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Excerpt from Fragmenta Philosophorum Graecorum, Vol. 3: Collegit Recensuit Vertit, Annotationibus Et Prolegomenis Illustravit Indicibus Instruxit; Platonicos Et Peripateticos Continens
Quum Aristoteles (i) in Ethicis Nicomacheis dei vitam et beatam esse et in contemplatione consistere docuerit, ex hominibus autem eos qui proxime ad deos accederent caeterisque studiis rerum contemplationem praeferrent, \ aequalis beatitudinis participes fore dixerit vere nobis philosophia vim illi expressisse videntur, qui eam quasi quandam divinae naturae imitationem esse scripserunt. Est autem hominis ingeniosi, aut majora humano fastigio mentis acie dispicere, aut certe cum humanis divina copulando in conse quenda omnium artium scientia totum se collocare. Hino veteres sophistaa gloriati sunt, nihil esse in caelo, nihil in terra, nihil in mari, nihil ulla in disciplina, quod ipsi nescirent, neque solum liberales doctrinas, geometriam, musicam, historiam se habere cognitas; elegantissima poetarum aliorumque eruditorum hominum scripta attigisse quae porro de naturae obscuritate, de hominum moribus, de civitalibus traderentur, didicisse, sed sordidiores quoque cerdonum artes exercuisse. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.