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 501     Not,       1     |               quod omnia: the meaning is that the reason must generalize
 502     Not,       1     |           natura: the omission of eam is strange; Faber supplies
 503     Not,       1     |               give aperirentur. There is no MSS. variant. Aliena:
 504     Not,       1     |                59. The firma adsensia is opposed to imbecilla 41.
 505     Not,       1     |               truth to be ... that it is to be thought," etc. The
 506     Not,       1     |             to go with putandam. This is a total mistake; cf. ait ...
 507     Not,       1     |            The sincerity of Arcesilas is defended also in II. 76.
 508     Not,       1     |          paene veteres: the statement is audaciously inexact, and
 509     Not,       1     |              audaciously inexact, and is criticised II. 14. None
 510     Not,       1     |       exponere. Angustos sensus: Cic. is thinking of the famous lines
 511     Not,       1     |           παυρον δε ζωης αβιου μερος. Is there an allusion in curricula
 512     Not,       1     |              The common trans. "well" is weak, "abyss" would suit
 513     Not,       1     |               50. Goerenz's note here is an extraordinary display
 514     Not,       1     |             omnia: παντα εφεξης there is no need to read denique
 515     Not,       1     |       dogmatists. Paria momenta: this is undiluted scepticism, and
 516     Not,       2     |               in both which places it is used of the Stoics, who
 517     Not,       2     |              level as the sea? Yet it is easy to prove that it is
 518     Not,       2     |              is easy to prove that it is really not level.~4. On
 519     Not,       2     |           nothing to remark.~5. There is nothing distinctive about
 520     Not,       2     |               dialogue. Probably Zeno is the person who serius adamavit
 521     Not,       2     |             in Luc. 86. Perpendiculum is a plumb line, norma a mason'
 522     Not,       2     |            little of permanence there is even in the least fleeting
 523     Not,       2     |         objects of sense.~10. Urinari is to dive; for the derivation
 524     Not,       2     |            likely this: just as there is a limit beyond which the
 525     Not,       2     |             attainable. The same line is taken in Luc. 31, D.F. III.
 526     Not,       2     |             17, and elsewhere.~15. It is so much easier to find parallels
 527     Not,       2     |               same). If my conjecture is right this fragment belongs
 528     Not,       2     |            does not notice. The conj. is confirmed by Aug. Contr.
 529     Not,       2     |             obscurata: in Luc. 122 it is crassis occultata, so that
 530     Not,       2     |              belongs to Book II., and is a jocular application of
 531     Not,       2     |            Contra. Ac. II. 29.~36. It is difficult to see where this
 532     Not,       2     |               to the third book which is mentioned Ad. Att. XVI.
 533     Not,       2     |             followthe Academic. This is natural, but they must know
 534     Not,       2     |             to inquiry (7). My school is free from the fetters of
 535     Not,       2     |           dissensit in De Or. III. 68 is right, the restriction does
 536     Not,       2     |             by an ablative without in is excessively rare in Cic.
 537     Not,       2     |            tranqullo. Indocilem: this is simply passive, = "untaught,"
 538     Not,       2     |              qu. by Dav.). Forc. s.v. is wrong in making it active.
 539     Not,       2     |              se malle: the same story is told D.F. II. 104, De Or.
 540     Not,       2     |               begun by Simonides (who is the person denoted here
 541     Not,       2     |             of a friend that Lucullus is nom. and that quos legisset =
 542     Not,       2     |              hodieque, which however, is not Ciceronian. In passages
 543     Not,       2     |               15. A passage like ours is D.F. I. 29, ista sis aequitate,
 544     Not,       2     |                The form of expression is very common in Cic., and
 545     Not,       2     |        memoirs" than "history," which is better expressed by res
 546     Not,       2     |             the verb loqui not dicere is used, and cf. n. on 101.
 547     Not,       2     |           often wrongly taken. Operae is the dat. after the verb,
 548     Not,       2     |                I. 4. Quae dico: Goer. is exceedingly troubled by
 549     Not,       2     |              the pres. for the future is common enough in all languages
 550     Not,       2     |               note. Labefactata: this is only found as an alteration
 551     Not,       2     |              and the part, labefactus is quite wrong. The former
 552     Not,       2     |               quite wrong. The former is indeed the vulg. reading
 553     Not,       2     |            last of these two passages is doubtful. Cic. as a rule
 554     Not,       2     |                and the name Tertinius is found on Inscr. One good
 555     Not,       2     |                after audire, while ab is rather rarer. See M.D.F.
 556     Not,       2     |              it probable that Philoni is a marginal explanation foisted
 557     Not,       2     |          Lenior: some MSS. levior, as is usual with these two words.
 558     Not,       2     |           omission of the verb venire is very common in Cic.'s letters.
 559     Not,       2     |              have annos. The ablative is always used to express point
 560     Not,       2     |             235, 2). L. Cassium: this is L. Cassius Longinus Ravilla,
 561     Not,       2     |     inconsistency.~§14. Similiter: it is noticeable that five MSS.
 562     Not,       2     |             Div. II. 30 where Democr. is made an exception to the
