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  1    I, pref|     innocence; on which account the philosophers were in greater glory among
  2    I, pref|          the orators. For they, the philosophers, were considered teachers
  3    I, 2   |     vigorously opposed by the other philosophers, and especially by the Stoics,
  4    I, 2   |            been much agitated among philosophers, and they who take away
  5    I, 5   |            TESTIMONIES OF POETS AND PHILOSOPHERS.~But let us leave the testimony
  6    I, 5   |       against us,--I mean poets and philosophers. From these we cannot fail
  7    I, 5   |           poets. Let us come to the philosophers, whose authority is of greater
  8    I, 6   |           invented fictions, nor to philosophers, inasmuch as they were liable
  9    I, 11  |          and sacrilegious. Even the philosophers were deceived by this error;
 10    I, 13  |           these speculations of the philosophers are trifling, what remains,
 11    I, 18  |      however, that concerning which philosophers discuss, which consists
 12   II, 1   |          that they may not, as some philosophers do, so greatly despise themselves,
 13   II, 3   |       proceed, and thus many of the philosophers have taken away religious
 14   II, 3   |           he is taught by God. Thus philosophers have reached the height
 15   II, 5   |        ignorant men err, since even philosophers of the Stoic sect are of
 16   II, 5   |            and we prove that you, O philosophers, are not only unlearned
 17   II, 5   |           of the crops. And because philosophers did not see this skill of
 18   II, 6   |             I mention that the same philosophers assert that the world was
 19   II, 9   |            prepared; in which error philosophers also were involved. For
 20   II, 9   |       workmanship of God), even the philosophers almost universally agree;
 21   II, 9   |       opinions. But in this all the philosophers who snarled around him,
 22   II, 9   |          the gods, respecting which philosophers prated, in his ignorance
 23   II, 10  | conflagration. From which also some philosophers and poets said that the
 24   II, 11  |           from the earth. Now, both philosophers and poets, and writers of
 25   II, 11  |         omit that which some erring philosophers say, that men and the other
 26   II, 13  |            to reckon among poets or philosophers, for he wrote in verse respecting
 27   II, 15  |          may not be worshipped. The philosophers also discuss the subject
 28   II, 20  |         more difficult contest with philosophers is proposed to us, the height
 29  III      |              OF THE FALSE WISDOM OF PHILOSOPHERS.~
 30  III, 1   |             WITH ELOQUENCE: WHY THE PHILOSOPHERS DID NOT ATTAIN TO IT. OF
 31  III, 1   |       superstitions, or through the philosophers, who by the perverseness
 32  III, 1   |             at all events, that the philosophers themselves might be overpowered
 33  III, 1   |             Nor, if there have been philosophers worthy of admiration on
 34  III, 1   |       writings that the thoughts of philosophers are foolish, this very thing
 35  III, 1   |       should give so much honour to philosophers as to fear their eloquence.
 36  III, 2   |       prepared to concede even that philosophers are devoted to the pursuit
 37  III, 3   |             is the very thing which philosophers do, who discuss what is
 38  III, 4   |           For they are nevertheless philosophers who accuse it of folly.
 39  III, 4   |           true, that is censured by philosophers as false. Shall we therefore
 40  III, 4   |     ignorance made by distinguished philosophers, and armed himself against
 41  III, 5   |          thus, when he overcame the philosophers, and taught that they knew
 42  III, 5   |           having despatched all the philosophers, he pierced himself also
 43  III, 6   |       subjects, against the natural philosophers, that there was no knowledge;
 44  III, 6   |           away in part. But natural philosophers, on the other hand, derived
 45  III, 6   |       disproved the judgment of the philosophers, who had thought that the
 46  III, 6   |             learning from the other philosophers, that he might conceal it
 47  III, 6   |         have admonished the natural philosophers not to search into those
 48  III, 6   |            be known, as the natural philosophers thought, nor nothing, as
 49  III, 8   |         appear that no one of those philosophers was wise. Since the inquiry
 50  III, 8   |          and Stoic, but of clinical philosophers. For who would not imagine
 51  III, 8   |          vain dreams of the natural philosophers respecting the heaven? Why
 52  III, 8   |           is added. For many of the philosophers, though they discussed the
 53  III, 9   |             as I designed, that all philosophers were blind and foolish,
 54  III, 9   |            pleasure? So entirely do philosophers refer all things to the
 55  III, 9   |       Parent of mankind. And if the philosophers were destitute of this,
 56  III, 10  |           which he is sprung. Those philosophers, therefore, who wish to
 57  III, 11  |        there was none at all of the philosophers who discovered the abode
