their anger to appeaj'e On their Hearts and Altars laid.
Thus with fmoak andinccnfe tries •
To delight their facred fcent 5 I have finned, not only cries^
And ivhat I prof eft repent :
But unto art old Wives Charms Did his willing Neck fubmit.
And about his feeble Arms ■
Caus'd them Leather Thongs to knit.
And a youthful fprig of bays Did fet up before his gate :
Every means and way eft'ays To divert approaching fate.
Fool to think the Gods might he
Brib'd with gifts.^ their favours bought^ Or the facred Deity
Were^ and were not.^ as he thought.
But his Wifdoms Titles (now Turn'd to Afhes ) not avail With ftretched Arms^ 1 know not how^ Hail be crfd.^ great Pluto Hail.^
Of this name Laertius reckons ten 5 The Jirft contemporary with Fherecydes the Syrian., of Froconnefus ^ who writ two Books extant in his time.
The fecond a Syracufian wrote of the- Art of Rhetorick.
The third this Philolbpher.
The fourth an Abderite of the Family of Democritus ^ a Mathematician : He wrote in the At tick., and lonick DialefI He firft laid there we fome habitable parts of the Earth, where it was fix Months day and fix Months night.
The fifth of Soleis ; he wrote, the JEthiopick Hiftory.
Ths fixth., an Orator, who wrote nine Books entituled by the names of the Mufes. , '
Ths fev'enth a Lyrick Poet.
The eighth a Milefian Statuary •, mentioned Ey Folemon.
The w^t^aTragickPoet, oneof thofe who- were called Tarfici.
The tenth a Statuary of Clazomene or Chios, mehtioned hy Hipponax.
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THE
Part. IV.
EV C LID.
H5
THE MEGARICKS£Cr.
EUCLID.
C H A P. I.
His Country and. Majfers.
^ Laert.
E
H VCLID ( inftitutor of the Megarick Se^) was born at Megara.^ a Town adjacent upon the IJihmus ^ though others fay at Geta^ a City of Si-
cily.
He firft ftudied the Writings of then went to Athens to hear Socrates : After-
becaufe their Difcourfe confifted of queftion and anfwer.
He affirmed, that there is but one good ^which is called by feveral names '^fometimesFrudence fometimes God.^ fometimes the Mind and the “li^e : He took away all things op polite to good faying, there was no fuch thing. " ’
wards the t Athenians made an order that if He ufed Arguments not by AfTumptiv:.... but
* Lib. I
any Citizen of Megara came into the City of Athens, he fhould be put to death : So great was the hatred the AthenianshoxQto ih^Megarenfes. ^ Thucydides mentions this Decree, whereby the A\egarenfes were prohibited to make ufe of any Laws within Athenian JurifdiUionpr the Attick Forum : Which order the Lacedicmoni- ans requiring to be repealed,and not prevailing, the Felopdnnefian War enfiied thereupon, the crueleft and longefl that ever was amongft the Grecians. \
A. Cel6.\o. LucUd.^ who was of Megara.^ and before that Decree ufed to go to Athens.^ and hear Socrates.^ after it was promulgated, came by night in a long Woman’s Gown, and Cloak of feveral co¬ lours, his head attired in a Woman’s Veil (fo Varro expounds Rica) from his houfe in Megara to Athens., to Socrates., that he might be in that time partaker of his Counfel and inflruHions, and went back again
by Inference.
He took away difputation by Similitude faying, that it confifted either of like or un¬ like ; if of like, it w^ere better to examine the things themfelves to which they are like: if of unlike, the comparifbn is to no purpofe.
CHAR III.
His Apothegms., Writings.
He was famous in the Schools ffaith ^Plu-*^^ fraterno
, 1 _ T-. amore.
* Laeit.
fame habit twenty thoufand paces ^ Upon the death of Socrates., Fhto and the reft of the Philofophers, fearing the cruelty of the Tyrants, went to Megara to him, who entertained him kindly.
tarch) forafmuch as hearing his Bro-' ther in a rage, fay, Let 7ne perifh, if I be not revenged-, heanfwered. And J, unlefs I per- fwade you to lay afide your anger., and love me oji at firfi. Iff Hierocles (who relates the F:imQ ^stob/erm.2i. Story) for Ts writ not as Plutarch "
before that day in thej2.«x£5f7/x» , that Epithete occafioned the
TS
’ Stob. Etb.p^.
t Laert.
