184 Of the Advancement of Learning. Lib. VI. 



Examples of the Colours of Good and Evil;, both 

 Simple and Comparative. 



The Colour. 



I. What men Traife and Celebrate , is Good '■} xehatthey 

 Difpraife, and Reprehend is Evil. 



T 



The ReprehenjioH. 



*His Colour deceives four ways; either through Ignorance^ ot 

 through Fraud, or out of Partialities and FaSion 5 or out of the 

 natural difpojition of fuch as Praife or Difpraife. Out of Ignorance 3 for 

 what's the judgement of the common People to the trial and definiti- 

 on of Gc<?£/ and £f//.<? Phocion difcern'd better, who when the People 

 Plutaf. in ggyg [jjjjj 3JJ vinufual applaufe, demanded vchether he had not perchance 

 ' ' fomc way or other done amifs .<? Out of Fraud and Circuraventive c«a- 

 • ning^ for Praifers and Difpraifers many times do but aim at their own 

 endsj and do not think all they fay 



Horar.lib. Laudat venaleis qui vult extrudere merces, 



2. Epl. 



Prov. la. So, It is naughty it is naught faith the Buyer ^ andtfhen he is gone he 

 vaunteth. — ^ Through FaBions j for it is plain that men are wont to 

 extol their own fide, beyond the modeft bounds of defert, but to de- 

 prefs thofe of the contrary part below their demerit. Through an inbred 

 difpojition j for fome men are by nature made and moulded to fervile 

 Flattery , others on the other fide are by nature Sowre and Cenfori- 

 ous; fo as in their commendations, or vituperations they are onlyia- 

 dulgent to their own humours, little or nothing follicitous oftruth. 



The Colour. 



2. IVhat dravps Commendation even from an Enemy , is a great Cood^ 

 what moves Reprehenjton even from a Friend^ is a great EviL 



TheCc/o«r (eems to be built upon this foundation j that vvhatfbcver 

 we fpeak againft our will, and contrary totheaffeftion and propenfion 

 of our own mind, it is eafily believed, that the force of truth wrefted 

 the fame from us. 



The Reprehcnfion. 



" i 'Hi3 Colour deceives through (he Art and Subtilty both of Enemies 



•*• and P'riends : for Enemies do fometimesafcribe Tr^T/f/, not un- 



tyillingly, nor as urg'd from the force of Truth: but yet fcle(^ing fuch 



• points 



