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501 20 | Then, accordingly, I will exhort you with greater clearness
502 1intro| I. THE INTRODUCTION, AND EXHORTATION TO DEMETRIANUS.~How disturbed
503 12 | quin fictio a capite sumat exordium. Similitudines autem in
504 8 | inasmuch as they have no expectation of immortality, being cast
505 13 | spring. I appear to have explained all things of which the
506 12 | quae supersunt, breviter explicemus.~
507 13 | mirificam rationem tibi exponere, nisi me pudor ab hujusmodi
508 10 | vibrating with fixed motions, expresses innumerable in-flexions
509 12 | simile; aut utriusque sic exprimi, ut discoloribus membris
510 1intro| up the same subject more extensively. But since he did not express
511 12 | viventium conditio mortalitatis extingueret. Sed plus roboris maribus
512 6 | lest the refutation of such extravagant and ridiculous stories should
513 5 | but He conglobated their extremities with coarse knots, that
514 4 | shall have arrived at the extremity of old age. They do not,
515 12 | lacteis foecundum pectus exuberat. Nec enim decebat aliud
516 10 | speak of the summits of the eyebrows themselves, furnished with
517 10 | with the coverings of the eyelashes, from which Varro thinks
518 10 | their name. For even the eyelids themselves, in which there
519 12 | fuscum colorem, aut hispidam faciem, aut vulture indecorum,
520 12 | maribus attributum est, quo facilius ad patientiam jugi maritalis
521 6 | uniting and generating, had failed them. It is evident that,
522 15 | not imagine that I am now failing into the opinion of the
523 6 | descents and outlets of the falling waters and the reservoirs,--
524 14 | discuss these things speak falsely. But I think that all things
525 11 | together on themselves, and yet fastened with one band, are a wonderful
526 2 | natural weapons, or the feebler ones may withdraw themselves
527 5 | deprive him of the power of feeding, He lengthened out between
528 10 | of beauty; being given to females for the nourishment of their
529 10 | afford a most becoming fence to the eyes; the continual
530 7 | covered with thick hair, or fenced with scales, or adorned
531 17 | exhausted by the heat of fevers, it does not therefore follow
532 8 | torn-out orbs, and the burst fibres of the eyes, and the blood
533 12 | non posse arbitror quin fictio a capite sumat exordium.
534 19 | abandon this, nor betray his fidelity and devotedness, he must
535 12 | pari semente permixtio, figuras quoque misceri, ut soboles
536 5 | V. OF THE FIGURES AND LIMBS OF ANIMALS.~In
537 12 | Similitudines autem in corporibus filiorum sic fieri putant. Cum semina
538 3 | better can be given by God. Finally, since man is possessed
539 18 | it proceeds further, and finds diversions for itself, that
540 12 | foetibus primurn oculos fingi dubium non est, quod in
541 15 | philosophers. Let us therefore finish the course over which we
542 6 | wild beasts to rage, nor fishes to swim, nor men to be wise,
543 8 | attention through Slight fissures of caverns; as, if any one
544 11 | bones, as though of rings fitted together after the manner
545 8 | which, hanging down and flaccid, might take away beauty;
546 18 | in it, and vibrates as a flame, and keeps all the limbs
547 10 | skilful Creator made with a flat and moderately concave bend,
548 13 | make the body firm by their flatness, from which circumstance
549 10 | it is the tongue by which flavours are perceived, and not the
550 12 | includit: hinc plerumque fled, ut unius tantum lineamenta
551 19 | himself to the pursuit of fleshly lusts, he will fall and
552 5 | has, through its excessive flexibility, would appear like the trunk
553 16 | time; and, if it wills, flies over seas, traverses lands
554 2 | by the swiftness of their flight, or those which require
555 8 | the eyes, and the blood flowing through the veins, and the
556 12 | nascentis fontibus lacteis foecundum pectus exuberat. Nec enim
557 12 | in eo vis est, quire in foemina; et hinc virtus nomen accepit.
