Die Moral Epikurs

Epikur

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Epicurus' Morals WITH COMMENTS AND REFLECTIONS. irTi- ^ Trmjlated Jirom the GREEK, fy JohnDigbt, Efq; ^ Introdugtioi*. t WE (hall often hate occalion W make mention of th^ Wife Mmin this: Treatife, and as the Tetm is va^ rioufly accounted for by the Phihfophers^ its , requifiic we fhonld explain the Notion and' Idea they had of it. The Wife Man- then, is he who adhere* tof7rrttf,and does nothing bntjbiy the di« redion of friidence^ and confcqhently never ads any thing b« what i^ fe-aife-worthj B and EpicurusV Moralsy and fit to be admir'd ^ 'tis the molt perfed Pattern oi the A&ions of our Life^ but the PhiUfofhers have reprefented him in a dific- rent manner, according to the particular Genius of their refpeftive Sefts. 1. Meta. jiriftotU will have him to be a Man that has penetrated into every thing within the Conipafs o£ our Knowledge, that has dif- coverM what was unknown to other Men, who is imnioveablv fixt, as to his Opinion, from the certainty thereof ^ who knows beft how to teach the Truth of his Speculations ^ and who, in fine, prefers the knowledge ot himfelf, of regulating his Life and gover- ning his Paffions, to that which has only in view the Utility and Benefit of others. The Mind of the Wife Man (fays Ifocrates) &Vght to he in that ferency cjuiet^ and calm State^ that nothing jhou^d he able to ruffle or difiurh \ he mvfi reconcile himfelf to the T'imes^ h^j^fi i^ his A£tionSy and honefi, in his Converfation \ hi mufi bear with the vexatiofu Humors of thofe he frequent Sy mufi fitbjugate his Pajfions^ not he de* jeEitdin Adverfity^nor he in the leafipufft nf when Fortune fmiles : He ought to fofpefsoB thefe Qualifications fo perfeSly as to reduce ^tm into Practice \ without whichy he is unworthy ibi Tttle of WlkMan. Lib. 4. This. extraordinary Man ('according to Sufc. Cicero) is he who knows how to keep his quaft. jMjnd in a juft Moderation, and fuch anuih Ihakeable Firmnefs, as flial

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