 563     Not,       2     |              The exordium of his poem is meant, though there is nothing
 564     Not,       2     |           poem is meant, though there is nothing in it so strong
 565     Not,       2     |               Quale sit: the emphasis is on sit, the sceptic regards
 566     Not,       2     |             in 14. Delitisceret: this is the right spelling, not
 567     Not,       2     |      Tollendus est: a statement which is criticised in 74. Nominibus
 568     Not,       2     |           Gram. 487 b). Diceret: this is omitted by the MSS., but
 569     Not,       2     |           Annals." The same statement is quoted in De Or. II. 270,
 570     Not,       2     |              Cic. The difference here is not one between order and
 571     Not,       2     |          knowledge, so that incognita is far better. I am not at
 572     Not,       2     |               and investigatum below, is fanciful and improbable.
 573     Not,       2     |               1121 F, want of novelty is charged against Arcesilas,
 574     Not,       2     |             Arcesilas, and the charge is at once joyfully accepted
 575     Not,       2     |             Or. II. 261, where an ex. is given. Definitiones: n.
 576     Not,       2     |            Cic. where the New Academy is mentioned, cf. 30 (lucem
 577     Not,       2     |              quoted by Zeller 506. It is important to note that Arcesilas
 578     Not,       2     |              Quint. II. 17, 15. There is not the slightest reason
 579     Not,       2     |          Arrian, I. 5) Epict. says it is no more use arguing with
 580     Not,       2     |            note that the verb evidere is not Latin.~§18. Sustinere:
 581     Not,       2     |            which passages the Academy is called procax. Mentitur:
 582     Not,       2     |                of Turnebus καταληπτον is unnecessary, on account
 583     Not,       2     |              III. 242, the definition is clipt), and in Diog. Laert.
 584     Not,       2     |        passages just referred to). It is worth remarking (as Petrus
 585     Not,       2     |              1) all ancient testimony is clear, cf. 11, Sextus Pyrr.
 586     Not,       2     |             notice as a renegade. (2) is evident from the Academica
 587     Not,       2     |        knowledge which he substituted is more difficult to comprehend.
 588     Not,       2     |               glimpse of his position is afforded in 112 of this
 589     Not,       2     |               man would "opine," that is, would pronounce definite
 590     Not,       2     |               himself to ethics. What is important for us is, that
 591     Not,       2     |              What is important for us is, that Cic. never seems to
 592     Not,       2     |            the dialectic of Carneades is treated as genuinely Academic.
 593     Not,       2     |            book. Eam definitionem: it is noteworthy that the whole
 594     Not,       2     |              musicians have! How keen is the sense of touch! (20).
 595     Not,       2     |             22). That true perception is possible, is seen from moral
 596     Not,       2     |               perception is possible, is seen from moral action.
 597     Not,       2     |              action, otherwise action is impossible (25). The doctrines
 598     Not,       2     |           their dogma that perception is impossible, to be a certain
 599     Not,       2     |                29).~§19. Sensibus: it is important to observe that
 600     Not,       2     |         videam: this strong statement is ridiculed in 80. De remo
 601     Not,       2     |             gen. M.D.F. II. 27; there is an extraordinary instance
 602     Not,       2     |               cf. 86 (where an answer is given) and αναβολη. Antiopam:
 603     Not,       2     |              see Zeller 107 sq. There is a passage in Sext. Adv.
 604     Not,       2     |            closely resembles ours; it is too long to quote entire:
 605     Not,       2     |               Ille deinceps: deinceps is really out of place; cf.
 606     Not,       2     |               of an abstract quality, is prior to that which affirms
 607     Not,       2     |               In I. 40 notiones rerum is given. Sine quibus: δια
 608     Not,       2     |           esse putat etc., which form is especially rare at the end
 609     Not,       2     |             falsorum: this difficulty is discussed in Plato Sophist.
 610     Not,       2     |           genus sit: this distinction is as old as Plato and Arist.,
 611     Not,       2     |              as Plato and Arist., and is of constant occurrence in
 612     Not,       2     |              necessarily good fortune is quite unfounded; see Tischer
 613     Not,       2     |           concerns the virtues. Goer. is quite wrong in taking it
 614     Not,       2     |             In quibus: the antecedent is not virtutum, as Petrus
 615     Not,       2     |              thereby, but multa. This is shown by etiam; not merely
 616     Not,       2     |              but I think C.F. Hermann is right in asserting after
 617     Not,       2     |                II. 52 affirms that ut is frequently found, but gives
 618     Not,       2     |           occurrit ... aget: occurrit is probably the perfect. Cf.
 619     Not,       2     |              The expression dux vitae is of course frequent (cf.
 620     Not,       2     |             and Lucretius), but there is no need to alter. Lux is
 621     Not,       2     |              is no need to alter. Lux is properly natural light,
 622     Not,       2     |                 lumen lucernae. There is the same difference between
 623     Not,       2     |            φως and φεγγος, the latter is used for the former (φεγγος ‛
 624     Not,       2     |          φεγγος ‛ηλιου) just as lumen is for lux (si te secundo lumine
 625     Not,       2     |                269 where the φαντασια is called φεγγος. Finis: so