558 12 | conceptus, aliquid in se habere foemineum, supra quam decus virile
559 12 | partem in dextram semen foeminini sexus influxerit, foeminam
560 12 | collecta sunt. In avium tamen foetibus primurn oculos fingi dubium
561 12 | velut mollier; cui suscepto foetu, cum partus appropinquare
562 12 | sinistram pervenerit, utrosque foetus recte provenire; ut et foeminis
563 20 | time may be given us for following our purpose. But if life
564 12 | ad nutrimenta nascentis fontibus lacteis foecundum pectus
565 15 | presented by the throat, forces out the sound of the voice:
566 10 | ridges from the neck: the fore-arms powerful, and braced by
567 4 | is the condition of death foreign to him who is at some time
568 6 | of animals, God did not foresee what things were necessary
569 6 | reservoirs,--he first, I say, foresees these things, that he may
570 12 | decus virile patiatur; vel formam insignem, vel nimium candorem,
571 5 | beginning, when God was forming the animals, He did not
572 5 | formation has different forms and uses; and that He might
573 12 | consummari. Ex abortionibus haec fortasse collecta sunt. In avium
574 12 | modo fieri putantur. Cum forte in laevam uteri partem masculinae
575 12 | irrigaret, donec ad capiendos fortiores cibos, et dentibus instruatur,
576 10 | are contained the living fountains of blood, divided by an
577 1intro| remarkable talent, in his fourth book on the Republic, when
578 5 | the encircling of a solid framework. Bat at the end of that
579 3 | office of the tongue; or the free course of birds through
580 20 | if my labour shall have freed some men from errors, and
581 11 | this advantage, that in frequenting the bath, because the nostrils
582 16 | body, to which it is bound, froth bestowing upon itself, in
583 17 | Empedocles says, that it is frozen air, must I at once assent
584 2 | received a more abundant fruitfulness in production, that food
585 10 | however, by itself alone fulfil the office of speaking,
586 12 | immoderatam Iongitudinem, aut fuscum colorem, aut hispidam faciem,
587 5 | they might be bent without galling or any sense of pain. He
588 8 | highest top with a natural garment, He alike furnished and
589 15 | greatest breath with which we gasp, but with a light and not
590 18 | supposed that there were two gates for the passage of dreams.
591 8 | presenting the similitude of gems in that part with which
592 11 | the full voice. And this generally comes to pass by nature;
593 12 | ac fieri tertium neutri generantium simile; aut utriusque sic
594 19 | but what is mortal can be generated from mortals. Nor ought
595 6 | the method of uniting and generating, had failed them. It is
596 7 | breast; also the organs of generation subjoined to the belly;
597 12 | quod ad conservationem generum singulorum, duos sexus maris
598 12 | ex omni corpore ad venam genitalem confluere, ibique concrescere.
599 13 | nunc ego ipsorum quoque genitalium membrorum mirificam rationem
600 12 | soboles pareretur, ne omne genus viventium conditio mortalitatis
601 12 | inciderit, marem quidem gigni opinatio est; sed quia sit
602 6 | necessary for living, before giving life itself? For it is manifest
603 7 | winding courses they should glide into slippery tracts. But
604 8 | animals, but like an orb and a globe, because all roundness belongs
605 3 | whose destiny it is to go through in life so many
606 3 | and spend whole days in going to and fro in this manner;
607 18 | revelation we may learn impending goods or evils.~
608 2 | the world is prepared and governed by no providence; but they
609 10 | as with a valley: He has gracefully spread out the lower for
610 12 | staturam brevem, vel vocem gracilem, vel animum imbecillum,
611 10 | comeliness of their order and gradation, and the flexible bending
612 13 | short, and put together by gradations; and that which is the greatest
613 15 | can we give of the voice? Grammarians, indeed, and philosophers,
614 3 | Nature of its own accord grants those things which are able
615 5 | which he might be able to grasp and lay hold of anything,
616 19 | touched, nor looked upon, nor grasped, because he lies hidden
617 3 | in their case, neither greatness of strength nor firmness
618 17 | anima, or animus, because in Greek the wind is called anemos
619 8 | Virgil says, or because the Greeks call the voice itself audên,
620 3 | drive away their young when grown up, but retain them bound
621 17 | on its departure the body grows cold. But fire is both without
622 10 | than an ornament, with soft gums, which are so named from
623 3 | of the whole body. What h madness is it, therefore,
624 12 | quia totum ex altero non habet; aut utrumque, quia partem
625 16 | situated in an obscure and dark habitation should be employed in so
626 8 | will explain the uses and habits of the several members which
627 12 | consummari. Ex abortionibus haec fortasse collecta sunt.