 58  III, 12  |           which we are born. And if philosophers had thus acted, if they
 59  III, 12  |     immortal.~Therefore, of all the philosophers, those who have embraced
 60  III, 12  |       Therefore a happy life, which philosophers have always sought, and
 61  III, 12  |            Therefore, although some philosophers have assigned the chief
 62  III, 12  |             in that manner in which philosophers thought; but it so falls
 63  III, 13  |             great disputation among philosophers; nor have they who held
 64  III, 13  |             since I have shown that philosophers erred in this part also,
 65  III, 14  |             is she the teacher? For philosophers to the present time do not
 66  III, 14  |             so great a multitude of philosophers, not a single wise man has
 67  III, 15  |   PHILOSOPHY, AND HOW THE SPEECH OF PHILOSOPHERS IS AT VARIANCE WITH THEIR
 68  III, 15  |           which had been unknown to philosophers. For that earthly wisdom,
 69  III, 15  |             the life, no others but philosophers would be good, and all those
 70  III, 15  |        without any learning, but of philosophers there has seldom been one
 71  III, 15  |              How few," he says, "of philosophers are found of such a character,
 72  III, 15  |    Exhortations, says: "Many of the philosophers are of this description,
 73  III, 16  |                       XVI. THAT THE PHILOSOPHERS WHO GIVE GOOD INSTRUCTIONS
 74  III, 16  |          should be arraigned by the philosophers on a charge of betraying
 75  III, 16  |         since it is the part of the philosophers to discuss what ought and
 76  III, 16  |        apparent. When, he says, did philosophers begin to exist? Thales,
 77  III, 17  |       PASSES FROM PHILOSOPHY TO THE PHILOSOPHERS, BEGINNING WITH EPICURUS;
 78  III, 17  |              now let us come to the philosophers, not that we may contend
 79  III, 17  |            are esteemed as kings of philosophers, but concerning a man who,
 80  III, 18  |             in His hands. All these philosophers, therefore, were homicides;
 81  III, 21  |           or if they are patient as philosophers, they may await their turns,
 82  III, 21  |            be prosperous, if either philosophers were their kings, or their
 83  III, 21  |          kings, or their kings were philosophers. But if you were to give
 84  III, 23  |            OF THE ERRORS OF CERTAIN PHILOSOPHERS, AND OF THE SUN AND MOON.~
 85  III, 23  |           the leading men among the philosophers are themselves discovered
 86  III, 24  |          wonders of the world, when philosophers make hanging fields, and
 87  III, 25  |          the beard and cloak of the philosophers. The Stoics, moreover, perceived
 88  III, 26  |           perform, and saw that the philosophers could not effect, is accomplished
 89  III, 26  |           have eyes. Did any of the philosophers effect these things, or
 90  III, 27  |          HOW LITTLE THE PRECEPTS OF PHILOSOPHERS CONTRIBUTE TO TRUE WISDOM.
 91  III, 28  |       worship of Him; and since the philosophers have wandered from this,
 92  III, 28  |             us because we deny that philosophers are wise, when they themselves
 93  III, 28  |        Cicero, accusing the ancient philosophers, declares that they are
 94  III, 29  |        occurrence of accidents. But philosophers, that they may not sometimes
 95  III, 29  |          accordance with the truth. Philosophers, I say, ought rather to
 96  III, 30  |         PASS FROM THE VANITY OF THE PHILOSOPHERS TO TRUE WISDOM, AND THE
 97  III, 30  |         talents permitted, that the philosophers held a course widely deviating
 98  III, 30  |          into a disputation against philosophers. But it was necessary for
 99  III, 30  |              here is that which all philosophers have sought throughout their
100   IV, 2   |             ages, unless it be that philosophers sought for it out of their
101   IV, 4   |          Thus it comes to pass that philosophers, and those who worship many
102   IV, 4   |           impunity, so neither will philosophers receive immortality, which
103   IV, 9   |          divine speech not even the philosophers were ignorant, since Zeno
104   IV, 23  |           obeys the precepts of the philosophers. For men prefer examples
105   IV, 23  |       confirmed by deeds, which the philosophers are unable to do. Therefore,
106   IV, 27  |            testimonies of poets and philosophers. But if they do not deny
107   IV, 27  |            and also other poets and philosophers, who speak of the same beings
108   IV, 28  |          thus speaks: "For not only philosophers, but our ancestors also,
109    V, 1   |        THEIR CAUSE; FROM WHAT CAUSE PHILOSOPHERS DESPISED THE SACRED WRITINGS;
110    V, 1   |     literature. For in this respect philosophers, and orators, and poets
111    V, 3   |             the most learned of the philosophers, Plato and Aristotle, and
112    V, 4   |            testimonies--that is, of philosophers and historians --in order
113    V, 5   |           of virtue, which not only philosophers sought, but poets also,
114    V, 14  |          virtue, which the vaunting philosophers also boast of, not in deed,
115    V, 14  |            we do those things which philosophers praise? Seneca, in charging
