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Some think the Stoics very childish, when they hear them affirm that the wise man must not only deserve that appellation for his prudence, be of exact justice and great fortitude, but must likewise have all the flowers of a rhetorician and the conduct of a general, must have the elegancies of a poet, be very wealthy, and called a king ; but these good men claim all these titles for themselves, and if they do not receive them, they grow peevish and are presently out of temper. SOME THINK THE STOICS VERY CHILDISH WHEN THEY HEAR THEM AFFIRM THAT THE WISE MAN MUST NOT ONLY DESERVE THAT APPELLATION FOR HIS PRUDENCE BE OF EXACT JUSTICE AND GREAT FORTITUDE BUT MUST LIKEWISE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS OF A RHETORICIAN AND THE CONDUCT OF A GENERAL MUST HAVE THE ELEGANCIES OF A POET BE VERY WEALTHY AND CALLED A KING BUT THESE GOOD MEN CLAIM ALL THESE TITLES FOR THEMSELVES AND IF THEY DO NOT RECEIVE THEM THEY GROW PEEVISH AND ARE PRESENTLY OUT OF TEMPER
ice, and Plato in the subtleties of disputation ; therefore he condemned one to the quarries, and sold the other into Aegina. But Alex- ander was of another temper ; for when Criso the famous * Eurip. Iph. Aul. 16. OF THE TRANQUILLITY OF THE MIND. 153 runner contended with him for swiftness, and seemed to be designedly lagging behind and yielding the race, he was in a great rage Avith him. And Achilles in Homer spake very well, when he said : — None of tlie Greeks for courage me excel ; Let otliers have tlie praise of speaking well.* When Megabyzus the Persian came into the shop of Apelles, and began to ask some impertinent questions con- cerning his art, the famous painter checked him into silence with this reprimand : As long as thou didst hold thy peace, thou didst appear to be a man of condition, and I paid a deference to the eclat of thy purple and the lustre of thy gold ; but now, since thou art ήΐΛ'οΙοηβ, thou exposest thyself to the laughter even of my boys that mix the colors. IME GREW ANGRY EVEN TO A FRENZY THAT PHILOCSINUS THE POET EXCEEDED HIM IN THE SWEETNESS OF HIS VOICE AND PLATO IN THE SUBTLETIES OF DISPUTATION THEREFORE HE CONDEMNED ONE TO THE QUARRIES AND SOLD THE OTHER INTO AEGINA BUT ALEXANDER WAS OF ANOTHER TEMPER FOR WHEN CHRYSO THE FAMOUS RUNNER CONTENDED WITH HIM FOR SWIFTNESS AND SEEMED TO BE DESIGNEDLY LAGGING BEHIND AND YIELDING THE RACE HE WAS IN A GREAT RAGE WITH HIM AND ACHILLES IN HOMER SPAKE VERY WELL WHEN HE SAID NONE OF THE GREEKS FOR COURAGE MAY EXCEL LET OTHERS HAVE THE PRAISE OF SPEAKING WELL WHEN MAGABIAS THE PERSIAN CAME INTO THE SHOP OF APELLES AND BEGAN TO ASK SOME IMPERTINENT QUESTIONS CONCERNING HIS ART THE FAMOUS PAINTER CHECKED HIM INTO SILENCE WITH THIS REPRIMAND AS LONG AS THOU DIDST HOLD THY PEACE THOU DIDST APPEAR TO BE A MAN OF CONDITION AND I PAID DEFERENCE TO THEE ACLAT OF THY PURPLE AND THE LUSTRE OF THY GOLD BUT NOW SINCE THOU ART FRIVOLOUS THOU EXPOSEST THYSELF TO THE LAUGHTER EVEN OF MY BOYS THAT MIX THE COLOURS
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