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1001 1intro| fear lest custom and the pleasantness of these subjects should,
1002 19 | more than with a sense of pleasure to emit the moisture of
1003 10 | annexed to it, that it may be pliant to the use of the fingers.
1004 2 | themselves aloft with light plumage, or are supported by hoofs,
1005 12 | mortalitatis extingueret. Sed plus roboris maribus attributum
1006 2 | so others of them either poise themselves aloft with light
1007 9 | if the mind, impaired by poison anti the powerful influence
1008 11 | to stop up the breathing pores of the nostrils, we may
1009 11 | obstacle through means of a portion of a member usefully sent
1010 12 | deprehendimus. Unde fieri non posse arbitror quin fictio a capite
1011 10 | though to meet the others, possesses all the power of holding
1012 12 | intelligentiam latere non possunt. Vena in maribus, quae seminium
1013 13 | XIII. OF THE LOWER MEMBERS.~Poteram nunc ego ipsorum quoque
1014 12 | mens, quomodo fiat, non potest comprehendere. Item in foeminis
1015 11 | commonly believed; but they pour forth that vocal breath
1016 10 | avail to some utility and practice either of walking or of
1017 12 | unius tantum lineamenta praetendat. Si vero aequa fuerit ex
1018 12 | dici necesse est, ne quid praeterisse videamur; quae quamquam
1019 12 | respondere maternam. Id autem praevalet e duobus, quod fuerit uberius;
1020 12 | seu foeminam; si muliebre praevaluerit, progeniem cujusque sexus
1021 1intro| What reason is there, I pray, why any one should think
1022 1intro| itself agreeing with their precepts. I, however, shrink from
1023 3 | they did who would have preferred that they had been born
1024 3 | nature should of necessity prepare each animal. If it is furnished
1025 2 | may show that the world is prepared and governed by no providence;
1026 15 | struck against the obstacle presented by the throat, forces out
1027 8 | for He covered their orbs, presenting the similitude of gems in
1028 19 | afterwards contributes to the preservation of man: it is His gift that
1029 6 | arrangement of the divine plan is preserved. But we will refute Epicurus
1030 10 | teeth, and by its force presses it down when collected into
1031 3 | nor firmness of body can prevent them from being oppressed
1032 6 | THEIR USE.~I cannot here be prevented from again showing the folly
1033 3 | desire to return to their previous state, and o would with
1034 2 | protection. But if any fall as a prey to the greater animals,
1035 1intro| I do not charge you with pride, of which there is not even
1036 12 | co-agulata informari: et primum quidem cor hominis effingi,
1037 12 | In avium tamen foetibus primurn oculos fingi dubium non
1038 11 | only; nor could the breath proceeding from it cause the voice,
1039 18 | before its eyes. Then it proceeds further, and finds diversions
1040 11 | blowing and breathing, and the process of respiration, support
1041 16 | as well-stretched things produce harmonious sound. And as,
1042 10 | which are so named from producing teeth, and then with the
1043 6 | position untried, monstrous productions of this kind ought daily
1044 13 | satis est, homines impios ac profanos summum nefas admittere,
1045 14 | soul, are of so obscure and profound a nature, that it is beyond
1046 12 | si muliebre praevaluerit, progeniem cujusque sexus ad imaginem
1047 7 | as if you should give a prolonged neck to an elephant, or
1048 1intro| vessel indeed not made by Prometheus, as the poets say, but by
1049 5 | hold of anything, lest the prominent magnitude of the tusks,
1050 20 | does not know? I seem to promise a great thing; but there
1051 13 | admirabile Dei opus, ad propagandam successionem inexcogitabili
1052 17 | express what it was in its own proper sense; for as it cannot
1053 18 | and the answers of our prophets have been after the character
1054 12 | roboretur. Sed redeamus ad propositum, ut caetera, quae supersunt,
1055 1intro| according to your virtue, your prosperity in which you live, or not
1056 1intro| esteemed blessings turn out prosperously to you, but only on condition
1057 10 | removed from sight, and prostrate towards the earth. But He
1058 1intro| forward may appear to be proved and known. What reason is
1059 13 | successionem inexcogitabili ratione provisum et effectum, vel ad turpissimos
1060 1intro| Therefore it is the highest prudence to advance step by step,
1061 3 | with reason. But, in truth, prudent men neither desire the reason
1062 13 | rationem tibi exponere, nisi me pudor ab hujusmodi sermone revocaret:
1063 4 | by diseases, that he is punished by premature death. And
1064 10 | relieves the eyes. For the pupil--that is, the transparent
1065 8 | shut up, which we call the pupils, in which, being pure and
1066 12 | earum semen sanguinem esse purgatum, quod si recte cum virili
1067 4 | be infinite. But I have purposed to speak so much concerning
1068 12 | quoque naturae hoc modo fieri putantur. Cum forte in laevam uteri
1069 12 | sapientia; denique totum opus quadragesimo die consummari. Ex abortionibus
1070 13 | effectum, vel ad turpissimos quaestus, vel ad obscoenae libidinis
1071 16 | that mind is, or what its qualities are, since its nature is
1072 12 | praeterisse videamur; quae quamquam in operto latent, sensum
1073 13 | Quod ad hanc rem attinet, queri satis est, homines impios
1074 13 | summum nefas admittere, qui divinum et admirabile Dei
1075 12 | foeminae machinatus est; quibus inter se per voluptatis
1076 12 | loquimur, dici necesse est, ne quid praeterisse videamur; quae
1077 12 | fieri non posse arbitror quin fictio a capite sumat exordium.