* Laert. v'lt. Socr.
t L'Krt.
* Laert. vtt. Lhg. t Laert.
C H A P. II.
His Injhtution of a SeSi.
t T T E affeUed litigious Difputes , and ^ was JljL therefore told by Socrates., that he knew how to contend loiih Sophifts., but not with Men ; Suitable to his contentious humour, he inftitu- ted a Seel, t tirll called A'legarick from the place, afterwards Erijhck., from the Litigious Sophiftical Nature thereof : Whence faid^ it was not z School, butx®^^ anger-. t thus reproved by Timon,
Of all thefe trifes, I not value ought.
Which Photdo nor Litigious Euclid caught. Who the Megareans;/?t7i/ contention tau0)t.
Laflly , it was called DialeUick •, which name Dwnyfus, a Carthaginian firll gave them,
mi-
ftake.
^ He faid, that there is one kind of Sleep, a young pliant Deity, eafie to be driven away the other gray and aged, chiefly frequenting old Men: Pertinacious and inexorable, from this God, if he once come, it is hard to get lofe words avail no¬ thing, for he is deaf, nor can you fhew him any thing that may move him, for he is blind.
t Being demanded what the Gods are, and t stob. Et^.47. wherein they delight .* Of all things elfe concer¬ ning them, faith he, Lam ignorant but of this, I know they hate curious Perfons.
* He wrote (befides other things) fix Dia- * Lam. logues. ( t Panxtius doubts whether they were ^ genuine or fpurious) titles thefe, ^febin.
Lamprias.^
JEfehines.
*Phienix or (as Suidas) the Phienixes, Crito.
Alcibiades.
'The Erotick.
• In voce Eu" elides.
Of the fame names are numbred Euclid the Mathematician, a Megarean alfb, whence confounded by t Valerius Maximus with ; rfie Philofopher : Plato (faith he )fent the un
T der taker'
146 EVBVLIDES.
takers of the /acred Altar (who came 10 confer with him concerning the manner and form there- of)to Euclid the GQomQiiKAdin/ elding to Jm skill and prof ejfion'. That theft undertakers came to klato is evident from the teilimony of many o- thers ; but, that he remitted them to Euclid the Geometrician^ or that Euclid the Philolbpher own’d that profeflion, is no where to be prov’d. On the contrary,’^ Froclus * In Euclid.//^, the Mathematician was of the Flatonick SeQ: •,
t S? Ttxt is JEgypt Risking if there
imperfeti^read ffiorter way to Geometry, he anfwer’d,
Kcti/iJrot Not any King^s-high-way. YtomthQ de^ih oi'So- xA pccAy oh crates to the firft of the Ptolomys are 55 years. n'ioMpcAof gQ Euclid the Alathematician was much la- ter than the Philofopher.
ifjt'Triei ym-
IxsjfieLv THf ijotyjHucuix /xiSopoc, nete/MO. onah «
‘S’jof yiuuijftav ocTo; (fo well a}gh)BarociHS.
Part. IV..
Euclid the Archon in the fecond year of the 88th Olympiad, according to» Diodorus Sicu-*E’b. lus 5 hMt y Arif otle names the Archon for that year Euclees^ confirmed by his Commenta¬ tors, diiAhj Suidas^ who only errs a little =f Saeiwlaf- e in the diflance of ^ears betwixt him and Eu-J'nfibf- did the oth.QX ylrchon. f Sdmafius not knowing t >
the name Euclees to be any where found a- mongft the Archontes^ and exprelly affirming the contrary, endeavours to corrupt the Text of Suidas reading Diodes.
Euclid the Archon^ in the fecond year of the P4th Olympiad,
Euclid the Sooth/aycr, Friend to Xenophon.,, ^ , who * mentions him. ubfj. '
Euclid the Stone-cutter, named in t Plaid's, f Laert.
Will. riat.
