primum ineffabilem dei patris asserere cum sancti spiritus aeternitate sapientiam; tum praeterea non caesariem pascere neque pallio aut clava velut sophisticis insignibus gloriari aut affectare de vestium discretione superbiam, nitore pompam, squalore iactantiam neque te satis hoc aemulari, quod per gymnasia pingantur Areopagitica vel prytanea curva cervice Speusippus Aratus panda, Zenon fronte contracta Epicurus cute distenta, Diogenes barba comante Socrates coma cadente, Aristoteles brachio exerto Xenocrates crure collecto, Heraclitus fletu oculis clausis Democritus risu labris apertis, Chrysippus digitis propter numerorum indicia constrictis, Euclides propter mensurarum spatia laxatis, Cleanthes propter utrumque corrosis.
He will learn that in the first place you affirm the inexpressible wisdom of God the Father together with the ever-lastingness of the Holy Spirit; secondly, he will learn that you do not let your hair grow long nor flaunt a gown or a club as badges of the professional philosopher; nor do you affect a proud superiority by a difference of dress, using splendid apparel for dignity and an unkempt appearance for ostentation. You do not burn with envy at the thought of those paintings all over the gymnasia of the Areopagus and in the prytanea showing Speusippus with his head bowed forward, Aratus with his head bent back, Zenon with knitted brow, Epicurus with unwrinkled skin, Diogenes with long beard, Socrates with trailing hair, Aristotle with out-thrust arm; Xenocrates with gathered leg, Heraclitus with eyes closed through weeping, Democritus with lips wide open with laughter, Chrysippus with fingers bent to denote counting, Euclid with fingers extended because of the size of his measurements, Cleanthes with fingers gnawed for both reasons.
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