neque immerito: nam cum eruditissimorum virorum ingenia in disputatione caeca vagarentur, mensurasque solis ac lunae et ceterorum siderum loquacibus magis quam certis argumentis explicare conarentur, totius etiam mundi habitum complecti auderent, primus ab his [in]doctis erroribus abductum animum suum [in] intima condicionis humanae et in secessu pectoris repositos adfectus scrutari coegit, si virtus per se ipsa aestimetur, vitae magister optimus.
Nor was it undeserved. The intellects of men of greatest erudition were wandering in blind controversy, as they endeavoured to set forth the dimensions of the sun and moon and other stars by wordy rather than convincing arguments, daring even to embrace the constitution of the whole universe, till Socrates first abstracted his mind from these erudite errors and set it to scrutinize the inner secrets of the human condition and emotions hidden in the breasts recess. If virtue be valued for itself, he was lifes best teacher.
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