"Zeno, and his scholars the Stoicks, took an odd fancy, that the passions were not interwoven with the constitution of man, and so were no part of his nature, but the blemishes and vicious excrescencies of the soul, and therefore ought to be entirely cut off; noxious weeds, that poison'd the mind, and consequently ought to be rooted up, and utterly destroy'd; that reason being deliver'd from its enemies, and freed from incumbrances, might enjoy a peaceful dominion; and man by that means might be at rest: and this doctrine, as the only way to happiness, they inculcated on their disciples."
Redemption: A Divine Poem, in Six Books
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1722).<br>
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See Richard Blackmore, <u>Redemption: A Divine Poem, in Six Books</u> (London: A. Bettesworth and James MackEuen, 1722). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T74301">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW112275719&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;