Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1805-05-24

ondeayo1rrd to make himself agreeable,
and, po<scssinG those qualities and DIS
positions which she thought most congo
nsxt.wi,h her own, had succeeded IN VIM
ming her heart.
"So>rhea~s Meanwhile continued s.
norant Of the rise and progress "t this at
tachneu;, until certain time VIXEN.
public festival at Athens induced them
all to repair thi.hcr. Upon su,h occasi-
ons as these it IS that sentiments OF this
kind are more cashv elected; so it hap
pencd with So.iPltor and Phillida. The
obviouS pleasure she seemed to take iii
his company au1 attic ntions her smiles
Of pecul,ir appreciation when lis'rnrngto
his rem rks and many other l,llr pre-
ferenIe<; opened the eyes Of So,'hrnes.
lie cnrId scarcely doubt that hrr hrat
was given to his rival for as sHth he
seemed now to consider S0sipator. He
felt real anguish at the discovery yet
he neither knew how to complain, nor
how to redress the supposed mi ny.
SIN this Dllemmo h" applied to his
friend Aris,ides, the philosopher, be-
seeC hing him to hear his story, and
guide hln BY his counsel. He told him
OF his attachment, of his avowal of it,
and of the situation in which he then
stood ; begged him to solve his dopbts
from his own observation, and TO- give
him the advice which CONTINUATION Of
them might render necessary Aris-
tides had not long to obseWe before he
found out the true state ofthe case: and
when Sosthenes next AueI upon him,
he addressed him iUthc following man
ner.
Nv Young Tiend YOU have been the
duPc Of yourlown sensih!litY. PhiIlida,
may iustlyNalue YOUR friendship but
hersvery%ook and alton Indicate some
thing very distinct from that sentiment
you/herish. You ought TO have been
s9dshed with her first d .!4rltion. Love
Is an involuntary aft ct;on: 1t is not tn.
result of reasoning. Your friends and
the world may esteem You, as highly at
least as Soal2atOr, vet without endea-
vourinG to ascertain whv SI1 should have
seen cause Of preference, it is sufficient
to know tn fact. 1t rem ,lns therefore
that voI adopt promptly, the means
whereby YOU NAV be restored TO YOUR
tranquility and although may prove
but a feeble comforter, weak director,
vet since YOU request it, my advice shall
not be withheld.
My lite hAs.becn as Won know devot-
ed to the study Of wisdom, and the ac-
QUESTION acknowledge. In the Lvceum
OF the Peri patrticks, and in the Portico
otthe Stoil Ks, have bene flied by SUBJ
lime specul.tions on the nature Of man
and his duties, from the disciples Of A
ristotle and Zeoo; in the gardens Of
Epicurus have listened to dissertations
on the nature and means Of happiness
while from the Scepucks have heard
such propositions and problems. as would
tend to leave every thing in doubt and
I'm, ertanty. | carnot but say that |
have aCcmr~d SOM knowledge of the
human heart, its desires and propensi-
ties OF the affinity between motive and
ACTION; between cause and effect. But
my thirst for know, dye was not vet sa-
tIatrd. From another sect of philoso-
phcrs hNc also learned wisdom: from
som Of n If n4xim$, | would have YOU
derive a4tAnH5'. Your fAth-r NAV re-
mrmJ-r WI y ,h~tf-hrst phitoSn,htr, t
Paul. from ,P.!cStiue appeared N this |
city, 02y~.', of hts tlectrinrs ex- t
cited No; 0QI. cu@0sitr, b@t colmoti. |