History Of Court Fools: Original Text

By: Doran, John

I DO not know any earlier instance of a retained female fool than in the case of the wife of Seneca, who kept in her house one named Harpaste, and whom the philosopher describes as fatua, adding that he himself found no pleasure in such objects; and (as I have quoted in another page) that if he found it necessary to take delight in contemplating a fool, he had not far to go, -having only to look in a mirror. Harpaste may have been retained out of charity, for she was so witless that, becoming suddenly blind, she was not conscious of her calamity; but, remarking how very dark it was in the house, asked the p dagogus to lead her out-of-doors.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08735HCYR
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• Release Date: January 1
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