Take it for a Rule, that Philosophy is every where Practicable; And that there's no such great Matter in Retirement. A Man may be Wise and Sedate in a crowd, as well as in a Desart, and keep the Noise of the World from getting within him: In this Case as Plato observes, ¹⁵ the Walls of a Town, and the Inclosure of a Sheep-fold, may be made the same thing.