 626     Not,       2     |           existence of human exertion is a sufficient proof that
 627     Not,       2     |           sufficient proof that there is a τελος. Aperta: a reminiscence
 628     Not,       2     |          correspond to concludere. It is more likely to be a trans.
 629     Not,       2     |             the determination of what is rectum in morals are the
 630     Not,       2     |              satis sit, which I think is wrong, for if the ellipse
 631     Not,       2     |                46 ed. Nobbe. The word is mocked in 109. Decretum:
 632     Not,       2     |      fluctuari, but the deponent verb is not elsewhere found in Cic.
 633     Not,       2     |             non possint: so κινεισθαι is perpetually used in Sext.
 634     Not,       2     |          likely that the MSS. reading is right, and that the whole
 635     Not,       2     |             that the whole expression is an imitation of the Greek ‛
 636     Not,       2     |               and the like. The subj. is supported by D.F. III. 20,
 637     Not,       2     |                14, 3, where ut opinor is thrown in as here, and by
 638     Not,       2     |               I. 109, where si placet is appended in a similar way.~§§
 639     Not,       2     |              with great art. His mind is naturally formed for the
 640     Not,       2     |              arrives at virtue, which is the perfection of the reason.
 641     Not,       2     | distinguishing between true and false is possible (33). This is absurd,
 642     Not,       2     |          false is possible (33). This is absurd, a thing cannot be
 643     Not,       2     |              mere phantom (34)? There is no definite mark, say the
 644     Not,       2     |              Their "probability" then is mere random guess work (
 645     Not,       2     |           reply that a decision which is still possibly false is
 646     Not,       2     |               is still possibly false is useless (36).~§30. Physicis:
 647     Not,       2     |              61. Artificio: this word is used in Cic. as equivalent
 648     Not,       2     |       Fabricata esset: the expression is sneered at in 87. Quem ad
 649     Not,       2     |          prima or primo, which latter is not often followed by deinde
 650     Not,       2     |              deinde in Cicero. Primum is out of position, as in 24.
 651     Not,       2     |           take place before theορμη is roused. Ipse sensus est:
 652     Not,       2     |               approach to this theory is made in Plat. Theaet. 185,
 653     Not,       2     |             Adv. Math. VII. 373 μνημη is called θησαυρισμος φαντασιων.
 654     Not,       2     |            translate the word, which, is used in the same wide sense
 655     Not,       2     |      Cognitionem: επιστημην. Cognitio is used to translate καταληψις
 656     Not,       2     |               I. 41. The future tense is odd and unlike Cic. Lamb.
 657     Not,       2     |             Per se: καθ' αυτην, there is no need to read propter,
 658     Not,       2     |            efficiat: note that virtue is throughout this exposition
 659     Not,       2     |           given by Forc. s.v. animans is therefore wrong. Temeritate:
 660     Not,       2     |              in Sext. The word, which is constantly hurled at the
 661     Not,       2     |           dogmatists by the sceptics, is here put by way of retort.
 662     Not,       2     |           Math. VII. 260, the sceptic is called εμβροντητος for rejecting
 663     Not,       2     |              this typical uncertainty is constantly referred to in
 664     Not,       2     |              VIII. 147, 317; where it is reckoned among things αιωνιον
 665     Not,       2     |               surely their repetition is pointed and appropriate. "
 666     Not,       2     |               the use of terms. If it is fair to use the term "true"
 667     Not,       2     |       probable undisputed and tested" is imperfect, I will give Sextus'
 668     Not,       2     |        explanation. The merely πιθανη is that sensation which at
 669     Not,       2     |            167175). Now no sensation is perceived alone; the percipient
 670     Not,       2     |        περιελκειν) from the one which is the immediate object of
 671     Not,       2     |              his attention. This last is only called απερισπαστος
 672     Not,       2     |               undisputed," therefore, is a misleading trans. of the
 673     Not,       2     |              Halm after Manut., Lamb. is perfectly sound; it means "
 674     Not,       2     |            within the limits of," and is so used after notare in
 675     Not,       2     |       verborum quasi vociferatio." He is wrong however in thinking
 676     Not,       2     |            Verum illud quidem: "which is indeed what they call 'true'."
 677     Not,       2     |               before the guttural. It is quite impossible that Cic.
 678     Not,       2     |                so in Sext. απολειπειν is constantly used as the opposite
 679     Not,       2     |            the merely πιθανη φαντασια is here meant; see 33.~§36.
 680     Not,       2     |              distinction of an animal is to act. You must either
 681     Not,       2     |           insertion of non before est is needless, cf. n. on I. 40.
 682     Not,       2     |         needless, cf. n. on I. 40. It is the impact of the sensation
 683     Not,       2     |              assent given to it, that is involuntary (Sext. A.M.
 684     Not,       2     |          Adsentiatur: the passive use is illustrated by Madv. Em.
 685     Not,       2     |        perceptions, partly not. There is therefore no sensation which
 686     Not,       2     |          therefore no sensation which is also a perception (40).
 687     Not,       2     |                 The word "perception" is used to mean "a certainly
 688     Not,       2     |               continere. Quae ita: it is essential throughout this
