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entire abſtinence from fleſh, of perfect tranquility, of profound peace, ever exiſt? Does the loſs of this ſavage ſtate merit regret? Was man, while a wild unſocial animal, more dignified than the poliſhed citizen?" &c.
Buffon's Nat. Hiſt. vol. iv. p. 184.
(8.) The abſtinence of the Pythagoreans from every kind of animal food is ſufficiently notorious. That the Epicureans alſo bounded their pleaſures by the produce of the vegetable world, we have the teſtimony of ſeveral writers,
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Porphyrii de Abſtin. Lib. I. para. 48.
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