1 6 Of the Advanceinent of Learning. L i e. I. 



fophers .<? He anfvvered foberly and yet fbarply. That it was hccaufe Phi* 

 Jojophers k^icwrpcll what they had need of^ hnt Rich men did not. Of like 

 nature was the anfwer which the fame Philofopher made when having 

 a Petition to Dinnjfius ami no ear given to him he fell down at his feet 

 Ibid. 7ntnant:erofalVorJl)ippcr^ whereupon D\onyil\iS Jiaid and gave hif» the 



hearing, andgrantedit : but a little after^ Ibme perlbn tender of the ho- 

 nour and credit of Philofophy, reproved Arijlippus that he would offer 

 the Profcjfion of rhilofophy Jnch an indigmty as for a private f»it to fa// to 

 a Tyrants feet .<? to whom he replyed j That was not his faulty but it was 

 the fault of D'\onyCiiis that had his ears in his feet. Neither was it ac- 

 counted weaknefs, but a difcretion in him that would not difpute his 

 Spartian. beft with Adrianifs C^far, excufing the fadt. That it was reafon to yield to 

 drian. ^'^"^ ^^-'^^ commanded thirty Legions : Thefe and fuch like applications and 

 Jioopings of Learned men below the terms of Gravity^ at the command of 

 neceffity or the advantage of occafion, cannot be condemned ; for 

 though they may feem, at firfl: Gght, fomewat bafeand fervile, yet in a 

 judgement truly made, they are to he accounted fubmijjions to theO<:- 

 c.ijion and not the Ferfon. 



Chap. IV. 



I. Dijiempers of Learning from Learned mens ftudieSj^re of three forts. 



■ Phantaftical Learning, Contentious Learning, Delicate Learning. 



If. Delicate Learning, a Curiofity in words through Profufenefs of 



fpeech. § Decent exprejfion commended. § Affe&ed Brevity cen^ 



Jured. \\l. Contentious Learning, 4 Curiofity in matter^through the 



novelty of terms^orjiridnefs ofPofitions. ^ A vanity either in Mat* 



ter or in Alethod. IV. Phantaftical Learning hath two branches^ 



Impofture, Credulity. § Credulity is a belief of Hijiory. ^ Or a 



belief of Art or Opinion , and that either Real in the Art itfelf. 



§ Or Perfonal in the Author of fuch an Art, or Science. 



LEt us now proceed to thoic Errors^ and Canities, which have inter- 

 . venedamongjl the jiudies of Learned men, and therewith are inter- 

 f»inghd--y which is the principal point and proper to the pre(ent Argu- 

 ment I, wherein my purpofe is not to patronize errors, but by a Cenfure 

 and feparation of the errors, to fift out that which is (bund and (olid, 

 and to deliver the fame from afperfion. For we fee it is the manner of 

 men, efpecially of envious perfons, to fcandalize, and deprave that 

 which retains^:e State and Virtue, by taking advantage upon that 

 which is corrupt and degenerate ^ as the Heathens in the Primitive 

 Church us'd to blemiOi and taint the Chriftians, with the faults and cor- 

 ruptions of Heretiques: Neverthelefs I have no meaning to make any 

 exadj animadverfion of the Errors, and Impediments in matters of Learn- 

 ing, which are more lecrct and remote from vulgar opinion, but on- 

 ly to (peak of fuch as do fall under a common and popular ob- 

 fervation 5 and known, or at leaft , which recede not far of there- 

 from. 



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