Путешествие Гулливера

Chapter 8

           ButAristotlewasoutofallpatiencewiththeaccountIgavehimofScotusandRamus,asIpresentedthemtohim;andheaskedthem,"whethertherestofthetribewereasgreatduncesasthemselves?"

           IthendesiredthegovernortocallupDescartesandGassendi,withwhomIprevailedtoexplaintheirsystemstoAristotle.Thisgreatphilosopherfreelyacknowledgedhisownmistakesinnaturalphilosophy,becauseheproceededinmanythingsuponconjecture,asallmenmustdo;andhefoundthatGassendi,whohadmadethedoctrineofEpicurusaspalatableashecould,andthevorticesofDescartes,wereequallytobeexploded.HepredictedthesamefatetoATTRACTION,whereofthepresentlearnedaresuchzealousasserters.Hesaid,"thatnewsystemsofnaturewerebutnewfashions,whichwouldvaryineveryage;andeventhose,whopretendtodemonstratethemfrommathematicalprinciples,wouldflourishbutashortperiodoftime,andbeoutofvoguewhenthatwasdetermined."

           Ispentfivedaysinconversingwithmanyothersoftheancientlearned.IsawmostofthefirstRomanemperors.IprevailedonthegovernortocallupHeliogabalus’scookstodressusadinner,buttheycouldnotshowusmuchoftheirskill,forwantofmaterials.AhelotofAgesilausmadeusadishofSpartanbroth,butIwasnotabletogetdownasecondspoonful.

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