Cooper, Anthony Ashley, third earl of Shaftesbury (1671-1713)

Philosophical Regimen

1900

"One of these two must ever be, viz., that a man has his fancies in right discipline, turning, leading, and commanding them; or they him. Either they must deal with him, take him up short (as they say), teach him manners, and make him know to whom he belongs; or, this will be his part to teach the impostress Fancy and her train; show her what she is herself, and who she has to deal with."

[What art thou doing here, Fancy?]--Mar. Aurel. Med., Bk VII. §17]. Thus must the persuader, the deceiver, the fair impostress, enchantress, be talked to; sometimes fairly, sometimes (as they say) roundly. Or if thou talkest not thus with her; expect that she should talk with thee, on a high tone; put thee to silence, and manage thee as she pleases.

One of these two must ever be, viz., that a man has his fancies in right discipline, turning, leading, and commanding them; or they him. Either they must deal with him, take him up short (as they say), teach him manners, and make him know to whom he belongs; or, this will be his part to teach the impostress Fancy and her train; show her what she is herself, and who she has to deal with.

This is to be a man.
(p. 177)

Government Population::Train War

Reading Joanna Picciotto, Labors of Innocence in Early Modern England. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2010), 270.

See The Life, Unpublished Letters, and Philosophical Regimen of Anthony, Earl of Shaftesbury, ed. Benjamin Rand (London and New York: Swan Sonnenschein and Macmillan, 1900). <Link to Google Books>

07/28/2014