1078 12 | quod major in eo vis est, quire in foemina; et hinc virtus
1079 12 | maribus attributum est, quo facilius ad patientiam jugi
1080 12 | fuerit uberius; alterum enim quodammodo amplectitur et includit:
1081 12 | concrescere. Sed hoc, humana mens, quomodo fiat, non potest comprehendere.
1082 6 | prevails. But since all the races of animals, and all the
1083 6 | fly, nor wild beasts to rage, nor fishes to swim, nor
1084 9 | if the force of madness raging against the brain disunites
1085 4 | should he fear the winds, or rains, or colds, the power of
1086 8 | all the rest earthly, He raised him erect to the contemplation
1087 1intro| given your name, and of what rank you have been. You understand
1088 10 | which there is the power of rapid motion, and to which throbbing
1089 1intro| there have been men of such rashness who are commonly called
1090 20 | stream of eloquence, at any rate for living, which is especially
1091 12 | virilita-tis, ultra quam sexus; ratio permittat; aut valida membra,
1092 13 | successionem inexcogitabili ratione provisum et effectum, vel
1093 13 | genitalium membrorum mirificam rationem tibi exponere, nisi me pudor
1094 6 | of Epicurus. For all the ravings of Lucretius belong to him,
1095 8 | were so, we should see the ray towards which we turn with
1096 13 | convertunt, ut jam nihil aliud ex re sanctissima petant, quam
1097 1intro| those books which you have read." Afterwards, however, in
1098 20 | which may be useful to my readers, if not for eloquence, because
1099 19 | as his duty is) he shall readily and constantly maintain
1100 1intro| you afforded yourself a ready hearer in literature, which
1101 15 | produces a sound; and the wind, rebounding by itself, is animated into
1102 16 | when any part of the limbs receives an injury, the whole are
1103 12 | quam illud humoris obscoeni receptaculum. Sicut enim renes duo sunt,
1104 4 | immortality for ever, and the reception of mortality for a time,
1105 16 | withdraw to some secret recess, that it may elicit and
1106 10 | made man only, as it were, reclining with his face upward: for
1107 9 | mind is not deceived which recognises their error.~
1108 1intro| that a mind conscious of rectitude should not from time to
1109 12 | et viribus roboretur. Sed redeamus ad propositum, ut caetera,
1110 12 | illa communis aut neutrum referre videatur, quia totum ex
1111 1intro| things which I say are to be referred to the mind, not to the
1112 16 | nature is so subtle and refined, that, though infused into
1113 18 | things concerning which it is reflecting, sleep suddenly creeps on,
1114 16 | person; but the soul both reflects and is moved of its own
1115 12 | in diversum diffussae ac reflexae, circumplicantur, sicut
1116 8 | placed opposite them, being refracted as in a mirror, might penetrate
1117 3 | they were given, you would refuse to receive!~
1118 2 | either been banished to that region where the greater ones cannot
1119 11 | the mouth in the extreme regions of the palate, where the
1120 4 | those things which I have related concerning diseases and
1121 10 | of beauty. For, as far as relates to the receiving of flavour,
1122 2 | produced. I pass by the things relating to the work itself with
1123 3 | them bound by perpetual relationship and the bond of affection.
