Strona 711 z 734

The student will find it worth while to compare this passage with

the following-Chap. xiii. of this book beginning [Greek: e d'

exis to ommati touto k. t. l]-vii. 4. [Greek: eti kai ode

physikos. k.t.l.] vii. 9.-[Greek: ae gar arethae kai ae

mochthaeria. k.t.l.]-iii. 7 _ad finem_. [Greek: ei de tis legoi.

k.t.l.]

[20] This is not quite fair. Used in its strict sense, Art does

not admit of degrees of excellence any more than Practical

Wisdom. In popular language we use the term "wiser man," as

readily as "better artist" really denoting in each case different

degrees of approximation to Practical Wisdom and Art

respectively, [Greek: dia to ginesthai tous epainous di

anaphoras]. I. 12.

[21] He would be a better Chymist who should poison

intentionally, than he on whose mind the prevailing impression

was that "Epsom Salts mean Oxalic Acid, and Syrup of Senna

Laudanum."