628 13 | pudenda velentur. Quod ad hanc rem attinet, queri satis
629 16 | hands; whereas without the handling of the artificer, and the
630 8 | form of soft skins, which, hanging down and flaccid, might
631 4 | that he might be able to be harassed by diseases, and that his
632 8 | take away beauty; nor of hard and solid bones, lest, being
633 10 | coverings of the lips; and the hardness of the teeth, as in a millstone,
634 4 | humanity? Or what would be more harsh than man? What more brutal?
635 7 | bands, if it should wish to hasten forward or to lag behind;
636 13 | flesh rounded off into the hates, how adapted to the office
637 3 | strength, and of infirm health, nevertheless, since he
638 18 | may not interrupt the most healthy repose of the body. For
639 1intro| afforded yourself a ready hearer in literature, which did
640 17 | mouth, warmed in the lungs, heated in the heart, diffused into
641 16 | by the barriers of this heavy and slothful body, to which
642 6 | these members arose from hem after their production.
643 | Hence
644 4 | feeble and timid animals herd together, that, since they
645 18 | visions. But the mind lies hid, oppressed with sleep, as
646 5 | would have been horrible and hideous, and because He bad so armed
647 2 | or guard themselves in hiding-places. And so others of them either
648 10 | after the similitude of hills, makes the eyes safer on
649 2 | speaking being given to him--destitute of those things
650 5 | beasts they are feet like the hinder ones; but in man they are
651 3 | age? Or that weakness is a hindrance to their growth or safety,
652 12 | aut fuscum colorem, aut hispidam faciem, aut vulture indecorum,
653 10 | tongue stretched out and hollowed they draw water; and when
654 13 | attinet, queri satis est, homines impios ac profanos summum
655 12 | informari: et primum quidem cor hominis effingi, quod in eo sit
656 1intro| instructor, but of a more honourable subject and of a better
657 2 | namely, their teeth--or hooked talons on their feet; and
658 1intro| not forget yourself, as I hope and wish. For although the
659 5 | mouth, which would have been horrible and hideous, and because
660 11 | to endure the heat, the hot air is taken in by the mouth;
661 13 | exponere, nisi me pudor ab hujusmodi sermone revocaret: itaque
662 12 | ibique concrescere. Sed hoc, humana mens, quomodo fiat, non
663 10 | befitting that it should be humble or unbecoming. The nipples
664 12 | est, ut candens ac pinguis humor teneritudinem novi corporis
665 12 | paulo interior, quam illud humoris obscoeni receptaculum. Sicut
666 4 | capable of dying before a hundred years, something of the
667 4 | when he has completed his hundredth year. How can they maintain
668 12 | venam genitalem confluere, ibique concrescere. Sed hoc, humana
669 12 | imaginem respondere maternam. Id autem praevalet e duobus,
670 12 | corde alimoniam duceret. Idque ipsum solertissime comparatum
671 12 | sinistram, foeminina. Conceptum igitur Varro et Aristoteles sic
672 2 | II. OF THE PRODUCTION OF THE
673 3 | III. OF THE CONDITION OF THE
674 12 | inter se per voluptatis illecebras copulatis, successiva soboles
675 3 | through in life so many ills."~And when they say these
676 12 | est, paulo interior, quam illud humoris obscoeni receptaculum.
677 15 | is altogether. And do not imagine that I am now failing into
678 12 | progeniem cujusque sexus ad imaginem respondere maternam. Id
679 12 | vocem gracilem, vel animum imbecillum, vel ex his plura. Item,
680 18 | dreams which have had an immediate and a remarkable accomplishment,
681 6 | there had been animals of immense size, in which the system
682 12 | aut valida membra, aut immoderatam Iongitudinem, aut fuscum
683 8 | bones, lest, being stiff and immoveable, they should be inconvenient
684 12 | interpretatur) a mollitie, immutata et detracta littera, velut
685 9 | therefore, if the mind, impaired by poison anti the powerful
686 16 | bestowing upon itself, in its impatience of rest, the power of wandering
687 10 | incomprehensible rapidity, does not impede the course of the sight,
688 18 | revelation we may learn impending goods or evils.~
689 18 | and the thought itself imperceptibly turns aside to the nearest
690 7 | member, the animal would be imperfect and weak. But where there
691 11 | air, it should come with impetuosity and spoil the slightness
692 13 | upon the soil, we take an impetus and a spring. I appear to
693 13 | queri satis est, homines impios ac profanos summum nefas
694 4 | can render a man firm and impregnable against diseases and attacks
695 10 | closed that the lightly imprinted division appears to mark
696 6 | that which he had before imprudently assumed, he added another
697 10 | motions, expresses innumerable in-flexions of songs and various kinds
698 13 | sanctissima petant, quam inanem et sterilem voluptatem.