 689     Not,       2     |             the sceptics urge that it is absurd to divide things
 690     Not,       2     |          interesse autem: the sceptic is not concerned to prove the
 691     Not,       2     |             two dissimilar things, it is enough if he can show that
 692     Not,       2     |              As we cannot do this, it is wrong to assume that sensation
 693     Not,       2     |              Non posse accidere: this is a very remarkable, and,
 694     Not,       2     |             the em. of Dav. obscurare is against Cic.'s usage, that
 695     Not,       2     |          Christ quam observari nolunt is wanton without being ingenious.
 696     Not,       2     |         things, (2) if the definition is applicable only to one thing,
 697     Not,       2     |             reasoning their probabile is not enough. Reasoning can
 698     Not,       2     |            there are false sensations is to say that there are true
 699     Not,       2     |              yourselves and say there is none (44). Let us discuss
 700     Not,       2     |               harum; the text however is quite right, cf. Madv. Gram.
 701     Not,       2     |           i.e. if even the definition is firmly known, the thing,
 702     Not,       2     |               known, the thing, which is more important, must also
 703     Not,       2     |         Profiteatur: so ‛υπισχνεισθαι is often used by Sext. e.g.
 704     Not,       2     |                nihil interesse: there is no inconsistency. Carneades
 705     Not,       2     |              case of διαρτησις, which is opposed to συναρτησις and
 706     Not,       2     |               Iis qui videntur: Goer. is qui videtur, which is severely
 707     Not,       2     |           Goer. is qui videtur, which is severely criticised by Madv.
 708     Not,       2     |             some phenomena (εναργεια) is due to two causes, (1) they
 709     Not,       2     |           surrounded, (2) their faith is shaken by sceptic paradoxes (
 710     Not,       2     |            then do you not allow what is easier, that two sensations
 711     Not,       2     |           that the clause quanta sint is inserted παρενθετικως! Orelli
 712     Not,       2     |        ερωταται και τουτο, when there is nothing interrogatory about
 713     Not,       2     |           Gram. 455 obs. 5. The usage is mostly colloquial and is
 714     Not,       2     |              is mostly colloquial and is very common in Plaut. and
 715     Not,       2     |            phantom behind which there is no reality at all. Quae
 716     Not,       2     |              it as follows. The whole is an attempt to prove the
 717     Not,       2     |               shows that the argument is meant to be based on the
 718     Not,       2     |           inter quae nihil sit omnino is fixed by 40, where see n.)?
 719     Not,       2     |     succeeding stages the resemblance is made complete. The word
 720     Not,       2     |         complete. The word probabilia is a sort of tertiary predicate
 721     Not,       2     |             word in Latin, as διανοια is in Greek, to express our "
 722     Not,       2     |                Ut si qui: the ut here is merely "as," "for instance,"
 723     Not,       2     |           Nihil ut esset: the ut here is a repetition of the ut used
 724     Not,       2     |        dreamers, madmen and drunkards is unworthy our attention (
 725     Not,       2     |             proposed trans. acervalis is unnecessary), Hortens. fragm.
 726     Not,       2     |              hos, which indeed in 136 is a necessary em. for MSS.
 727     Not,       2     |          merely that when one of them is present, it cannot be distinguished
 728     Not,       2     |               recorded in his Annals, is referred to by Lucr. I.
 729     Not,       2     |            before eorum, this however is as impossible in Cic. as
 730     Not,       2     |          Aristoph. Ran. 700, relaxare is used in the neut. sense
 731     Not,       2     |                the Alcmaeon of Ennius is often quoted by Cic., e.g.
 732     Not,       2     |              put up with," so χρησθαι is used in Gk. Ebriosorum: "
 733     Not,       2     |          illud, but the emphatic ille is often thus introduced by
 734     Not,       2     |    constructions in which a condition is expressed without its consequence.
 735     Not,       2     |            etc., and even without ει) is susceptible of the same
 736     Not,       2     |            talk about twins and seals is childish (54). They press
 737     Not,       2     |           Another thing that they say is absurd, viz. that there
 738     Not,       2     |             By holding that knowledge is impossible you weaken the
 739     Not,       2     |             not even" for "ne quidem" is often inappropriate. Trans.
 740     Not,       2     |           απαραλλακτος). This opinion is negatived by non patitur
 741     Not,       2     |              the only change required is to put the two verbs (est)
 742     Not,       2     |             change of ulla into nulla is in no way needed. Ut [sibi]
 743     Not,       2     |          needed. Ut [sibi] sint: sibi is clearly wrong here. Madv.,
 744     Not,       2     |            for sibi (SVI for SIBI). B is very frequently written
 745     Not,       2     |            quidem innumerabilis: this is the quite untenable reading
 746     Not,       2     |           this adversative use of que is common with potius, e.g.D.F.
 747     Not,       2     |    internoscebantur. The MSS. reading is right, cf. 86. Consuetudine:
 748     Not,       2     |                Non internoscere: this is the reading of all the MSS.,
 749     Not,       2     |          reading of all the MSS., and is correct, though Orelli omits
 750     Not,       2     |           Orelli omits non. The sense is, "we are quite content not
