So That The Lover Of Myths, Which

Worthless Persons Appointed To Have Supreme Control Of Weighty Affairs Do A Lot Of Damage.

There Are, Then, These Three Means Of Effecting Persuasion. The Man Who Is To Be In Command Of Them Must, It Is Clear, Be Able (1) To Reason Logically, (2) To Understand Human Character And Goodness In Their Various Forms, And (3) To Understand The Emotions--that Is, To Name Them And Describe Them, To Know Their Causes And The Way In Which They Are Excited.

Without Friends No One Would Choose To Live, Though He Had All Other Goods.

By 'life,' We Mean A Thing That Can Nourish Itself And Grow And Decay.

And, Speaking Generally, Passion Seems Not To Be Amenable To Reason, But Only To Force.