E U B U
* Laert, ^ ’^^BULIDES a Milefan fucceeded Euclid.
jH/ Some affirm, that Demofhenes the O- rator was his Scholar, and that Demofhenes not being able to pronounce the Letter ft, he taught him by continual Exercift to do it. Fie was a great Enemy to Arifotle} and much af perfed him.
In Dialedick he invented many kinds of Inter¬ rogation or Argument, d-diJ'by.ivov the Lying J'taActvSd.yoy'ia , fjyg occult tiriAc?-'' , Eldlra 5 iyiiix.A\v{/.lxivoy, the Vailed-, , Sorites -,
Kig/jtyriv, the Horned which thus Demofhenes,
'The Orators fiarp Eubulides knows With fuhtle forked quef ions how topofe, ■ Speech from Demofthenes not fioeetcr flows.
Theft are feveral kinds of Sophifms, which ; top. 8. 4. ■¥ _grifotle in general defines Erif ickSyllogifms-,
from this School borrowed and enlarged af¬ terwards by the
Deipn 8 termed by t Athemeus 4'
! uSat. *2. by Cicero mentions, is a captious reafoning,not to be dilTolved ^ named as moft of the reft, nor from the form, but matter ^ the ordinary ex- \ Ctc. Lucul. anaple being this , t If you fay that you lye when you [peak truth, you lyeiBut you fay that you lye : Lib. whenyou/peaktrutb-,thereforeyoulye.Snchis that
’ m'^Mnc3itms,amanhavbigfourhundrcd(Crowns) difpofeth in Legacies three hundred -, next he be¬ queaths to you apiece of ground worth 1 ooCrowns: provided his Will be not liable to the Falcidian La-wfhp which all Legacies are made void, if the liirplufage remaining for the Heirs, amount not at leart to the fourth part of the goods] The quef ion is what right you have. I fay, the quefion is not to be refolved, being of -that kind which the Dialefificks callL'^'^koit.zyoi,whut pnrtfo- ever we take for true will prove falfe. If wej ay the Legacies are valid, the Will comes within compafs
L I D E S.
of the Falcidian Law,whereby the condition being defeflive, the Legacy is invalid. Again, ij be^ caufe the condition is defetiive, the Legacies are valid, it is not liable to the Falcidian Law -, and if the Law take not place upon the conditionpyouase not to have what was bequeathed you. So much was this Sophifn efteemed,that * Seneca affirms, ^ many Books to have been written upon it :
t reckons fix diftinfilTreatifts of Chry- 1 Vh. chryfip.
ftppus. ^ Atheneeus ■y.wd.Suidru avert, that Phi- *Beipn.8, letus a C/W/?,died of a Confumption, oceafion’d by exceffive ftudy upon this clueftion only.
. Eldlra, named (likewift ) from the chief (
Examples j of which thus Lucian : Eleblra the \
illuf nous Daughter Agamemnon, knew and i
knew not the J 'ame thing. OtAXts unknown f an- '
ding by her, Jhe knew that Oreftes was her Bro¬ ther, but fbe knew not that he ZfjUS • Oreftes.
the Vailed - named alfo from
the matter, thus inftanced by Lucian. CHR. ;
Anfwer me. Do you know your Lather I MERC. ’ j
Tes. CHR. IPhat if 1 fiould bring one unto you vailedgwhat veould you fay, that you know him or not ? MERC. 'That I did not know him. CHR. |
And yet that Alan proves to be your Lather, there¬ fore if you knew not the Alan, you knew not your Lather. MERC. No truly -, hut, pull ojfhis vail, ' ,
and I fhall dif cover the 'Truth. Of the fame kind is that of the Sophifs, which t Arif otic affirms . , ,
Socrates (in Plato's Meno) vainly labours tore- ^ '
iblve ^ Doym know all pairs are even or not ?
The other anf -nering he knew it. The Sophifl brings forth a pair offomething which he had held hidden- under his Cloak,and asks, did you know that 1 had '
this even pair or not? the other conf effing he '■
knew not, 'Then Jaith he, you know and know not . {:,
the fame thing. '•
Sorites, By Cicero termed a Cervalis, who 9c j
defines it to be f zvhen any thing by degrees is ad \ Ck. ImuI.. J ded or taken away : As a heap is made by 1
adding a grain,oi rather as * Julianus, when from * thnigs evidently true,hy very fhort inflations the ’ ' !
difpute ''
pART-iy.
