Natural history of the passions / [Anon].

  • Walter Charleton
Date:
1701
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Credit: Natural history of the passions / [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    corrupted, than (be can be deftroyed: the affurance whereof made the fame Se¬ neca fay (Epijl. 27.) Sola virtu* praflat gaudium perpetuum9 fecurum: etiam ft quid pbftatj rmbiam modo intervenit, qua infra feruntur, nec unquam diem vincunt. And thefe, my dear friend, are fome jhfftudy of thoft Philofophica! confiderations up- of Epiou- pii which I fbnietimes refle£t fas I lately rrnf^m°~ told you) as Univerfal and Efficacious comment Remedies againft vain defires fuggefted ed. by our Pafiions, and the various Evils to which they ufually expofe us. Which now you have with fo great patience heard ; ’tis fit I fhould gratefully refign you to a more profitable conversion with your own thoughts, which I know to be for the mod part imployed in the ftudy of things noble and worthy your excellent wit. But fir If, left you fhould think I do it fomwhat abruptly, and by omitting ro prplcribe alfo SpecialPreferva- tizes proper to the exceiles of each par- cicular Affe£tion, end this diftourfe be¬ fore I have finiftied it: Puffer me in a word to advertife you, that I make this omiflion, not from incogitancy, nor out of wearinefs, but only for your greater benefit. For, being of opinion, that the Ethicks of Epicurus are (alter Holy writ)
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