699 12 | masculinae stirpis semen inciderit, marem quidem gigni opinatio
700 3 | able to bear patiently the inclemency of the sky, yet are unable
701 12 | quodammodo amplectitur et includit: hinc plerumque fled, ut
702 8 | immoveable, they should be inconvenient for use. But He designed
703 17 | of its mother, that it is increased in growth, and delights
704 8 | the veins, and the flesh increasing from wounds, and the scars
705 12 | verum etiam foeminis, et inde plerumque matribus similes
706 12 | hispidam faciem, aut vulture indecorum, aut vocem robustam, aut
707 18 | of the mind and the soul indifferently. But they who say that they
708 4 | untimely death. They are indignant, it appears, that they are
709 2 | origin of all things to indivisible and solid bodies, from the
710 13 | revocaret: itaque a nobis indumento verecundiae, quae sunt pudenda
711 12 | Aiunt non tantum maribus inesse semen, verum etiam foeminis,
712 13 | propagandam successionem inexcogitabili ratione provisum et effectum,
713 10 | have returned afresh to infancy. But these things relate
714 10 | contribute more to speaking: for infants do not begin to speak before
715 16 | enclosed in the heart; and not infer from this very circumstance
716 3 | slight strength, and of infirm health, nevertheless, since
717 11 | poured forth, or at once inflate it. And on this account
718 11 | intestine, but capable of being inflated, and admitting the air,
719 2 | might survive the slaughter inflicted upon them, so as to preserve
720 12 | dextram semen foeminini sexus influxerit, foeminam quidem procreari;
721 12 | concreta et simul co-agulata informari: et primum quidem cor hominis
722 16 | and refined, that, though infused into solid organs by a living
723 4 | against things that would injure him. The necessary consequence
724 7 | motion certain minute and injurious animals might be driven
725 18 | in itself an inexplicable inquiry: Whether the soul and the
726 18 | happen in the case of the insane; also, that the soul is
727 10 | of two, might present an inseparable unity. Also how useful and
728 12 | virile patiatur; vel formam insignem, vel nimium candorem, vel
729 5 | altogether snake-handed,--an instance of which has been wonderfully
730 9 | are false, collect many instances in which the eyes are deceived;
731 12 | vero ipsum quam mirabile institutum Dei, quod ad conservationem
732 12 | fortiores cibos, et dentibus instruatur, et viribus roboretur. Sed
733 1intro| labour that I may at once instruct ourselves and others. For
734 1intro| uphold may become better instructed and more learned for the
735 1intro| wanting to you, even now an instructor, but of a more honourable
736 3 | display that light of the intellect, when Nature of its own
737 12 | latent, sensum tamen atque intelligentiam latere non possunt. Vena
738 11 | passage, if by any means it is intercepted, must necessarily cause
739 11 | might pass by an alternate interchange; and He did not form this
740 4 | that his life, passed in intercourse with others, may become
741 12 | corporibus animalium, cum interfecta patefiunt. Sed illa dexterior
742 5 | shortness of the neck, should interfere with the arrangement for
743 12 | continet, duplex est, paulo interior, quam illud humoris obscoeni
744 12 | conceptione, quoniam de internis loquimur, dici necesse est,
745 12 | accepit. Item mulier (ut Varro interpretatur) a mollitie, immutata et
746 10 | voice into words, and is the interpreter of the mind, cannot, however,
747 18 | itself, that it may not interrupt the most healthy repose
748 16 | when anything has been interrupted or relaxed, the whole method
749 9 | for there is a certain interval and space in which the sight
750 6 | stand, what will be the intervals between the columns, what