 751     Not,       2     |            marks the fact that formas is a trans. I have met with
 752     Not,       2     |               where any such doctrine is assigned to a sceptic. As
 753     Not,       2     |              in the text the doctrine is absurd, for surely it must
 754     Not,       2     |         belief, if rebus be meant, it is wide of the mark. Id est ...
 755     Not,       2     |       phenomena. Adprobare: this word is ambiguous, meaning either
 756     Not,       2     |             Id est peccaturum: "which is equivalent to sinning,"
 757     Not,       2     |             Zeller 534, n.). The idea is ridiculed by Petrus Valentia (
 758     Not,       2     |          referring to two fem. nouns, is noticeable, see exx. in
 759     Not,       2     |              53. Sequere: either this is future, as in 109, or sequeris,
 760     Not,       2     |      Approbatione omni: the word omni is emphatic, and includes both
 761     Not,       2     |               D.F. I. 64, where Madv. is wrong in reproving Torquatus
 762     Not,       2     |           write deus aliqui in 19. It is difficult to distinguish
 763     Not,       2     |             see n. on 81). As aliquis is substantival, aliqui adjectival,
 764     Not,       2     |               Actio rerum: here actio is a pure verbal noun like
 765     Not,       2     |               I. 14, 5. Licebat: this is the reading of the best
 766     Not,       2     |             in most of which Lucullus is also mentioned.~§63. Quod ...
 767     Not,       2     |         disgraceful to assent to what is false. I do not deny that
 768     Not,       2     |               whose characteristic it is never to err in giving his
 769     Not,       2     |     statements, on the ground that it is possible to distinguish
 770     Not,       2     |               mere habit of assenting is full of peril. Still, our
 771     Not,       2     |         perception in the Stoic sense is impossible (68). However,
 772     Not,       2     |            called by his own name. It is more probable that he could
 773     Not,       2     |                Opiner: opinio or δοξα is judgment based on insufficient
 774     Not,       2     |              Phoenices: the same fact is mentioned by Ovid, Fasti
 775     Not,       2     |              maximam: so summum munus is applied to the same course
 776     Not,       2     |            opinabitur: this of course is only true if you grant the
 777     Not,       2     |                etc." The construction is, I believe, unexampled so
 778     Not,       2     |            limitation the proposition is not strictly true, see n.
 779     Not,       2     |             In De Or. II. 266 a story is told of Caesar, who, while
 780     Not,       2     |           have before remarked that b is frequently written in MSS.
 781     Not,       2     |               argumento: the sentence is anacoluthic, the broken
 782     Not,       2     |        anacoluthic, the broken thread is picked up by quod argumentum
 783     Not,       2     |             ne and an. The same usage is found in D.F. II. 60, T.
 784     Not,       2     |           from a reality," cf. 41, n. Is curavit: Goer. reads his, "
 785     Not,       2     |               to parts of the pronoun is, and Goer. generally patronises
 786     Not,       2     |              Arcesilas combated. This is the controversy which has
 787     Not,       2     |             deliverance of Anaxagoras is very often referred to by
 788     Not,       2     |              χιων αρα μελαινα." There is an obscure joke on this
 789     Not,       2     |              dim but darkened." There is a reference here to the
 790     Not,       2     |             in clauses where the verb is not expressed see M.D.F.
 791     Not,       2     |          επιστημη in the strict sense is impossible, is a doctrine
 792     Not,       2     |           strict sense is impossible, is a doctrine which Socrates
 793     Not,       2     |              doctrine above mentioned is an absurd one to foist upon
 794     Not,       2     |         assume that the real επιστημη is attainable. Ironiam: the
 795     Not,       2     |                philosophi: my reading is that of Durand approved
 796     Not,       2     |              and followed by Bait. It is strange that Halm does not
 797     Not,       2     |             the ground that Cyrenaeus is a citizen of Cyreno, Cyrenaicus
 798     Not,       2     |             it might appear that Cic. is translating either παθος
 799     Not,       2     |              conj. of Dav. exposuerat is therefore needless. Fortasse: "
 800     Not,       2     |             include the two meanings "is non existent," and "is different
 801     Not,       2     |                is non existent," and "is different from what it seems
 802     Not,       2     |            was added by Manutius, who is followed by all edd. This
 803     Not,       2     |           read, as in 118 concessisse is now read for MSS. consensisse?
 804     Not,       2     |                note the subj., "which is of such a nature as to have
 805     Not,       2     |                  pertinebat: by illud is meant the argument in defence
 806     Not,       2     |               pertinebat nothing more is intended than that there
 807     Not,       2     |              granting that our vision is correct how marvellously
 808     Not,       2     |         marvellously circumscribed it is! But say you, we desire
 809     Not,       2     |              not the light because he is blind. Yet I would not so
 810     Not,       2     |             the god because my vision is narrow, as because it deceives
 811     Not,       2     |               prove my point only one is disputed viz. that every
 812     Not,       2     |           they seem to exist and that is enough. One mistaken sensation
