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THUS have we, to the utmost of our power, made a true and faithful Collection of what∣ever has occur'd to our Enqui∣ry concerning the Life of Plato.
To him succeeded Speusippus an Atheni∣an, the Son of Eurymedon, and Potone the Sister of Plato, born in the Village of Myrchinusium. He govern'd Plato's School
for eight years together, beginning from the hundred and eighth Olympiad. He plac'd the Statues of the Graces also in the School, which was erected by Plato in the Academy. He likewise persever'd in the same Opinions with Plato, but dif∣fered in his Manners. For he was hasty, and addicted to pleasure: Therefore it is reported of him, that in his Passion he threw a little whelp into a Well, and that to indulge his pleasure, he made a Journey into Macedonia, to be present at the Nuptials of Cassander. He is also said to have been a hearer of Plato's she Disciples Lasthenia the Prophetess, and Axiothea the Phliasian. Whence it hap∣pen'd that Dionysius thus derides him; And we may learn Philosophy from thy Fe∣male Arcadian Disciple. And in another place, Plato taught for nothing all that came to his house, but thou exactest pay, and scrap'st as well from the unwilling as the willing. He was the first, accord∣ing to Diodorus in his first Book of Com∣mentaries, who first sought out for what was common in all Arts and Sciences, and as far as could be done, joyn'd 'em together, and made 'em agree one with another. He likewise first divulg'd those things called Mysteries by Isocrates, as Cae∣nous affirms: And was the first that in∣vented
the way of making Wicker Bas∣kets, and such like hollow Utensils com∣pos'd of Twigs. At length finding his Body consum'd by a Palsey, he sent for Xenocrates, desiring him to come and suc∣ceed him in his School. While he was in this condition, it is reported that being carry'd in a little Chariot to the Academy, he met Diogenes, whom after he had saluted with the usual complement, of, I am glad to see you well. The other re∣ply'd, But I won't wish you well, that can endure a life so miserable. At last wasted with old age, such was his despair and discontent, that of his own accord he put an end to his irk••om Life. However Plutarch, in his Life of Lysander and Sylla, reports that he was all over-run with Lice: for he was of an infirm and loose Constitution, according to the Report of Timotheus in his Book of Lives.
To a rich Man that lov'd a deform'd Woman, he is said to have given this re∣buke: What need hast thou of such a Dow∣dy as this? For I'le procure thee a far hand∣somer for ten Talents.
He left behind him a great number of Commentaries, and several Dialogues; among which is that of Aristippus the Cy∣renaean. Of Riches, one; Of Pleasure, one; Of Justice, one; Of Philosophy, one: Of
Friendship, one: Of the Gods, one: The Philosopher, one: To Cephalus, one: Clei∣nomachus, or Lysias, one: The Citizen, one: Of the Soul, one: To Gryllus, one: Aristippus, one: The Probation of Arts, one: Dialogues by way of Commentary, one: Ten Dialogues relating to things alike in business. Divisions and Propositions rela∣ting to things alike. Concerning the Kinds and Forms of Examples: To Amartyrus: The Eucomium of Plato: Epistles to Die, Dionysius, and Philip: Concerning the making of Laws, Mathematicus, Mandry∣boulus, Lysias: Definitions: The Order of Commentaries: Of Verses an infinite number. To all which Simonides adds some Histories, wherein he has set down the Lives of Bion, and Dio. And Pha∣vorinus reports in his Second Book of Commentaries, how that Aristotle bought all his Books for three Talents. There was also another Speusippus, a Physician, Herophilius of Alexandria.