Between Heathenism and Christianity - College of Stoic Philosophers
Between Heathenism and Christianity - College of Stoic Philosophers
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For<br />
De Providentia<br />
found in almost any encyclopedia. The notes are<br />
placed by themselves so as not to interrupt the<br />
reader, who may omit them,<br />
I.<br />
if he chooses.<br />
2. It was held by some <strong>of</strong> the Greek philosophers, nota<br />
bly Epicurus, that the universe was built up by a fortuitous<br />
concourse <strong>of</strong> atoms.<br />
4. Some texts have quaeris, you are seeking information.<br />
6. Vernae were slaves born in the household <strong>of</strong> their mas<br />
ters, sometimes his own children by a female slave. The<br />
licentia vernularum was proverbial in Rome. The vernae <strong>and</strong><br />
vernulae were allowed privileges not accorded to slaves ob<br />
tained by purchase.<br />
II.<br />
In suum colorem, to its colors. The parties represented in<br />
the racecourse were distinguished by different colors. The<br />
significance <strong>of</strong> the expression is therefore evident. Another<br />
less probable explanation <strong>of</strong> the passage is that the author<br />
has reference to the effect <strong>of</strong> red wine when mixed with li<br />
quids <strong>of</strong> another color.<br />
3. As the holidays in Rome were very numerous ranch<br />
time was lost by those who spent all <strong>of</strong> them in idleness.<br />
7. Cato, surnamed Uticensis, is here meant. He was the<br />
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patron saint <strong>of</strong> the Roman <strong>Stoic</strong>s.<br />
9. The sentence here translated, For death, etc., may<br />
also mean,<br />
it requires less courage to meet death (once)<br />
than to seek it a second time."<br />
III.<br />
6. The wild boar roasted whole was generally placed on the<br />
center <strong>of</strong> the table. Around it were piled fruits, vegetables,<br />
etc.<br />
7. Tua felicitas. Sulla called himself FELIX, <strong>and</strong> in the<br />
next section we find this epithet applied to him. The atroci<br />
ties he committed are familiar to<br />
tory.<br />
every reader <strong>of</strong> Roman his<br />
8. The Cornelian law. The Roman Legal Code was greatly<br />
modified under the inspiration <strong>of</strong> Sulla.<br />
105<br />
The statute here re-