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<A FIELDING> <T MFRIENDS> <P 212><L 1> OF THE REMEDY OF AFFLICTION FOR THE LOSS OF OUR FRIENDS IT WOULD BE A STRANGE CONSIDERATION(SAITH CICERO) THAT WHILE SO MANY EXCELLENT REMEDIES HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED FOR THE SEVERAL DISEASES OF THE HUMAN BODY, THE MIND SHOULD BE LEFT WITHOUT ANY ASSISTANCE TO ALLEVIATE AND REPEL THE DISORDERS WHICH BEFAL IT. THE CONTRARY OF THIS HE ASSERTS TO BE TRUE, AND PRESCRIBES PHILOSOPHY TO US, AS A CERTAIN AND INFALLIBLE METHOD TO ASSWAGE AND REMOVE ALL THOSE PERTURBATIONS WHICH ARE LIABLE TO AFFECT THIS NOBLER PART OF MAN. OF THE SAME OPINION WERE ALL THOSE WISE AND ILLUSTRIOUS ANTIENTS, WHOSE WRITINGS AND SAYINGS ON THIS SUBJECT HAVE BEEN TRANSMITTED TO US. AND WHEN SENECA TELLS US, THAT VIRTUE IS SUFFICIENT TO SUBDUE ALL OUR PASSIONS, HE MEANS NO OTHER(AS HE EXPLAINS IT IN MANY PARTS OF HIS WORKS) THAN THAT EXALTED DIVINE PHILOSOPHY, WHICH CONSISTED NOT IN VAIN POMP, OR USELESS CURIOSITY, NOR EVEN IN THE SEARCH OF MORE PROFITABLE KNOWLEDGE, BUT IN ACQ . . .