1124 9 | as if to reflection, and relax the exertion of the mind,
1125 16 | has been interrupted or relaxed, the whole method of the
1126 10 | course of the sight, and relieves the eyes. For the pupil--
1127 13 | pudenda velentur. Quod ad hanc rem attinet, queri satis est,
1128 11 | should happen to adhere and remain fixed, which might have
1129 1intro| they ought either to have remedied them, or to have altogether
1130 12 | receptaculum. Sicut enim renes duo sunt, itemque testes,
1131 17 | and delights to bound with repeated beatings. In short, there
1132 1intro| Therefore I advise you,~"And repeating it, will again and again
1133 4 | these can be so firm as to repel frailty and death? That
1134 10 | violent blow, it may be repelled by the projecting parts.
1135 18 | interrupt the most healthy repose of the body. For as the
1136 1intro| reputation, and are commonly reproved, as living otherwise than
1137 1intro| in his fourth book on the Republic, when he had attempted to
1138 3 | Therefore it is nothing so repugnant or contradictory, that either
1139 1intro| although they now have a bad reputation, and are commonly reproved,
1140 4 | die. Therefore the case requires that man, who cannot die
1141 6 | the falling waters and the reservoirs,--he first, I say, foresees
1142 10 | who thinks that this sense resides in the palate; for it is
1143 18 | length the whole body is resolved into rest. But the mind
1144 3 | produced man, that, without resources, and without strength, and
1145 13 | voluptatem. How is it with respect to the other parts of the
1146 11 | breathing, and the process of respiration, support life in the body.
1147 12 | cujusque sexus ad imaginem respondere maternam. Id autem praevalet
1148 13 | against the ground, and resting upon the soil, we take an
1149 16 | that it can in no way be restrained even by the barriers of
1150 16 | power of wandering without restraint? Whether, therefore, the
1151 4 | diseases for the sake of retaining his wisdom, he must also
1152 5 | sluggishness and weight should retard; but He made them hollow,
1153 12 | cornua. Quae pars in dextram retorquetur, masculina est; quae in
1154 10 | that they appear to have returned afresh to infancy. But these
1155 15 | from the bottom, while it returns to that descending through
1156 18 | sent by God, that by this revelation we may learn impending goods
1157 15 | the lips, and the breath, reverberating from the hollow of the stalk,
1158 8 | windings and kept back from reverberation, like those small vessels,
1159 13 | pudor ab hujusmodi sermone revocaret: itaque a nobis indumento
1160 10 | as it were, with an equal ridge, at once serves to separate
1161 10 | down as though by gentle ridges from the neck: the fore-arms
1162 6 | of such extravagant and ridiculous stories should appear to
1163 2 | in which matter they are ridiculously mad; I assume that which
1164 19 | right for him, and he has rightly obtained,--if he shall not
1165 4 | humanity. For almost all the rights of humanity, by which we
1166 11 | soft bones, as though of rings fitted together after the
1167 10 | separated from the rest rises together with the hand itself,
1168 11 | of the palate, where the risings of the jaws, looking towards
1169 12 | dentibus instruatur, et viribus roboretur. Sed redeamus ad propositum,
1170 12 | mortalitatis extingueret. Sed plus roboris maribus attributum est,
1171 12 | tam mente, quam corpore robur virile servetur. Istud vero
1172 12 | vulture indecorum, aut vocem robustam, aut animum audacem, aut
1173 10 | millstone, is greater and rougher than in the other bones,
1174 8 | and a globe, because all roundness belongs to a perfect plan
1175 8 | because it has obtained the rule not only over the animals
1176 1intro| to a master, and may be ruled by its will. For it is in
1177 16 | as the Lord Himself, and Ruler of the universe, is in the
1178 16 | universe, runs to and fro, and rules all things, governs all
1179 12 | dubium non est, quod in ovis saepe deprehendimus. Unde fieri
1180 10 | of hills, makes the eyes safer on every side; and it has
1181 19 | seed, all all have that sameFather."~as Lucretius says. For
1182 13 | ut jam nihil aliud ex re sanctissima petant, quam inanem et sterilem
1183 12 | procreari; sed earum semen sanguinem esse purgatum, quod si recte
1184 12 | enim decebat aliud quam ut sapiens animal a corde alimoniam
1185 12 | eo sit et vita omnis et sapientia; denique totum opus quadragesimo
1186 13 | hanc rem attinet, queri satis est, homines impios ac profanos
1187 4 | What more brutal? What more savage? But since he is feeble,
1188 16 | used probable arguments, saying that it was doubtless befitting
1189 8 | increasing from wounds, and the scars drawn over at last can admit
1190 1intro| subject, he thus spoke: "Scipio, as it appears to me, has
1191 1intro| philosophers, that they scrutinized those things which God willed
1192 16 | if it wills, flies over seas, traverses lands and cities,--
