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452 THEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT sum serpet aut nihil horum recipiemus nec ilia infinita ratio superstitionis probabitur Nihil ergo horum probandum est Quid vero bominum ratio non in caelum usque penetravit Soli enim ex animantibus nos astrorum ortus obitus cursusque cognovimus ab hominum genere finitus est dies mensis annus defectiones solis et lunae cognitae prsedictseque in omne posterum tempus quae quantse quando futurse sint Qusi contuens animus accipit ab his cognitionem deorum ex qua oritur pietas cui conjuncta justitia est reliquaeque virtutes quibus vita beata exsistit par et similis deorum nulla alia re nisi immortalitate quae nihil ad bene vivendum pertinet cedens caslestibus Quibus rebus expositis satis docuisse videor hominis natura quanto omnes anteiret animantes Ex quo debet intelligi nec figuram situmque membrorum nec ingenii mentisque vim talem effici potuisse fortuna Restat ut doceam atque aliquando perorem omnia quse sint in hoc mundo quibus utantur homines hominum caussa facta esse et parata II -Erauulati into Hattti The hours of wise man are lengthened by his ideas as those of fool are by his passions The time of the one is long because he does not know what to do with it 80 is that of the other because he distinguishes every moment of it with useful or amusing thoughts or in other words because the one is always wishing it away and the other always enjoying it How different is the view of past life in the man who is grown old in knowledge and wisdom from that of him λνΐιο is grown old in ignorance and folly The latter is like the owner of barren country that fills his eye with the prospect of naked hills and plains which produce nothing either profitable or orna- mental the other beholds beautiful and spacious landscape divided into delightful gardens green meadows fruitful fields and can scarce cast his eye on single spot of his possessions that is not covered with some beautiful plant or flower