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Page 155
... Cicero's time , the philosophy of the later Aca- demy was taught at Rome by Philip of Larissa , and even the Peri- patetic school had some followers among the most highly educated citizens . The most prominent among the disciples of the ...
... Cicero's time , the philosophy of the later Aca- demy was taught at Rome by Philip of Larissa , and even the Peri- patetic school had some followers among the most highly educated citizens . The most prominent among the disciples of the ...
Page 156
... Cicero ( Tusc . i . 3 , 6 ; ii . 3 , 7 , 8 ; iv . 3 , 6 , 7 ) ; because they were Epicureans , speaks much more slightingly than they deserve for however meagre these first essays may have been , they were of no small importance in ...
... Cicero ( Tusc . i . 3 , 6 ; ii . 3 , 7 , 8 ; iv . 3 , 6 , 7 ) ; because they were Epicureans , speaks much more slightingly than they deserve for however meagre these first essays may have been , they were of no small importance in ...
Page 157
... Cicero entered on public life as an orator in the year B.C. 81 ; but the eagerness with which he applied himself to the discharge of his professional duties soon brought on an illness , which compelled him to visit Greece for the re ...
... Cicero entered on public life as an orator in the year B.C. 81 ; but the eagerness with which he applied himself to the discharge of his professional duties soon brought on an illness , which compelled him to visit Greece for the re ...
Page 158
... Cicero himself , i . 4 , 7 and 8 ) of their being written in consequence of a five days ' disputation , held by Cicero with several of his young friends at his Tusculanum , a country - seat near Tusculum ( now Frascati ) . Instead of ...
... Cicero himself , i . 4 , 7 and 8 ) of their being written in consequence of a five days ' disputation , held by Cicero with several of his young friends at his Tusculanum , a country - seat near Tusculum ( now Frascati ) . Instead of ...
Page 159
... Cicero , in the first book , argues against the fear of death ; in the second , teaches that bodily suf- fering , even if it be an evil , can and must be endured with patience by the wise ; in the third and fourth , instructs us in the ...
... Cicero , in the first book , argues against the fear of death ; in the second , teaches that bodily suf- fering , even if it be an evil , can and must be endured with patience by the wise ; in the third and fourth , instructs us in the ...
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according account ægritudinem ægritudo afterwards animi animo animus Athens beata beatus bonum cælum Cæsar called caussa Cicero Cicero's Cleanthes common Consul cujus death Democritus Diog disciple dolorem emendation Ennius Epicurus esset evil expression facere first fortunæ found generally gloria good Græci Greek hæc happiness hence Hercules igitur illa ille illud inquit insania instance ipsa ista Læl lætitia Latin life mali malis malum means mentioned mihi name natura necesse neque nihil numquam occurs omnibus Orat passage Peripatetici perturbationes philosophia Plato posse possit potest præ præter probably Prometheus Pythagoras quæ quædam quis quum ratio reading reason reference Roman sæpe same sapientem second see note see Zumpt semper sense sentence sine Socrates soul speaking Stoics subj subject supply tamen Theophrastus thing tibi time used usual verse virtute vita vitæ vitam word words writers Zeno δὲ εἶναι ἐν καὶ τὸ τῶν
Popular passages
Page 8 - Aristoteles, longe 22 omnibus — Platonem semper excipio — praestans et ingenio et diligentia, cum quattuor nota illa genera principiorum esset complexus, e quibus omnia orerentur, quintam quandam naturam censet esse, e qua sit mens. cogitare enim et providere et discere et docere et invenire aliquid et...
Page 3 - Latini dicuntur scripti inconsiderate ab optimis illis quidem viris, sed non satis eruditis. fieri autem potest, ut recte quis sentiat et id, quod sentit, polite eloqui non possit. sed mandare quemquam litteris cogitationes suas, qui eas nec disponere nec ¡Ilustrare possit nec delectatione aliqua allicere lectorem, hominis est intemperanter abutentis et otio et litteris.
Page 120 - ... tu inventrix legum, tu magistra morum et disciplinae fuisti; ad te confugimus, a te opem petimus, tibi nos, ut antea magna ex parte, sic nunc penitus totosque tradimus. est autem unus dies bene et ex praeceptis tuis actus peccanti inmortalitati anteponendus. cuius igitur potius opibus utamur quam tuis, quae et vitae tranquillitatem largita nobis es et terrorem mortis sustulisti?
Page 43 - ... appellari volunt, quorum dicuntur esse Latini sane multi libri, quos non contemno equidem, quippe quos numquam legerim; sed quia profitentur ipsi illi, qui eos scribunt, se neque distincte neque distribute neque eleganter neque ornate scribere, lectionem sine ulla delectatione neglego.
Page 10 - Auctoribus quidem ad istam sententiam, quam vis obtineri, uti optimis possumus ; quod in omnibus causis et debet et solet valere plurimum ; et primum quidem omni antiquitate ; quae quo propius aberat ab ortu et divina progenie, hoc melius ea fortasse, quae erant vera, cernebat.
Page 86 - Aristoteles veteres philosophos accusans, qui existimavissent philosophiam suis ingeniis esse perfectam, ait eos aut stultissimos aut gloriosissimos fuisse, sed se videre, quod paucis annis magna accessio facta esset, brevi tempore philosophiam plane absolutam fore.
Page 63 - Nunc parvulos nohis dedit igniculos, quos celeriter malis moribus opinionibusque depravati sic restinguimus, ut nusquam naturae lumen appareat. Sunt enim ingeniis nostris semina innata virtutum, quae si adolescere liceret, ipsa nos ad beatam vitam natura perduceret.
Page 86 - ... exiguam vitam dedisset: quorum si aetas potuisset esse longinquior, futurum fuisse ut omnibus perfectis artibus omni doctrina hominum vita erudiretur.
Page 152 - Quae regio, quae ora, qui locus Graeciae, quae species formaque pugnae, quae acies, quod remigium, qui motus hominum, qui ferarum non ita expictus est, ut, quae ipse non viderit, nos ut videremus, effecerit?
Page 104 - Aegritudo autem ceteraeque perturbationes, amplificatae certe , pestiferae sunt ; igitur etiam susceptae continuo in magna pestis parte versantur. Etenim ipsae se impellunt , ubi semel a ratione discessum est , ipsaque sibi imbecillitas indulget in altumque provehitur imprudens nec reperit locum consistendi.