1193 16 | were, to withdraw to some secret recess, that it may elicit
1194 1intro| passes on both sides, and secretly places stumbling-blocks
1195 1intro| the philosophers of our sect which we uphold may become
1196 19 | all sprung from a heavenly seed, all all have that sameFather."~
1197 4 | meetings together of minute seeds, because they did not see
1198 5 | him, or the necessity of seeking food had called him. Moreover,
1199 | seem
1200 3 | their parents? But they select the stronger, and pass by
1201 1intro| within narrow limits, lightly selecting the chief points. And that
1202 12 | vero aequa fuerit ex pari semente permixtio, figuras quoque
1203 12 | filiorum sic fieri putant. Cum semina inter se permixta coalescunt,
1204 12 | itemque testes, ita et venae seminales duae, in una tamen compage
1205 12 | possunt. Vena in maribus, quae seminium continet, duplex est, paulo
1206 2 | accustomed to wonder at the senselessness of the philosophers who
1207 12 | quamquam in operto latent, sensum tamen atque intelligentiam
1208 9 | and they each begin to see separately. If you, again, exert the
1209 18 | that which is incapable of separation cannot be different; but
1210 13 | nisi me pudor ab hujusmodi sermone revocaret: itaque a nobis
1211 7 | should attach feet or hair to serpents, in which the length of
1212 10 | an equal ridge, at once serves to separate anti to protect
1213 12 | quam corpore robur virile servetur. Istud vero ipsum quam mirabile
1214 8 | face, with the necessary services of the members. And first,
1215 2 | easily be able to endure the severity of frosts and colds. Moreover,
1216 7 | or to the distinction of sex, or to the beauty of manliness
1217 12 | UTERO, ET CONCEPTIONE ATQUE SEXIBUS.~De utero quoque et conceptione,
1218 8 | alone, and his countenance, shared with and closely resembling
1219 10 | part of the palate as by a shell, and God has surrounded
1220 10 | continual moisture so that it shines clearly, loses its power.
1221 5 | to resemble the keel of a ship, He placed the head, in
1222 3 | driven, as it were, from a shipwreck, to the miseries of this
1223 5 | magnitude of the tusks, or the shortness of the neck, should interfere
1224 6 | use, he says, afterwards showed itself. Therefore they were
1225 11 | as the earth itself is by showers and frosts. The most provident
1226 6 | other limbs, use itself shows for what purpose they were
1227 1intro| their precepts. I, however, shrink from no labour that I may
1228 8 | of lights might be kept shut up, which we call the pupils,
1229 4 | strength that disease and sickness could not approach it, not
1230 12 | tertium neutri generantium simile; aut utriusque sic exprimi,
1231 12 | virile superaverit, patri similem provenire, seu marem, seu
1232 12 | inde plerumque matribus similes procreari; sed earum semen
1233 18 | is kept occupied by the similitudes of visions. But the mind
1234 12 | a capite sumat exordium. Similitudines autem in corporibus filiorum
1235 12 | sit, utraque concreta et simul co-agulata informari: et
1236 12 | utrumque, quia partem de singulis mutuata est. Nam in cor-poribus
1237 12 | ad conservationem generum singulorum, duos sexus maris ac foeminae
1238 12 | masculinum continet semen, sinisterior foemininum; et omnino in
1239 12 | pars dextra masculina est, sinistra veto foeminina. Ipsum semen
1240 6 | been animals of immense size, in which the system of
1241 7 | situation, and covered them with skin drawn over them, which He
1242 8 | God would not form of soft skins, which, hanging down and
1243 3 | patiently the inclemency of the sky, yet are unable to be safe
1244 2 | multitude might survive the slaughter inflicted upon them, so
1245 11 | impetuosity and spoil the slightness of its abode, or bring the
1246 16 | barriers of this heavy and slothful body, to which it is bound,
1247 16 | otherwise we must be more slow in the exercise of our senses,
1248 10 | hollow of the tongue, lest by slowness and delay it should flow
1249 5 | make solid, lest in walking sluggishness and weight should retard;
1250 7 | supporting themselves by their smooth scales, with winding courses
1251 5 | man would be altogether snake-handed,--an instance of which has
1252 1intro| which are able to entice as snares, and with such subtilty
1253 16 | should affirm that it is so--for in a doubtful matter
1254 9 | who are of sound mind, and sober. For if you place any object
1255 8 | be between these, that a softer cartilage might bind them,
1256 10 | concave coverings, lest the softness of the flesh should yield
1257 13 | ground, and resting upon the soil, we take an impetus and
1258 12 | alimoniam duceret. Idque ipsum solertissime comparatum est, ut candens
1259 13 | diminishing. But in the soles of the feet there is the
1260 4 | the stronger animals seek solitudes, since they trust in their
1261 10 | innumerable in-flexions of songs and various kinds of sounds.
