204 



Of the Advancement of Learning. Lib.VL 



FortHfjt is like Proteus, ifjioH 

 perjtji , Jhe returns to her true 

 //jape. 



MAGNANIMITY. XXIV. 



Contra. 

 Magnanimity is a vertue Foeticah 



Pro. 



when once the mind hath pro- 

 pounded to it felf honourable ends-, 

 then not only vertues , but even 

 the Divine pomrs are ready to fe- 



cond. 



Vertues fpringing from Habit or 

 Precept:, are vulgar , but from the 

 tnd heroical. 



KNOWLEDGE, CONTEMPLATION. XXV. 



Pro. 



rhat delight only is according 

 to Nature, vphereof there is no fa- 



tiety. 



The fweetefl profpel^ is that , 

 rohich looks into the errors of o- 

 thers, in the vale belo0 



How pleajtng and profitable a 

 thing is it:, *<> have the orbs of the 

 mind concentrick^ with the orbs of 

 the World. 



All depraved affe^ions are falfe 

 valuations i but goodnefs and truth 

 are ever the fame. 



Contra; 



A contemplative life isafpeciouf 

 floth. 



To think. roeUk little better thaf^ 

 to dream reeU. 



The divine providence regardf 

 the world j thou thy country. 



A right Politick procreates Con^ 

 templations. 



LEARNING. XXVL 



Pro. 



Reading is a converje with the 

 wife 5 A&ion, for the mojipart, a 

 commerce with fools. ^ 



Thofe Sciences are not to be re' 

 puted altogether unprofitable , that 

 are of no ufe ; ;/ they parpen the 

 wits J and marjijal our conceptions. 



Contra. 



To be wife from Precept and 

 from Experience:, are two contrary 

 habits j Jo as he that is accufiomed 

 to the onC:, is inept for the other. 



There is many times a vain ufe of 

 Art:, l^Ji there fjould be no ufe. 



This commonly is the humour of 

 all Scholars, that they are wont to 

 acknowledge all they know j but not 

 to learn what they know not. 



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