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466 THEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT efficere sine aliqua mente possit non videtis ut tragici poetee quum explicare argumenti exitum non potestis confugitis ad deuin έ Videamus nunc de beato Sine virtute certe nulla modo vhtus autem actuosa et deus vester nihil agens expers vir- tutis igitur ita ne beatus quidem Quae ergo vita Suppeditatio inquis bonorum nullo malorum interventu Quorum tandem bonorum Voluptatum credo nempe ad corpus pertinentium Nullain enim novistis nisi profectam corpore et redeuntem ad corpus anirri voluptatem Non arbitror le Vellei sirnilem esse Epictireorum reliquorum quos non pudeat earum Epicuri vocum qnibus ille testatur se ne intelligere quidem ullum bonum quod sit 'jjnctum delicatis et ohscenis voluptatibus quas quidem non erubescens persequitur omnes nominatim Quern cibum igitur aut quas potiones aut quas vocum aut colorum varietates aut quos tactus quos odores adhibebis ad deos ut eos per- fundas voluptatibus Ac poetge quidem nectar amhrosiamque epulis comparant et aut Juventatem aut Ganymedem pocula ministrantem tu autem Epicure quid facies Neque enim unde habeat ista deus tuns video nee quomodo utatur Locu- pletior igitur hominum natura ad beate vivendum est quam deoruni quod pluribus generibus fruitur voluptatuin II-Cranilate into Hatm But further this desire of fame naturally betrays the ambitious man into such indecencies as are lessening to his reputation He is still afraid lest any of his actions should be thrown away in private lest his deserts should be concealed from the notice of the world or receive any disadvantage from the reports which others inaki uf them This often sets him on empty boasts and ostentations himself and betrays him into vain fantastical recitals of his η performances His discourse generally leans one way and whatever is the subject of it tends obliquely either to the detracting from others or to the extolling of himself Vanity is the natural weakness of an ambitious man which exposes him to the secret scorn and derision of those he con- verses with and ruins tbe character he is so industrious to