116    V, 15  |     qualities might be perceived by philosophers. And I could wish that men,
117    V, 15  |          may be understood that the philosophers were ignorant of justice,
118    V, 16  |          good was not discovered by philosophers, because they were ignorant
119    V, 17  |            explained the reason why philosophers were unable either to find
120    V, 17  |          since the arguments of the philosophers were weak, undertook the
121    V, 19  |       common people and also of the philosophers arise. For if we have no
122    V, 19  |             the !arguments of great philosophers, and from the answers of
123    V, 21  |           worse manner than certain philosophers, who say that there are
124    V, 23  |            voices of the people and philosophers and orators alike extol
125   VI, 3   |      introduced in their poems, and philosophers in their disputations. And
126   VI, 3   |            disputations. And indeed philosophers have represented the one
127   VI, 3   |            virtues are of which the philosophers were ignorant; then I will
128   VI, 3   |       manner from that in which the philosophers are accustomed to present
129   VI, 5   |            virtue itself, which the philosophers have not rightly defined,
130   VI, 5   |          also appears to be thus to philosophers, and Cicero shows it likewise
131   VI, 5   |             the case of many of the philosophers; in which, since not to
132   VI, 6   |            show this also, that the philosophers were ignorant of what is
133   VI, 6   |           neither he nor any of the philosophers was able to know the price
134   VI, 6   |           the ignorant, but also of philosophers, who even give precepts
135   VI, 6   |         that it has no existence in philosophers "Nor," he says, "when Fabricius
136   VI, 6   |       wisdom is taken away from the philosophers by their own confession,
137   VI, 7   |       foolish in one direction, the philosophers in another, and even these
138   VI, 8   |              VIII. OF THE ERRORS OF PHILOSOPHERS, AND THE VARIABLENESS OF
139   VI, 8   |          LAW.~This is the way which philosophers seek, but do not find on
140   VI, 9   |         MERCY, AND THE ERROR OF THE PHILOSOPHERS.~The first head of this
141   VI, 9   |          This is the reason why the philosophers, though they may be naturally
142   VI, 9   |              has it in itself, that philosophers should say that it is to
143   VI, 10  |            There are no precepts of philosophers to this purport, inasmuch
144   VI, 12  |           society, concerning which philosophers speak. This is the chief
145   VI, 12  |            principal virtue, as the philosophers also say; but they turn
146   VI, 12  |            poverty, which even your philosophers praise, and bear witness
147   VI, 14  |           the evil, it appears that philosophers were far distant from the
148   VI, 14  |         before us, respecting which philosophers could not by any means even
149   VI, 17  |         that those things which the philosophers thought to be vices, are
150   VI, 17  |           as many and distinguished philosophers have often done, which is
151   VI, 18  |      PATIENCE.~But let us leave the philosophers, who either know nothing
152   VI, 18  |          obey these precepts of the philosophers, destroyed himself? For
153   VI, 20  |          nature or workmanship. The philosophers rightly took this away.
154   VI, 25  |           justice, both the ancient philosophers and even Cicero suspects.
155  VII, 1   |     desirous of the truth, that the philosophers did not see nor comprehend
156  VII, 2   |             II. OF THE ERROR OF THE PHILOSOPHERS, AND OF THE DIVINE WISDOM,
157  VII, 2   |            of all the errors of the philosophers, that they did not comprehend
158  VII, 2   |          Wherefore all the sects of philosophers must be far removed from
159  VII, 3   |           speaking of the errors of philosophers, the Stoics divide nature
160  VII, 4   |           We must here reply to the philosophers, and especially to Cicero,
161  VII, 5   |             man himself. For if the philosophers bad known this, they would
162  VII, 6   |           and in this persuasion of philosophers, by which they imagine that
163  VII, 7   |              VII. OF THE VARIETY OF PHILOSOPHERS, AND THEIR TRUTH.~And because
164  VII, 7   |        THEIR TRUTH.~And because the philosophers did not comprehend this
165  VII, 7   |           truth has been divided by philosophers and sects. For we do not
166  VII, 7   |            this life. Therefore the philosophers touched upon the whole truth,
167  VII, 9   |            only refuse to call them philosophers, but even deny them the
168  VII, 13  |            him in the number of the philosophers, although he has been placed
169  VII, 13  |           this has happened to many philosophers, that they did not believe
170  VII, 14  |        Plato and many others of the philosophers, since they were ignorant
171  VII, 14  |             book. Therefore let the philosophers, who enumerate thousands
172  VII, 23  |   Respecting which resurrection the philosophers also attempted to speak
173  VII, 23  |          even bards, and poets, and philosophers, agree that there will be