1262 3 | born: for that these, as soon as they are produced from
1263 3 | to be nourished by food sought with labour by their parents?
1264 16 | call the stretching and sounding of the strings to entire
1265 3 | How much better and more soundly did he act, who perceived
1266 10 | songs and various kinds of sounds. It has, moreover, another
1267 14 | they may come from another source, and that those organs may
1268 19 | nourishment from various sources, He also gives to man wisdom,
1269 8 | the middle part of which sparks of lights might be kept
1270 10 | doing either alone, or in a special manner, as the guide and
1271 3 | convey to them food, and spend whole days in going to and
1272 11 | come with impetuosity and spoil the slightness of its abode,
1273 1intro| the same subject, he thus spoke: "Scipio, as it appears
1274 3 | that, their teats being spontaneously distended, the nourishment
1275 7 | marked as to their backs with spots, and supporting themselves
1276 11 | gradually give it back, while it spreads itself forth from it: for
1277 19 | alone.~"In fine, we are all sprung from a heavenly seed, all
1278 12 | vel artus delicatos, vel staturam brevem, vel vocem gracilem,
1279 3 | of the human race, but a stepmother, who has dealt so liberally
1280 13 | sanctissima petant, quam inanem et sterilem voluptatem. How is it with
1281 11 | obstructed, the breath should be stifled. But the food being received
1282 | still
1283 18 | drawn over it; but if you stir it a little it again blazes,
1284 12 | uteri partem masculinae stirpis semen inciderit, marem quidem
1285 8 | pellucid crystal or transparent stone; and therefore the mind
1286 | stop
1287 6 | extravagant and ridiculous stories should appear to be no less
1288 16 | the whole method of the strain is disturbed and destroyed;
1289 11 | but all the moisture is strained through those tender parts,
1290 16 | of the strings to entire strains, without any striking of
1291 20 | there is in me but a slight stream of eloquence, at any rate
1292 7 | together the parts which strengthen the body, which we call
1293 10 | the nails, comprising and strengthening the tips of the fingers
1294 13 | beautiful union of them strengthens the pressure of the feet
1295 16 | For musicians call the stretching and sounding of the strings
1296 10 | office of speaking, unless it strikes its edge against the palate,
1297 16 | of the artificer, and the stroke of the fingers, they lie
1298 11 | discharge its office, and by its strokes divide into words the even
1299 5 | needed to be soft and less strong might be protected by the
1300 6 | place a massive part of the structure will stand, what will be
1301 1intro| you to be in these true studies, which have reference even
1302 1intro| sides, and secretly places stumbling-blocks for our feet. Accordingly
1303 1intro| nothing else than form the style, how much more teachable
1304 12 | foeminis per omnia naturae suae decus constet, et maribus
1305 4 | the soul can neither be subjected to the eyes, nor comprehended.
