. The Open court. c\g. Justificatiofiof Rayrnond of Sabunde, he professed (p. 2) to favor the view of theacademician, Balbus, emphasising the idea, that animals fare bet-ter on the whole than men, in that nature has given them no morereason than they need for their existence, while man has receivedmore than he can use to his profit, and yet not enough to overcomethe errors arising from the excess. i Shakespeare and Montaigne. An Endenvour to Explain the Tendency of Hatnlct. London, 664 THE OPEN COURT. With the free use of our reason and the ability to govern ouractions according to our discret
. The Open court. c\g. Justificatiofiof Rayrnond of Sabunde, he professed (p. 2) to favor the view of theacademician, Balbus, emphasising the idea, that animals fare bet-ter on the whole than men, in that nature has given them no morereason than they need for their existence, while man has receivedmore than he can use to his profit, and yet not enough to overcomethe errors arising from the excess. i Shakespeare and Montaigne. An Endenvour to Explain the Tendency of Hatnlct. London, 664 THE OPEN COURT. With the free use of our reason and the ability to govern ouractions according to our discretion and judgment, he says, therefell also to our lot inconstancy, indecision, uncertainty, anxiety,. Giordano Bruno. (1548-1600.) Italian monk and philosopher. Burnt at the stake as a heretic. Specially drawn for The Of en Court from an engraving in the Cabinet des Estampes of Paris. superstition, worry about what the future may bring, even thoughit be not until after our death, arrogance, jealousy, avarice, envy,evil and untamable passions, quarrelsomeness, falsehood, faithless- THE UNSHACKLING OF THE SPIRIT OK INQUIRY. 665 ness, abusiveness, and curiosity. The simple-minded man, hesays, lives without thought of the morrow, happy and content withhis lot, without hoping or fearing much from the future; and hewould therefore already possess that peace of mind which philos-ophers praise as the most desirable good without ever being ableto attain it. &JSi^fe:^jS^.^!U.^l^Mg^J^^^/^|^.^wju^?L^ ? ??a-vm
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