751 13 | and the small space which intervenes. This beautiful union of
752 11 | He did not make it a full intestine, but capable of being inflated,
753 1intro| I. THE INTRODUCTION, AND EXHORTATION TO DEMETRIANUS.~
754 4 | their own accord. Hence they invented the notion of those blows
755 1intro| abstruse and hidden, and investigated the nature of things in
756 1intro| any one should think it an invidious thing in us, if we wish
757 18 | bedewed with sleep, are invigorated; for the body while the
758 11 | through the limbs, bedews and invigorates the whole body. The manifold
759 12 | membra, aut immoderatam Iongitudinem, aut fuscum colorem, aut
760 13 | MEMBERS.~Poteram nunc ego ipsorum quoque genitalium membrorum
761 12 | teneritudinem novi corporis irrigaret, donec ad capiendos fortiores
762 3 | have been otherwise than it is--not to say could have been
763 12 | corpore robur virile servetur. Istud vero ipsum quam mirabile
764 12 | duo sunt, itemque testes, ita et venae seminales duae,
765 12 | Sicut enim renes duo sunt, itemque testes, ita et venae seminales
766 4 | IV. OF THE WEAKNESS OF MAN.~
767 9 | IX. OF THE SENSES AND THEIR
768 11 | where the risings of the jaws, looking towards the uvula,
769 5 | Bat at the end of that joining together which we have said
770 1intro| necessities, you will be able to judge from this little book which
771 19 | he is in error whosoever judges of man by his flesh. For
772 19 | both. But I think that this judgment is to be formed as though
773 12 | quo facilius ad patientiam jugi maritalis foeminae cogerentur.
774 7 | feet. Nor do the limbs only keep their own course and position
775 14 | twofold resemblance of the kidneys? which Varro says are so
776 10 | in-flexions of songs and various kinds of sounds. It has, moreover,
777 7 | which we call bones, being knotted and joined to one another
778 12 | nutrimenta nascentis fontibus lacteis foecundum pectus exuberat.
779 12 | fieri putantur. Cum forte in laevam uteri partem masculinae
780 7 | to hasten forward or to lag behind; and, indeed, without
781 14 | lie concealed; nor, when laid open, do they show their
782 3 | his frailty by wailing and lamentations; "as well he may, whose
783 16 | flies over seas, traverses lands and cities,--in short, places
784 5 | but of a few, and those large. For either they are two
785 12 | quae quamquam in operto latent, sensum tamen atque intelligentiam
786 12 | tamen atque intelligentiam latere non possunt. Vena in maribus,
787 19 | of all, who alone has the law and method of their birth,
788 5 | might be able to grasp and lay hold of anything, lest the
789 18 | by this revelation we may learn impending goods or evils.~
790 | least
791 6 | if the first principles leave no kind of position untried,
792 3 | construct them with twigs and leaves, and they sit upon the eggs
793 7 | it should be unsightly by leaving some parts bare; but it
794 13 | walking and sitting. Also the legs not drawn out in an equal
795 8 | audes by the change of a letter,-God would not form of soft
796 12 | candorem, vel cor-poris levitatem, vel artus delicatos, vel
797 3 | stepmother, who has dealt so liberally with the dumb creation,
798 13 | quaestus, vel ad obscoenae libidinis pudenda opera convertunt,
799 3 | greater service than the lightness and use n of the wings;
800 8 | part of which sparks of lights might be kept shut up, which
801 5 | forehead a soft and flexible limb, by which he might be able
802 4 | any immortality to which a limit is appointed. Thus it comes
803 19 | this work man's power is limited, nor has he any further
804 1intro| wide extent within narrow limits, lightly selecting the chief
805 12 | plerumque fled, ut unius tantum lineamenta praetendat. Si vero aequa
806 7 | contracted, are comprehended by lineaments differing in various ways.