1306 1intro| account, that it may be in subjection to the soul as to a master,
1307 1intro| the pleasantness of these subjects should, as usually happens,
1308 7 | the organs of generation subjoined to the belly; in the last
1309 1intro| as snares, and with such subtilty that they escape the notice
1310 16 | since its nature is so subtle and refined, that, though
1311 20 | is incredible, and their subtlety in argument and disputation
1312 13 | Dei opus, ad propagandam successionem inexcogitabili ratione provisum
1313 12 | voluptatis illecebras copulatis, successiva soboles pareretur, ne omne
1314 12 | turgescentes mammae dulcibus succis distenduntur, et ad nutrimenta
1315 18 | it is reflecting, sleep suddenly creeps on, and the thought
1316 20 | great a deed. Shall we then suffer the truth to be extinguished
1317 19 | happy: he, in short, to sum up the matter in few words,
1318 12 | arbitror quin fictio a capite sumat exordium. Similitudines
1319 1intro| Laws, when he was concisely summing up the same subject, he
1320 7 | it were, to the highest summit of the building. And this
1321 10 | Why should I speak of the summits of the eyebrows themselves,
1322 13 | homines impios ac profanos summum nefas admittere, qui divinum
1323 12 | permixta coalescunt, si virile superaverit, patri similem provenire,
1324 12 | propositum, ut caetera, quae supersunt, breviter explicemus.~
1325 19 | safe in body, and that He supplies us with nourishment from
1326 11 | process of respiration, support life in the body. Since,
1327 2 | with light plumage, or are supported by hoofs, or are furnished
1328 7 | their backs with spots, and supporting themselves by their smooth
1329 12 | in se habere foemineum, supra quam decus virile patiatur;
1330 1intro| the poets say, but by that supreme Creator and Artificer of
1331 14 | This, however, ought to be sure and undoubted, that so many
1332 10 | this is placed the fiat surface of the belly, about the
1333 16 | of such rapidity, that it surveys the whole heaven at one
1334 2 | their very multitude might survive the slaughter inflicted
1335 12 | littera, velut mollier; cui suscepto foetu, cum partus appropinquare
1336 1intro| which there is not even a suspicion in your case; but the things
1337 13 | that it might more easily sustain the weight of the body;
1338 10 | against the palate with swift rapidity. This, therefore,
1339 6 | beasts to rage, nor fishes to swim, nor men to be wise, when
1340 2 | their teeth--or hooked talons on their feet; and none
1341 12 | decus constet, et maribus tam mente, quam corpore robur
1342 8 | rather those of Epicurus who taught him, ought to have been
1343 1intro| the style, how much more teachable ought you to be in these
1344 18 | to Himself the power of teaching man future events by means
1345 3 | is effected that, their teats being spontaneously distended,
1346 2 | their mouth--namely, their teeth--or hooked talons on their
1347 7 | hair put forth from the temples before the ears, and the
1348 7 | protected on account of their tenderness, so that by its motion certain
1349 7 | itself on the part of man tends in a wonderful manner to
1350 12 | candens ac pinguis humor teneritudinem novi corporis irrigaret,
1351 8 | which is seen; or in the tension of the air together with
1352 10 | conveniently rest upon them, and terminated them in the fingers; in
1353 10 | exposed, they should be a terror rather than an ornament,
1354 12 | parentum colores, ac fieri tertium neutri generantium simile;
1355 12 | renes duo sunt, itemque testes, ita et venae seminales
1356 18 | dream. For narratives often testify that there have been dreams
1357 3 | these ungrateful men, gave thanks to nature that he was born
1358 3 | human, to that strength of theirs unattended with reason.
1359 7 | beauty only, or covered with thick hair, or fenced with scales,
1360 11 | over these from within a thicker juice, that the secretions
1361 11 | air is spread through that thinness, and might again gradually
1362 15 | obstacle presented by the throat, forces out the sound of
1363 10 | rapid motion, and to which throbbing gives their name, being
1364 11 | softened, it is gradually thrust forth through those windings
1365 10 | it received the name of thumb, because it prevails among
1366 13 | membrorum mirificam rationem tibi exponere, nisi me pudor
1367 17 | motion by itself at all times, and cannot be seen or touched,
1368 10 | comprising and strengthening the tips of the fingers with concave
1369 11 | XI. OF TITLE INTESTINES IN MAN, AND THEIR
1370 3 | do nothing else than give tokens of the state of his frailty
1371 11 | are dumb. For they are not tongue-tied, as is commonly believed;
1372 8 | might not see, that the torn-out orbs, and the burst fibres
1373 16 | members, was in a state of torpor.~
1374 12 | foemininum; et omnino in toto corpore pars dextra masculina
1375 5 | that he might be able to touch the earth with his mouth,
1376 7 | should glide into slippery tracts. But in quadrupeds the same
1377 19 | earth, which he ought to trample upon and overcome, he will
1378 11 | blocked up and does not transmit the voice to the tongue,
1379 10 | collected into bails, and transmits it to the belly. Accordingly,
1380 19 | way perceives that he has transmitted or breathed a soul from
1381 5 | in a different direction transverse and fiat bones, by which,
1382 10 | the opening of the mouth transversely cannot be expressed; the
1383 16 | wills, flies over seas, traverses lands and cities,--in short,
1384 1intro| they are doubtful, but also treacherous because they are pleasant.
