Incipiam autem <a> Zenone Eleate qui cum esset in dispicienda rerum natura maximae prudentiae inque excitandis ad vigorem iuvenum animis promptissimus, praeceptorum fidem exemplo virtutis suae publicavit: patriam enim egressus in qua frui secura libertate poterat, Agrigentum miserabili servitute obrutum petiit, tanta fiducia ingenii ac morum suorum fretus ut speraverit et tyranno et Phalari vesanae mentis feritatem a se deripi posse.
I shall begin with Zeno of Elea, a man of great wisdom in the investigation of nature and most energetic in rousing the minds of the young to activity. By the example of his virtue he spread faith in his precepts abroad. For leaving his native place, where he could have enjoyed security and freedom, he sought Agrigentum, then sunk in miserable slavery. With such confidence did he rely on his talents and character that he hoped to be able to strip the ferocity of a crazed brain from a tyrant, and that tyrant Phalaris.
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