ALEXl NV X
H7
\Ljb.
Sabin, ie verb. ({^ rtr.fignific.
* In LkciiUo. fin Chryfip. Adv. Logic.
^lib.
Mat.
difptte is led to Juch things as are evidently falfe-., 48. the lame, + Ulpian ^ The common Example intit. mentioned by * Cicero.y\ ILdertius^ Sextus Em¬ piricus., and others in this .• Are not two a few ? Are not three fo likiwife? Are not four the fatne? So on to ten. But two are a few.^ and therefore ten.
K££5t?/KH the horned-., Denominated as the reft from the Example, What you /oft not you have , you loft not Horns, therefore you have Horns. Re- peated by Seneca., A. Gellius and others. Of this kind^ St. Hierom obferves that to be which the Pharifeesobjeftedto our Saviour. He came ( faith hQ)from Galilee to Judea, wherefore the faSion of Scribes and Pharifees asked him whe¬ ther it were lawful for a man to put away his wife for any caufe., that they might entrap him by a i/ being liable to exception : If you fhould fay., a Wife might be put awry for ary caufe yind another taken-., he being a Profejfor of modefly Jhould contradiU
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himfelf ; but if he fhould anfwer, a wife ought not \ted is referved. to be put away for any caufe fe Jhould be accounted'
guilty of Sacriledgjeyind judged to do contrary to the 'Dolirine of Moles, and by Mofes of God. Our Eord therefore fo tempers his dnfwcryhathc paf fethby their trapyilledging for teflimony the f acred ' Scripture and natural Eawyyppofing the fbf fen- tence of God to the fecond,which was granted not from the will of God, but nccejfity of Sin. Tlie lame Father inftances another of the fame kind propoled to him, * I was affaultedat Rome^j^', a very Eloquetit perfon,with that which they call a HornedSyilogilmfb as which way foeverl turned I was more entdngVd. To many a Wife faith he ts it a fm or not ? I plainly not thinking to avoid his ambujh, faid, it is not a Sin • he then propoun¬ ded another queflionjn Baptifm. Are good works remitted or Evil?I with the like fmplicity anfwer. ed,Sins are remitted: When I thought my felffe- • cure. Horns began to bud out on each fide on me, and the hidden forces to difeover themfelves. If faith he, to marry a Wife be not a Sin, and that Baptifm remitt eth Sins, whatfoever is not remit*
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i \ Mongft the many Difciples 6f Eubuli- Jlm. des was Alexinus an Elean, a great lover of Contention, and therefore called E^iy^fyos from redarguing*, he moft oppoled Zeno.
Hermippus faith, he tvent to Olympia, and there profeft Philofophy j his Difciples queftio- ning why he lived there, he anfwered, he meant
toinftitureaSeH:,andcallit Olympick, but his^ Difciples wanting fubfiftence , and dilliking the Air, departed, he continued there folitary with one Servant only, and fwimming in the River Alphms, was hurt with a Reed, wheieof he dyed.
He wrote againft other Philofbphers befides Zeno. And againft EphorHs the Hiftorian.
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EUPHANTUS.
^ Tj'Rom Alexinus came Euphantus an Olin- Jl thian, Mafter to King Antigonus, Father of Grandfather of Antigonus Gona-
tus-. He died of Age *, hejwrit The Hijiory of that time.
Tragedies many , which upon their pub- lick Reprefentations were much much applau- ded.
An Oration upon a Kingdom, to Antigonus.^ very celebrious.
APOLLONIUS CRONUS;
* Ldttf. * the Difciples of Eubulides, was Apol-\ Apollonius,imp\y\n% the latter to be a fir-name^ t/ii. 14.' v-/ lonius Cronus-, + Strabo faith , he 1 from Apollonia, 2. Town of Cyrene.
* was a Cyrenaan by Birth, and calls him Cronus\
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