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<strong>of</strong> distinguishing between twins, eggs, the impressions <strong>of</strong> seals, etc. was a favourite theme with<br />
the sceptics, while the Stoics contended that no two things were absolutely alike. Aristo the<br />
Chian, who maintained the Stoic view, was practically refuted by his fellow pupil Persaeus, who<br />
took two twins, and made one deposit money with Aristo, while the other after a time asked for<br />
the money back and received it. On this subject cf. Sextus A.M. VII. 408—410. Negat esse: in<br />
phrases like this Cic. nearly always places esse second, especially at the end <strong>of</strong> a clause. Cur eo<br />
non estis contenti: Lucullus here ignores the question at issue, which concerned the amount <strong>of</strong><br />
similarity. The dogmatists maintained that the similarity between two phenomena could never be<br />
great enough to render it impossible to guard against mistaking the one for the other, the sceptics<br />
argued that it could. Quod rerum natura non patitur: again Lucullus confounds essential with<br />
phenomenal difference, and so misses his mark; cf. n. on 50. Nulla re differens: cf. the nihil<br />
differens <strong>of</strong> 99, the substitution <strong>of</strong> which here would perhaps make the sentence clearer. The<br />
words are a trans. <strong>of</strong> the common Gk. term apa?a??a?t?? (Sext. A.M. VII. 252, etc.). Ulla<br />
communitas: I am astonished to find Bait. returning to the reading <strong>of</strong> Lamb. nulla after the fine<br />
note <strong>of</strong> Madv. (Em. 154), approved by Halm and other recent edd. The opinion maintained by the<br />
Stoics may be stated thus suo quidque genere est tale, quale est, nec est in duobus aut pluribus<br />
nulla re differens ulla communitas (??de ??pa??e? ep?µ??? apa?a??a?t??). This opinion is<br />
negatived by non patitur ut and it will be evident at a glance that the only change required is to<br />
put the two verbs (est) into the subjunctive. The change <strong>of</strong> ulla into nulla is in no way needed. Ut<br />
[sibi] sint: sibi is clearly wrong here. Madv., in a note communicated privately to Halm and<br />
printed by the latter on p. 854 <strong>of</strong> Bait. and Halm's ed <strong>of</strong> the philosophical works, proposed to<br />
read nulla re differens communitas visi? Sint et ova etc. omitting ulla and ut and changing visi<br />
into sibi (cf. Faber's em. novas for bonas in 72). This ingenious but, as I think, improbable conj.<br />
Madv. has just repeated in the second vol. <strong>of</strong> his Adversaria. Lamb. reads at tibi sint, Dav. at si<br />
vis, sint, Christ ut tibi sint, Bait. ut si sint after C.F.W. Muller, I should prefer sui for sibi (SVI<br />
for SIBI). B is very frequently written for V in the MSS., and I would easily slip in. Eosdem:<br />
once more we have Lucullus' chronic and perhaps intentional misconception <strong>of</strong> the sceptic<br />
position; see n. on 50. Before leaving this section, I may point out that the ep?µ??? or ep?µ???a<br />
t?? fa?tas??? supplies Sext. with one <strong>of</strong> the sceptic t??p??, see Pyrrh. Hyp. I. 124.<br />
§55. Irridentur: the contradictions <strong>of</strong> physical philosophers were the constant sport <strong>of</strong> the<br />
sceptics, cf. Sext. A.M. IX. 1. Absolute ita paris: Halm as well as Bait. after Christ, brackets ita; if<br />
any change be needed, it would be better to place it before undique. For this opinion <strong>of</strong> Democr.<br />
see R. and P. 45. Et eo quidem innumerabilis: this is the quite untenable reading <strong>of</strong> the MSS., for<br />
which no satisfactory em. has yet been proposed, cf. 125. Nihil differat, nihil intersit: these two<br />
verbs <strong>of</strong>ten appear together in Cic., e.g.D.F. III. 25.<br />
§56. Potiusque: this adversative use <strong>of</strong> que is common with potius, e.g.D.F. I. 51. Cf. T.D. II. 55<br />
ingemescere nonnum quam viro concessum est, idque raro, also ac potius, Ad Att. I. 10, etc.<br />
Proprietates: the ?d??t?te? or ?d??µata <strong>of</strong> Sextus, the doctrine <strong>of</strong> course involves the whole<br />
question at issue between dogmatism and scepticism. Cognoscebantur: Dav. dignoscebantur,<br />
Walker internoscebantur. The MSS. reading is right, cf. 86. Consuetudine: cf. 42, "experience".<br />
Minimum: an adverb like summum.<br />
§57. Dinotatas: so the MSS., probably correctly, though Forc. does not recognise the word. Most<br />
edd. change it into denotatas. Artem: te????, a set <strong>of</strong> rules. In proverbio: so venire in<br />
proverbium, in proverbii usum venire, proverbii locum obtinere, proverbii loco dici are all used.<br />
Salvis rebus: not an uncommon phrase, e.g. Ad Fam. IV. 1. Gallinas: cf. fragm. 19 <strong>of</strong> the Acad.<br />
Post. The similarity <strong>of</strong> eggs was discussed ad nauseam by the sceptics and dogmatists.<br />
Hermagoras the Stoic actually wrote a book entitled, ?? s??p?a (egg investigation) ? pe?? s?f?<br />
ste?a? p??? ??ad?µa?????, mentioned by Suidas.<br />
§58. Contra nos: the sense requires nos, but all Halm's MSS. except one read vos. Non<br />
internoscere: this is the reading <strong>of</strong> all the MSS., and is correct, though Orelli omits non. The<br />
sense is, "we are quite content not to be able to distinguish between the eggs, we shall not on that<br />
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