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valuable work, 102; compared to 

 theTurkishSultanwho murders his 

 brethren, 103; notices the growth 

 of observation in children, 104; 

 wrote on prediction, 107; but not 

 on gesture, ib.; on imagination 

 and reason, 121 ; on the mind, 122; 

 derides the sophists, 128; ex 

 pounds the fable of Atlas, 130; 

 on clenches, 131; on argument in 

 a circle, 135; on speech, 136; 

 taxes Democritus, 143; on rheto 

 ric, 146 ; compares logic and rhe 

 toric together, 148; his collections 

 of signs of good and evil (in the 

 topics), ib.-, not well worked out, 

 149 ; said that the young only can 

 be happy, 155 ; blames Herodicus, 

 158; on moral culture, 167; on 

 magnanimity, 169; does not duly 

 consider the relations of age, for 

 tune, etc., to morals, 171 ; but 

 touches on these points in the 

 Rhetoric, ib.; does not duly dis 

 cuss the affections, ib.; except 

 casually in the Rhetoric, ib. ; care 

 less in his discussion as to custom 

 and habit, 173 ; gives precepts for 

 habituation, 174; caution required 

 in training youth, ib.; on heroic 

 or divine virtue, 176 



Arithmetic, 99 



Arts, history of, 71; calendar to be 

 made, 101; their duty to exalt 

 nature, 125 



Ascham s veneration for Cicero and 

 Demosthenes, 24 



Astrology related to imagination 

 rather than reason, 29; has a 

 noble aim, ib.; divides men s 

 natures according to the planets, 

 169 



Astronomy, can be explained either 

 by the &quot; received,&quot; or by the 

 Copernican hypothesis, 104 



Atalanta, 35 



Atheism, 8 



Athletic art, 117 



Atlas, fable of, 130 



Atticus, 199; his advice to Cicero 

 on bearing, 180 



Augustine, St., not so great a teacher 

 as ecclesiastical history is, 70 



Augustus Caesar, his eloquence de 

 scribed by Tacitus, 2 ; praised by 

 Virgil, 57 ; desired euthanasia, 1 14 ; 

 requested a plaudite when dying, 

 1 88 ; jived before men s eyes, 194 ; 

 his feigned frankness, 199; hoped 



to employ well his ill-gotten 



fortune, 204 

 Authority in science is too highly 



credited, 30 

 Axioms applicable to more than one 



science, 86, 87 



Babel, 38 



Bacon, Lord, promises a work on 

 Laws, 207 



Basilisk, fable of the, 165 



Baths, medicinal, 116 



Beasts get the credit of most inven 

 tions, 123 



Behaviour like a garment, 179 



Bias, precept of, concerning friend 

 ship, 202 



Biography, 77, 186 



Bird-witted (or inattentive) people 

 cured by mathematics, 151 



Blaesus, 152 



Books to be cherished in a state, 

 62 ; plentiful, but not good, 67 



Briareus, the hundred-handed, 84 



Brutus, Lucius, his act towards his 

 sons, 166 



Brutus and Cassius, their images 

 absent from Junia s funeral, 16; 

 their supper and discourse on 

 tyrants, 166; Brutus speech on 

 fortune, 205 



Business, wisdom of, much neglected, 

 181, 182 



Caesar, Augustus (see Augustus) 

 Caesar, Julius (see Julius) 

 Cain, type of the active life, 38 

 Calendar of knowledge to be made, 



101; and of doubts, 103; and of 



popular errors, ib. 

 Callisthenes attended Alexander, 48 ; 



his eloquence, 50 

 Car, of Cambridge, almost deified 



Cicero, 24 

 Caracalla, 47 

 Cardan, too credulous, 29 

 Cardinals, their temperaments noted 



in the accounts of conclaves, 170 

 Carneades, ambassador to Rome, 9 

 Cassander, argued with Alexander, 



5o 

 Cassius (and Brutus), their images 



not shown at Junia s funeral, 16; 



their supper and discussion on 



assassination of tyrants, 166 

 Casuistry, cases of, 165, 166 

 Categories, their use, 132 

 Catiline, 74; wished to &quot;fish in 



droumy waters,&quot; 203 