807 11 | which, when digested and liquefied, it might distribute the
808 10 | have lost their teeth, so lisp that they appear to have
809 1intro| yourself a ready hearer in literature, which did nothing else
810 12 | mollitie, immutata et detracta littera, velut mollier; cui suscepto
811 20 | shall think that I have lived enough, and that I have
812 17 | offspring in the womb; for it so lives within the bowels of its
813 16 | if the mind has no fixed locality, but runs here and there
814 8 | part, the head, as in a lofty citadel, looks out upon
815 13 | He has formed them of a longer and more extended shape,
816 19 | neither be touched, nor looked upon, nor grasped, because
817 11 | the risings of the jaws, looking towards the uvula, begin
818 8 | as in a lofty citadel, looks out upon and observes all
819 12 | conceptione, quoniam de internis loquimur, dici necesse est, ne quid
820 16 | by reason,: just as the Lord Himself, and Ruler of the
821 10 | that it shines clearly, loses its power. Why should I
822 14 | have more heart, the more lustful would have more liver, the
823 19 | to the pursuit of fleshly lusts, he will fall and be pressed
824 19 | And if he shall be more luxurious and delicate in this life
825 10 | the dumb animals as though lying on one side, and to have
826 12 | sexus maris ac foeminae machinatus est; quibus inter se per
827 3 | to speak more truly) of a madman? Plato, I believe, that
828 3 | that that most provident majesty made that which was better
829 12 | itaque nominatus est, quod major in eo vis est, quire in
830 10 | nourishment of their young, to males for grace only, that the
831 12 | jam coepit, turgescentes mammae dulcibus succis distenduntur,
832 2 | preserve the race. But He made man--reason being granted to
833 7 | sex, or to the beauty of manliness and strength; so that it
834 12 | generum singulorum, duos sexus maris ac foeminae machinatus est;
835 12 | facilius ad patientiam jugi maritalis foeminae cogerentur. Vir
836 12 | forte in laevam uteri partem masculinae stirpis semen inciderit,
837 7 | might moderate and guide the mass of the whole body. But He
838 6 | weight, in what place a massive part of the structure will
839 1intro| subjection to the soul as to a master, and may be ruled by its
840 12 | sexus ad imaginem respondere maternam. Id autem praevalet e duobus,
841 12 | foeminis, et inde plerumque matribus similes procreari; sed earum
842 1intro| to discuss something in matters of obscurity, when you see
843 4 | absent from him, for whom a mature death had been appointed?
844 7 | degree to distinguish the maturity of bodies, or to the distinction
845 6 | previously ascertains by measurement what situation is suitable
846 11 | the bladder; and when the meat and the drink have arrived
847 1intro| unadorned words, as the mediocrity of my talent permitted,
848 12 | Ipsum semen quidam putant ex medullis tantum, quidam ex omni corpore
849 9 | which the sight of the eyes meets together. Likewise, if you
850 12 | ratio permittat; aut valida membra, aut immoderatam Iongitudinem,
851 10 | that is, the transparent membrane--which ought not to be drained
852 12 | exprimi, ut discoloribus membris per omne corpus concors
853 13 | ipsorum quoque genitalium membrorum mirificam rationem tibi
854 12 | concrescere. Sed hoc, humana mens, quomodo fiat, non potest
855 12 | constet, et maribus tam mente, quam corpore robur virile
856 1intro| attempt, however, since mention has been made of the body
857 4 | often be cut short in the midst of its course? For, since
858 10 | hardness of the teeth, as in a millstone, is greater and rougher
859 12 | servetur. Istud vero ipsum quam mirabile institutum Dei, quod ad
860 13 | quoque genitalium membrorum mirificam rationem tibi exponere,
861 8 | being refracted as in a mirror, might penetrate to the
862 10 | breast might not appear mis-shapen, and, as it were, mutilated.
863 17 | In short, there must be a miscarriage if the living young within
864 12 | permixtio, figuras quoque misceri, ut soboles illa communis
865 6 | breathe, what vanity was it (O mischievous one!) to say that there
866 3 | from a shipwreck, to the miseries of this life; who is neither
867 2 | who cannot perceive how misshapen an animal he would be, as
868 11 | dumbness. For he is assuredly mistaken, whoever thinks that there
869 12 | per omne corpus concors mixtura varietur. Dispares quoque
870 12 | quod si recte cum virili mixture sit, utraque concreta et
871 10 | Creator made with a flat and moderately concave bend, that if anything
872 8 | moved and directed with moderation. And He willed that the
873 12 | Dispares quoque naturae hoc modo fieri putantur. Cum forte
874 16 | that by which harmonious modulation exists on the lyre; namely,
875 12 | detracta littera, velut mollier; cui suscepto foetu, cum
876 12 | ut Varro interpretatur) a mollitie, immutata et detracta littera,
877 11 | adheres to itself, as the month itself; since drink and
878 17 | that during those nine months in which we were in the
879 12 | genus viventium conditio mortalitatis extingueret. Sed plus roboris
880 19 | mortal can be generated from mortals. Nor ought he to be deemed
881 3 | trouble on the part of the mothers. How is it with birds, which
882 19 | conception itself, and the moulding of the body, and the breathing
883 10 | they not, as it were by mounds, both afford protection
884 2 | some have arms in their mouth--namely, their teeth--or
885 11 | a space for passage, by moving aside and opening the gullet.