1385 16 | as it were, from a hidden treasury. And therefore, when we
1386 2 | subject of which we are now treating.~
1387 15 | we shall devote an entire treatise to the refutation of the
1388 3 | compulsion of nature, without any trouble on the part of the mothers.
1389 5 | flexibility, would appear like the trunk of an elephant; and man
1390 4 | seek solitudes, since they trust in their force and strength.
1391 11 | body,--there must be two tubes through the neck for food,
1392 12 | appropinquare jam coepit, turgescentes mammae dulcibus succis distenduntur,
1393 11 | place on account of the turnings of the coils, which often
1394 18 | thought itself imperceptibly turns aside to the nearest appearances:
1395 13 | provisum et effectum, vel ad turpissimos quaestus, vel ad obscoenae
1396 3 | first, because they are twice born, and then because they
1397 3 | or construct them with twigs and leaves, and they sit
1398 5 | hands should move and be twisted about in any direction;
1399 12 | praevalet e duobus, quod fuerit uberius; alterum enim quodammodo
1400 12 | se aliquid virilita-tis, ultra quam sexus; ratio permittat;
1401 12 | venae seminales duae, in una tamen compage cohaerentes;
1402 1intro| Demetrianus, almost in unadorned words, as the mediocrity
1403 3 | that strength of theirs unattended with reason. But, in truth,
1404 1intro| name of wisdom happy and uncorrupted, their life itself agreeing
1405 8 | apertures to be naked and uncovered, which would have been less
1406 12 | ovis saepe deprehendimus. Unde fieri non posse arbitror
1407 20 | wonder that I venture to undertake so great a deed. Shall we
1408 1intro| duty is especially to be undertaken on this account, because
1409 14 | however, ought to be sure and undoubted, that so many objects and
1410 3 | animated by breath, being unfledged and tender, is not only
1411 18 | extinguished while the soul is uninjured, which is accustomed to
1412 9 | whatever appeared double unites into one. What wonder, therefore,
1413 10 | might present an inseparable unity. Also how useful and how
1414 12 | hinc plerumque fled, ut unius tantum lineamenta praetendat.
1415 20 | For if Marcus Tullius, the unparalleled example of eloquence itself,
1416 7 | embarrassed for use, nothing more unshapely to look upon; as if you
1417 7 | covered on account of their unsightliness, or be protected on account
1418 8 | all things. Therefore the unspeakable power of the divine providence
1419 4 | liable to diseases, and to untimely death. They are indignant,
1420 1intro| eloquence has almost left untouched. Perhaps you may blame me
1421 6 | leave no kind of position untried, monstrous productions of
1422 1intro| philosophers of our sect which we uphold may become better instructed
1423 10 | the great strength of the upper-arms standing out with remarkable
1424 7 | before the ears, and the uppermost parts of these being surrounded
1425 10 | reclining with his face upward: for scarcely any other
1426 11 | by which it may draw the urine from them, is nevertheless
1427 | used
1428 11 | of a portion of a member usefully sent down from the brain,
1429 10 | whether the appearance or the usefulness is greater. For the perfection
1430 8 | nothing more unsightly or more useless. For how little should we
1431 1intro| these subjects should, as usually happens, creep by degrees
1432 12 | putantur. Cum forte in laevam uteri partem masculinae stirpis
1433 12 | cum virili mixture sit, utraque concreta et simul co-agulata
1434 12 | generantium simile; aut utriusque sic exprimi, ut discoloribus
1435 12 | in sinistram pervenerit, utrosque foetus recte provenire;
1436 12 | ex altero non habet; aut utrumque, quia partem de singulis
1437 2 | that their race might not utterly perish, they have either
1438 5 | V. OF THE FIGURES AND LIMBS
1439 12 | sexus; ratio permittat; aut valida membra, aut immoderatam
1440 10 | slight cavity, as with a valley: He has gracefully spread
1441 6 | things which breathe, what vanity was it (O mischievous one!)
