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the pupil of philofophy, is beautifully painted by erudire in its 

 pureft fenfe. 



There is no inconfidency in doc ere 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 prsefentes fludiofos difcendi erudiunt atque docent, 

 " fed hoc idem etiam poft mortem monumentis literarum affe- 

 " quuntur*." Sallust fays of Sylla, that he was " literis 

 " Gratis, atque Latinis juxta, atque doBiJJlme eruditus f." Upon 

 the principles laid down, this compounded exprefTion will bear 

 to be analyfed. The participle, it mould feem, denotes, that 

 he had been regularly inftrucled in Greek and Roman literature, 

 and the adverb, that the flock of his knowledge was fuch, that 

 few, if any, were able to add to it. 



One inftance occurs in Cicero, in which erudire fignifies to 

 inform as to an event which docere does often. " Obvise mihi 

 " velim lint literse tuae, quae me erudiant de omni republica, ne 

 " hofpes plane veniam $." This uncommon ufe of erudire 

 feems to juftify the definition given of it. Cicero modeftly 

 confeffes that ignorance of the affairs of the ftate, in confe- 

 quence of his abfence, which is perfectly confident 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 firfl ftep of a progrefs in teaching, and the communication 

 of the elements of whatever is the ground of inftrudtion. The 

 fimple verb Jiatuere, 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 injiitui 

 " lyra non erubefcebat §." The verb here evidently refers to 



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* Cic. de Off. 31. b. % Cic. Ep. 24. b. 



+ J u g«95- % Quin&il. I. 27. 