886 3 | either build their nests of mud, or construct them with
887 12 | marem, seu foeminam; si muliebre praevaluerit, progeniem
888 12 | virtus nomen accepit. Item mulier (ut Varro interpretatur)
889 16 | the case of the lyre. For musicians call the stretching and
890 16 | of the fingers, they lie mute and motionless. But doubtless
891 10 | mis-shapen, and, as it were, mutilated. Below this is placed the
892 20 | weapons borrowed from their mutual wrangling, so that it may
893 12 | quia partem de singulis mutuata est. Nam in cor-poribus
894 19 | great the reason, great the mysterious purpose of man; and if any
895 19 | bound man himself by the mystery of virtue, by which he might
896 3 | than the lightness and use n of the wings; the tongue
897 10 | and the round form of the nails, comprising and strengthening
898 7 | covered. But, however, though nakedness itself on the part of man
899 12 | de singulis mutuata est. Nam in cor-poribus animalium
900 18 | means of the dream. For narratives often testify that there
901 8 | the application of which narrow-mouthed vessels are accustomed to
902 12 | distenduntur, et ad nutrimenta nascentis fontibus lacteis foecundum
903 10 | the middle of which the navel distinguishes by a not unbecoming
904 9 | you place any object too near, it will appear double,
905 18 | imperceptibly turns aside to the nearest appearances: thus it begins
906 8 | origin and Maker. His mind, nearly divine, because it has obtained
907 12 | foecundum pectus exuberat. Nec enim decebat aliud quam
908 6 | service of the limbs for the necessaries of life; and how the offspring,
909 12 | internis loquimur, dici necesse est, ne quid praeterisse
910 1intro| am, and in the greatest necessities, you will be able to judge
911 5 | that those parts which needed to be soft and less strong
912 13 | impios ac profanos summum nefas admittere, qui divinum et
913 3 | they either build their nests of mud, or construct them
914 14 | by which the stomach is netted over and covered? What the
915 12 | colores, ac fieri tertium neutri generantium simile; aut
916 12 | soboles illa communis aut neutrum referre videatur, quia totum
917 13 | opera convertunt, ut jam nihil aliud ex re sanctissima
918 12 | vel formam insignem, vel nimium candorem, vel cor-poris
919 | nine
920 10 | humble or unbecoming. The nipples also gently rising, and
921 13 | rationem tibi exponere, nisi me pudor ab hujusmodi sermone
922 13 | sermone revocaret: itaque a nobis indumento verecundiae, quae
923 12 | foemina; et hinc virtus nomen accepit. Item mulier (ut
924 12 | foeminae cogerentur. Vir itaque nominatus est, quod major in eo vis
925 16 | without any striking of notes in agreement with them,
926 1intro| subtilty that they escape the notice of the eyes of the mind,
927 4 | Hence they invented the notion of those blows and fortuitous
928 3 | not been given to them to nourish their young from their own
929 12 | pinguis humor teneritudinem novi corporis irrigaret, donec
930 9 | they are weak through the numbness of the sinews, or if the
931 13 | THE LOWER MEMBERS.~Poteram nunc ego ipsorum quoque genitalium
932 12 | succis distenduntur, et ad nutrimenta nascentis fontibus lacteis
933 13 | turpissimos quaestus, vel ad obscoenae libidinis pudenda opera
934 12 | interior, quam illud humoris obscoeni receptaculum. Sicut enim
935 8 | citadel, looks out upon and observes all things. He formed this
936 11 | the passage s should be obstructed, the breath should be stifled.