 813     Not,       2     |            are absolutely similar, it is enough that human faculties
 814     Not,       2     |              mind and eyes agreed. It is no good to talk about the
 815     Not,       2     |             such people; the question is, what was the nature of
 816     Not,       2     |            and not as the pronoun, id is not altogether insupportable.
 817     Not,       2     |              all we have power to see is a straight staff bent in
 818     Not,       2     |               illa omnia, iacet: this is my correction of the reading
 819     Not,       2     |               once. The nom. to dicit is, I may observe, not Epicurus,
 820     Not,       2     |           remain untouched; your case is overthrown, yet his senses
 821     Not,       2     |              Halm's conj. certum esse is weak and improbable. Importune:
 822     Not,       2     |           improbable. Importune: this is in one good MS. but the
 823     Not,       2     |            have importata, a good em. is needed, as importune does
 824     Not,       2     |      insertion of n in the imp. subj. is so common in MSS. I read
 825     Not,       2     |            from video to cerno, which is very often found in Cic.,
 826     Not,       2     |                 81. Nescio qui: Goer. is quite wrong in saying that
 827     Not,       2     |               contradict his rule. It is as difficult to define the
 828     Not,       2     |               To paraphrase the sense is this "But say my opponents,
 829     Not,       2     |              does not know what light is. Of course all the ancients
 830     Not,       2     |               quaereretur of the MSS. is due to Manut. Navem: Sextus
 831     Not,       2     |               ποδος ανθρωπειου, which is affirmed to be the opinion
 832     Not,       2     |          multum mentiantur aut nihil, is rash. Semel: see 79. Qui
 833     Not,       2     |          putat. Halm prints quin, and is followed by Baiter, neither
 834     Not,       2     |               that quin ne ... quidem is bad Latin (see M.D.F. V.
 835     Not,       2     |            erit for ipse apparently = is ipse cf. M.D.F. II. 93.~§
 836     Not,       2     |             expression of this belief is found in Seneca Ep.. 113,
 837     Not,       2     |            the word Stoicum; Lucullus is of course not Stoic, but
 838     Not,       2     |            interest: the same opinion is expressed in 40, where see
 839     Not,       2     |              Halm writes res a re, it is not necessary, however,
 840     Not,       2     |            related things when a word is inserted like differat here,
 841     Not,       2     |            with ceteris omnibus which is not only not Ciceronian,
 842     Not,       2     |             consilia siccorum. Madere is common with the meaning "
 843     Not,       2     |               verb in the subjunctive is, Madv. says on D.F. I. 9,
 844     Not,       2     |        ανθρωπος hold that the μεμηνως is the κριτηριον των εν μανιαι
 845     Not,       2     |               The subject of the verb is evidently Furiae. Adsunt:
 846     Not,       2     |             evidently Furiae. Adsunt: is only given once by MSS.,
 847     Not,       2     |        Caerulea ... angui: anguis fem is not uncommon in the old
 848     Not,       2     |          passage to make sense, as it is the utterance of a maniac.
 849     Not,       2     |            tum commovebantur, the em. is supported by 88.~§§9198.
 850     Not,       2     |            the sorites, which you say is faulty (92). If it is so,
 851     Not,       2     |             say is faulty (92). If it is so, refute it. The plan
 852     Not,       2     |           quantus sit: this of course is a problem for φυσικη, not
 853     Not,       2     |                hypothetical judgment) is "si lucet, lucet" below,
 854     Not,       2     |            according to Cic.'s usage, is nom. and not abl. Petrus
 855     Not,       2     |            justly remarks that an art is not to be condemned as useless
 856     Not,       2     |             useless merely because it is unable to solve every problem
 857     Not,       2     |             Rep. II.) that the Expert is the man who knows exactly
 858     Not,       2     |             The true ground of attack is that Logic always assumes
 859     Not,       2     |               In acervo tritici: this is the false sorites, which
 860     Not,       2     |            sorites or chain inference is still treated in books on
 861     Not,       2     |              dempto: after this there is a strange ellipse of some
 862     Not,       2     |              the conditional sentence is illustrated in Madv. D.F.
 863     Not,       2     |             of this book. The present is of course required by the
 864     Not,       2     |             solve the sophism that it is called peculiarly his by
 865     Not,       2     |              82ησυχαζειν the advice is quoted in Sext. P.H. II.
 866     Not,       2     |           Orelli superbis, which verb is hardly found in prose. The
 867     Not,       2     |              the spelling ecfatum. It is probable that this spelling
 868     Not,       2     |               T.D. I. 14 pronuntiatum is found, in De Fato 26 pronuntiatio,
 869     Not,       2     |               verum dico? The sophism is given in a more formally
 870     Not,       2     |          mentiris igitur. The fallacy is thus hit by Petrus Valentia (
 871     Not,       2     |               which one would expect, is found in Ovid.~§96. Si dicis:
 872     Not,       2     |         verses from the comic writers is untenable. In docendo: docere
 873     Not,       2     |         untenable. In docendo: docere is not to expound but to prove,
 874     Not,       2     |                 modum: the word modus is technical in this sense
 875     Not,       2     |            semblance of inference and is not so utterly tautological