1442 20 | eloquence itself, was often vanquished by men void of learning
1443 7 | state exhibits innumerable varieties of animals. For in almost
1444 12 | omne corpus concors mixtura varietur. Dispares quoque naturae
1445 5 | and power by a wonderful variety of many things, inasmuch
1446 3 | even elephants, with their vast bodies and strength, are
1447 8 | covered with it, as with a vault; and when He had covered
1448 13 | verecundiae, quae sunt pudenda velentur. Quod ad hanc rem attinet,
1449 12 | immutata et detracta littera, velut mollier; cui suscepto foetu,
1450 12 | intelligentiam latere non possunt. Vena in maribus, quae seminium
1451 12 | itemque testes, ita et venae seminales duae, in una tamen
1452 12 | quidam ex omni corpore ad venam genitalem confluere, ibique
1453 20 | Perhaps you may wonder that I venture to undertake so great a
1454 13 | itaque a nobis indumento verecundiae, quae sunt pudenda velentur.
1455 12 | tantum maribus inesse semen, verum etiam foeminis, et inde
1456 12 | masculina est, sinistra veto foeminina. Ipsum semen quidam
1457 6 | VI. OF THE ERROR OF EPICURUS,
1458 18 | perception burns in it, and vibrates as a flame, and keeps all
1459 10 | tongue, being pointed and vibrating with fixed motions, expresses
1460 1intro| and as concealing their vices under the covering of a
1461 12 | est, ne quid praeterisse videamur; quae quamquam in operto
1462 12 | communis aut neutrum referre videatur, quia totum ex altero non
1463 7 | VII. OF ALL THE PARTS OF THE
1464 8 | VIII. OF THE PARTS OF MAN: THE
1465 11 | abode, or bring the whole violence of the injury upon the inner
1466 12 | maritalis foeminae cogerentur. Vir itaque nominatus est, quod
1467 12 | dentibus instruatur, et viribus roboretur. Sed redeamus
1468 12 | purgatum, quod si recte cum virili mixture sit, utraque concreta
1469 12 | sit, habere in se aliquid virilita-tis, ultra quam sexus; ratio
1470 12 | quire in foemina; et hinc virtus nomen accepit. Item mulier (
1471 12 | nominatus est, quod major in eo vis est, quire in foemina; et
1472 18 | occupied by the similitudes of visions. But the mind lies hid,
1473 12 | effingi, quod in eo sit et vita omnis et sapientia; denique
1474 12 | pareretur, ne omne genus viventium conditio mortalitatis extingueret.
1475 20 | often vanquished by men void of learning and eloquence,--
1476 16 | or the soul, is of such volubility that it does not rest even
1477 13 | quam inanem et sterilem voluptatem. How is it with respect
1478 12 | est; quibus inter se per voluptatis illecebras copulatis, successiva
1479 12 | aut hispidam faciem, aut vulture indecorum, aut vocem robustam,
1480 3 | state of his frailty by wailing and lamentations; "as well
1481 18 | blazes, and, as it were, wakes up. Therefore it is called
1482 16 | impatience of rest, the power of wandering without restraint? Whether,
1483 17 | soul is present the body is warm, but on its departure the
1484 10 | out and hollowed they draw water; and when they have taken
1485 6 | and outlets of the falling waters and the reservoirs,--he
1486 16 | an injury, the whole are weakened, and all being corrupted
1487 20 | they are pernicious and weighty for the disturbing of the
1488 16 | and adjusts the mind, as well-stretched things produce harmonious
1489 13 | strengthened and adorned by well-turned calves gently standing out
1490 9 | they see any object double. Wherefore, if the reason is evident
1491 | wherever
1492 19 | God. For he is in error whosoever judges of man by his flesh.
1493 1intro| concluded a subject of wide extent within narrow limits,
1494 16 | pleases, however far and widely they are removed? And does
1495 20 | I, in truth, would more willingly fail even under this burthen.
1496 16 | moment of time; and, if it wills, flies over seas, traverses
1497 7 | their smooth scales, with winding courses they should glide
1498 4 | For why should he fear the winds, or rains, or colds, the
1499 9 | the powerful influence of wine, cannot direct itself to
1500 16 | mind, being occupied, has withdrawn itself to the inner depth,