937 1intro| advance step by step, since he occupies the passes on both sides,
938 7 | head itself alone the ears occupy a fixed position the eyes
939 12 | avium tamen foetibus primurn oculos fingi dubium non est, quod
940 7 | parts of the body which are offensive might either be covered
941 10 | different direction, which, offering itself as though to meet
942 14 | organs have one and the same office--to retain the soul in the
943 12 | medullis tantum, quidam ex omni corpore ad venam genitalem
944 12 | provenire; ut et foeminis per omnia naturae suae decus constet,
945 12 | sinisterior foemininum; et omnino in toto corpore pars dextra
946 12 | quod in eo sit et vita omnis et sapientia; denique totum
947 9 | true, that in the case of one-eyed men, if they become either
948 13 | obscoenae libidinis pudenda opera convertunt, ut jam nihil
949 12 | videamur; quae quamquam in operto latent, sensum tamen atque
950 12 | inciderit, marem quidem gigni opinatio est; sed quia sit in foeminina
951 2 | so that they may either oppose the stronger animals with
952 4 | consistency in so great an opposition of circumstances? For, in
953 | ours
954 | ourselves
955 3 | and o would with great outcries eagerly demand their former
956 10 | X. OF THE OUTER LIMBS OF MAN, AND THEIR
957 8 | the eyesight; or in the outpouring of the rays: since, if it
958 19 | ought to trample upon and overcome, he will gain eternal life.~
959 12 | dubium non est, quod in ovis saepe deprehendimus. Unde
960 19 | vigorous. For, besides that we owe it to His bounty that we
961 5 | galling or any sense of pain. He did not, however, form
962 8 | things. He formed this its palace, not drawn out and extended,
963 12 | animalium videmus aut confundi parentum colores, ac fieri tertium
964 12 | copulatis, successiva soboles pareretur, ne omne genus viventium
965 12 | Si vero aequa fuerit ex pari semente permixtio, figuras
966 12 | uterus in duas se dividit partes, quae in diversum diffussae
967 14 | body. But what office is particularly assigned to each, who can
968 12 | cui suscepto foetu, cum partus appropinquare jam coepit,
969 14 | the desires of the amorous passions are contained in the liver.
970 10 | for bruising the food and pasture. But how befittingly has
971 12 | animalium, cum interfecta patefiunt. Sed illa dexterior masculinum
972 12 | supra quam decus virile patiatur; vel formam insignem, vel
973 12 | attributum est, quo facilius ad patientiam jugi maritalis foeminae
974 3 | though they are able to bear patiently the inclemency of the sky,
975 12 | si virile superaverit, patri similem provenire, seu marem,
976 12 | seminium continet, duplex est, paulo interior, quam illud humoris
977 8 | the head the mind should pay attention through Slight
978 12 | fontibus lacteis foecundum pectus exuberat. Nec enim decebat
979 8 | through windows covered with pellucid crystal or transparent stone;
980 8 | refracted as in a mirror, might penetrate to the innermost perception.
981 10 | an indescribable manner penetrates to the sense, in the same
982 2 | to him, and the power of perceiving and speaking being given
983 16 | agreeing together, makes that perceptible motion, and adjusts the
984 10 | flavour with the most delicate perceptions. And though nothing is diminished
985 16 | do not greatly err, or perchance not at all. For the mind,
986 2 | their race might not utterly perish, they have either been banished
987 6 | that they were unable to be permanent, because either the power
988 12 | ultra quam sexus; ratio permittat; aut valida membra, aut
989 12 | putant. Cum semina inter se permixta coalescunt, si virile superaverit,
990 12 | aequa fuerit ex pari semente permixtio, figuras quoque misceri,
991 20 | philosophers, since they are pernicious and weighty for the disturbing
992 19 | foolish parents, which some persons attribute to fate and the
993 12 | foemininum in sinistram pervenerit, utrosque foetus recte provenire;
994 11 | the uvula, lest, drawn by pestilential air, it should come with
995 13 | aliud ex re sanctissima petant, quam inanem et sterilem
996 20 | to the learning of true philosophy. For I have determined to
997 11 | in by the mouth; also, if phlegm contracted by cold shall
998 12 | comparatum est, ut candens ac pinguis humor teneritudinem novi
999 6 | produced with reference to a plan--for nothing but a plan can
1000 14 | have more liver, the more playful more spleen. As, therefore,