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the pupil of philofophy, is beautifully painted by erwdire in its 
pureft fenfe. 
THERE is no inconfiftency in docere and erudire appearing in 
one fentence, and being applied to the different degrees of pro- 
ficiency made by thofe acquiring knowledge. ‘ Neque folum 
“* vivi atque prefentes ftudiofos difcendi erwdiunt atque docent, 
“ fed hoc idem etiam poft mortem monumentis literarum affe- 
* quuntur *.”” Satxiust fays of Syiya, that he was “ literis 
“ Grecis, atque Latinis juxta, atque doctifime eruditus +.’ Upon 
the principles laid down, this compounded expreffion will bear 
to be analyfed. The participle, it fhould feem, denotes, that 
he had been regularly inftruéted in Greek and Roman literature, 
and the adverb, that the ftock of his knowledge was fuch, that 
few, if any, were able to add to it. 
One inftance occurs in Cicero, in which erwdire fignifies to 
inform as to an event which docere does often. ‘ Obvie mihi 
“ velim fint litere tux, que me erudiant de omni republica, ne 
“ hofpes plane veniam{.’’ This uncommon ufe of erudire 
feems to juftify the definition given of it. CicERO modeftly . 
confefles that ignorance of the affairs of the ftate, in confe- 
quence of his abfence, which is perfectly confiftent with the. 
pure ufe of erudire, and which, when duly reprefented, his cor- 
refpondent was able to remove. 
InsTITUERE differs from the preceding verbs in denoting 
the firft ftep of a progrefs in teaching, and the communication 
of the elements of whatever is the ground of inftru@tion.. The 
fimple verb /fatuere, in a figurative fenfe, denotes the determi- 
nation to act, while the compound denotes the commencement 
of the action that had been refolved upon. It is only, how- 
ever, as applied to teaching, that this verb can be held fynony- 
mous with the reft of the fet. ‘ Socrates jam fenex inflitui 
“ lyra non erubefcebat §.”” The verb here evidently refers to 
Vot. III. 0 the 
* Cic. de Off. 31. 5. } Circ. Ep. 24. 4. 
+ Jug. 95- § Quinétil. 1. 27. 
