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nam cum ea1 causa impulerit eos qui primi se ad philosophiae studium contulerunt, ut omnibus rebus posthabitis totos se in
optumo vitae statu exquirendo conlocarent, profecto2
spe beate vivendi tantam3 in eo studio curam operamque posuerunt. quodsi ab is inventa et perfecta virtus [p. 405]
est, et si praesidii ad beate vivendum in virtute satis
est, quis est qui non praeclare et ab illis positam
et a nobis susceptam operam philosophandi4 arbitretur?
sin autem virtus subiecta sub varios incertosque casus
famula fortunae est nec tantarum5 virium est, ut se
ipsa tueatur, vereor ne non tam virtutis fiducia nitendum nobis ad spem beate vivendi quam vota facienda
videantur.
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