伊壁鸠鲁的道德论

Conipafs o£ our Knowledge, that has difcoverM 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 governing 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.…