 876     Not,       2     |            dicis te mentiri, etc.: it is absurd to assume, as this
 877     Not,       2     |               a lie, but also that he is telling a lie at the moment
 878     Not,       2     |                crederet, but the word is a trans. of Gk. εικειν;
 879     Not,       2     |           ηγουμενον and ληγον; if one is admitted the other follows
 880     Not,       2     |               despise" for contemnere is too strong; it means, like
 881     Not,       2     |        Epicurus refused to admit this is given in De Fato 21 Epicurus
 882     Not,       2     |               cum before iudicem, but is conclusively refuted by
 883     Not,       2     |           does (99, 100). Our sapiens is not made of stone; many
 884     Not,       2     |               always feels that there is a possibility of their being
 885     Not,       2     |          becomes impossible (101). It is strange that our Probables
 886     Not,       2     |          those who say that sensation is swept away by the Academy;
 887     Not,       2     |               by the Academy; nothing is swept away but its necessary
 888     Not,       2     |           latter mode leaves all that is required for ordinary life (
 889     Not,       2     |           acutus. A different meaning is given by the ut in passages
 890     Not,       2     |               and those which cannot. Is it possible that any one
 891     Not,       2     |               still believe that Cic. is capable of supposing, even
 892     Not,       2     |      Academicis. Si probabile: the si is not in MSS. Halm and also
 893     Not,       2     |              if, for example;" so iam is often used in Lucretius.
 894     Not,       2     |                the usual construction is with ad and the gerund;
 895     Not,       2     |            which, when pure and deep, is dark in colour. Concreta:
 896     Not,       2     |             to follow dicimus, and it is noteworthy that in his communication
 897     Not,       2     |            construction cf. 98; autem is omitted with the same constr.
 898     Not,       2     |              no ex. so strong as this is produced. Ut aut approbet
 899     Not,       2     |             similar clause in 20, and is followed in both instances
 900     Not,       2     |        instances by Bait. Kayser, who is perhaps the most extensive
 901     Not,       2     |               66 the second. The same is the case with nego and aio.
 902     Not,       2     |        defence of the clause impugned is substantially the same as
 903     Not,       2     |              alterum tenere: "the one is his formal dogma, the other
 904     Not,       2     |               formal dogma, the other is his actual practice." For
 905     Not,       2     |         probans in 148, which passage is very similar to this. Neget ...
 906     Not,       2     |             your defence of dogmatism is overthrown (105). You asked
 907     Not,       2     |               can be remembered which is not absolutely true, then
 908     Not,       2     |               true (106). Probability is quite sufficient basis for
 909     Not,       2     |             One strong point of yours is that nature compels us to
 910     Not,       2     |               Your other strong point is that without assent action
 911     Not,       2     |            that without assent action is impossible (108). But surely
 912     Not,       2     |               109). Where probability is, there the Academic has
 913     Not,       2     |      themselves by denying that there is any difference between true
 914     Not,       2     |               between true and false, is absurd. We do not deny that
 915     Not,       2     |             defendere: a similar line is taken in 81.~§106. Memoria:
 916     Not,       2     |                in Plato the confusion is frequent, notably in the
 917     Not,       2     |         igitur: "if then recollection is recollection only of things
 918     Not,       2     |            theory of μνημη and νοησις is dealt with in exactly the
 919     Not,       2     |             thinking that the constr. is varied from the subj. to
 920     Not,       2     |               or vincula. That an em. is not needed may be seen from
 921     Not,       2     |                some noun in the plur. is needed. Quod is non potest:
 922     Not,       2     |             the plur. is needed. Quod is non potest: this is the
 923     Not,       2     |              Quod is non potest: this is the MSS. reading, but most
 924     Not,       2     |        reading, but most edd. read si is, to cure a wrong punctuation,
 925     Not,       2     |         punctuation, by which a colon is placed at perspicuum est
 926     Not,       2     |                Alterum est quod: this is substituted for deinde,
 927     Not,       2     |            Forc. Sit etiam: the etiam is a little strange and was
 928     Not,       2     |          adsensus: so in I. 41 sensus is defined to be id quod est
 929     Not,       2     |              whether Cic. ever wrote -is in the gen. of the Greek
 930     Not,       2     |             φυτυεσθαι τον αγρον," and is followed by most commentators,
 931     Not,       2     |             least possible that manum is to be understood. For the
 932     Not,       2     |             Sic hoc ipsum: Sext. then is wrong is saying (P.H. I.
 933     Not,       2     |            ipsum: Sext. then is wrong is saying (P.H. I. 226) that
 934     Not,       2     |              sometimes give for item, is correct.~§111. Dicere ...
 935     Not,       2     |               your assumption that it is possible to keep an elaborate
 936     Not,       2     |         system not I, but the sapiens is to adopt (115).~§112. Campis ...
 937     Not,       2     |         nothing that Cic. states here is at discord with what is
 938     Not,       2     |               is at discord with what is known of the tenets of the
 939     Not,       2     |               226. All that Cic. says is that he could accept the
 940     Not,       2     |               on to the same formulae is common enough to prevent
 941     Not,       2     |            proposes adhaereret, which is indeed nearer the MSS.;
 942     Not,       2     |              iudico, politissimum; it is a mistake to suppose this
 943     Not,       2     |            136. Constituas: this verb is often used in connection
 944     Not,       2     |             the expression idem etiam is Latin. One good MS. here
 945     Not,       2     |              earth to see whether she is firmly fixed or hovers in
 946     Not,       2     |           decide (124). If you say it is better to choose any system
 947     Not,       2     |            less strongly that the sun is eighteen times as large
 948     Not,       2     |           earth, than that yon statue is six feet high. When you
 949     Not,       2     |                2. At illud ante: this is my em. for the MSS. velut
 950     Not,       2     |             Libramentum: so this word is used by Pliny (see Forc.)
 951     Not,       2     |                in Sext. the επιφανεια is usually described not negatively
 952     Not,       2     |                Note (1) that the line is defined in Greek as μηκος
 953     Not,       2     |               conjecture. If anything is to be introduced, I would
 954     Not,       2     |             Halm's remark that a verb is wanted in this clause as
 955     Not,       2     |          strongly predicative ("there is a point," etc.), then adds
 956     Not,       2     |             Sapientem nec prius: this is the "egregia lectio" of
 957     Not,       2     |          point of the sentence, which is not that the sapiens will
 958     Not,       2     |               rears upon them. Cicero is arguing as in 128 against
 959     Not,       2     |            ille: this asseverative ne is thus always closely joined
 960     Not,       2     |               III. 30 sq. Our passage is imitated by Aug De Civ.
 961     Not,       2     |             supremacy among the seven is assigned to Solon. Infinitatem
 962     Not,       2     |                ουσιας. Definita: this is opposed to infinita in Topica
 963     Not,       2     |             in Topica 79, so definire is used for finire in Orat.
 964     Not,       2     |        Animalis intellegentia: reason is the essence of the universe
 965     Not,       2     |           Book I. Permanet: the deity is to the Stoic πνευμα ενδιηκον
 966     Not,       2     |            ποταμος ειη ρεοντος). This is the constant judgment of
 967     Not,       2     |           very slight contrast, there is no need to read et, as Halm.
 968     Not,       2     |              opinantis. That the text is sound however may be seen
 969     Not,       2     |              nobis, i.e. a good voice is a thing to be prayed for,
 970     Not,       2     |             be got by exertion. There is a similar Greek proverb,
 971     Not,       2     |                The phrase magnum onus is indeed common (cf. De Or.
 972     Not,       2     |              sense of "a great task," is equally so, cf. T.D. III.
 973     Not,       2     |             the universe or the world is a globe (which is held by
 974     Not,       2     |               world is a globe (which is held by Plat. in the Tim.
 975     Not,       2     |               Epicure: the connection is that Cic., having given
 976     Not,       2     |           hard passage. Egone? ne bis is the em. of Lamb. for MSS.
 977     Not,       2     |             for MSS. egone vobis, and is approved by Madv., who thus
 978     Not,       2     |         though not quite satisfactory is the best yet given. Epicurus'
 979     Not,       2     |            given. Epicurus' absurdity is by Cic. brought into strong
 980     Not,       2     |            different ancient theories is given in T.D. I. 1822,
 981     Not,       2     |      ανθρωποις περικαρδιον εστι νοημα is translated, see R. and P.
 982     Not,       2     |    Pythagorean doctrine of Xenocrates is given in R. and P. 244.
 983     Not,       2     |          impromptu. Nobilitatis: this is to be explained by referring
 984     Not,       2     |             movebitur ... cedat: this is the theory of motion disproved
 985     Not,       2     |               following him. The text is sound. Trans. "whatever
 986     Not,       2     |          sound. Trans. "whatever body is pushed, gives way." Tam
 987     Not,       2     |               432. Tu vero: etc. this is all part of the personal
 988     Not,       2     |               the Stoic system. Ether is the finest fire, and πυρ
 989     Not,       2     |         finest fire, and πυρ τεχνικον is one of the definitions of
 990     Not,       2     |              Em. 187). Ergo after vos is of course analeptic. Halm
 991     Not,       2     |       Morgenstern, for what reason it is difficult to see.~§127.
 992     Not,       2     |    Consideratio contemplatioque: Cic. is fond of this combination,
 993     Not,       2     |               occuret mostly, if that is retained complebitur must
 994     Not,       2     |          comes in very awkwardly, and is not needed before the infinitive.
 995     Not,       2     |           verbs with which this usage is found, but he produces many
 996     Not,       2     |              just note that octodecim is not used by Cic. Sol quantus
 997     Not,       2     |              Summary. What contention is there among philosophers
 998     Not,       2     |          assent to the unknown, which is a dogma common to both you,
 999     Not,       2     |               That," said Carneades, "is Diogenes' view, not mine" (
1000     Not,       2     |              word in the clause; this is not uncommon in Cic., as


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