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the attraction exercised by sustineat. Bait. after Kayser has habuerunt. Positum: "when laid
down" or "assumed."
§108. Alterum est quod: this is substituted for deinde, which ought to correspond to primum
above. Actio ullius rei: n. on actio rerum in 62, cf. also 148. Adsensu comprobet: almost the same
phrase often occurs in Livy, Sueton., etc. see Forc. Sit etiam: the etiam is a little strange and was
thought spurious by Ernesti. It seems to have the force of Eng. "indeed", "in what indeed assent
consists." Sensus ipsos adsensus: so in I. 41 sensus is defined to be id quod est sensu
comprehensum, i.e. ?ata?????, cf. also Stobaeus I. 41, 25 a?s??t??? ?a? fa?tas?a s???ata?es??
est?. Appetitio: for all this cf. 30. Et dicta ... multa: Manut. ejected these words as a gloss, after
multa the MSS. curiously add vide superiora. Lubricos sustinere: cf. 68 and 94. Ita scribenti ...
exanclatum: for the om. of esse cf. 77, 113 with notes. Herculi: for this form of the gen. cf.
Madv. on D.F. I. 14, who doubts whether Cic. ever wrote -is in the gen. of the Greek names in -
es. When we consider how difficult it was for copyists not to change the rarer form into the
commoner, also that even Priscian (see M.D.F. V. 12) made gross blunders about them, the
supposition of Madv. becomes almost irresistible. Temeritatem: p??pete?a?, e??a??t?ta.
§109. In navigando: cf. 100. In conserendo: Guretus interprets "e? t? f?t?es?a? t?? a????," and
is followed by most commentators, though it seems at least possible that manum is to be
understood. For the suppressed accus. agrum cf. n. on tollendum in 148. Sequere: the fut. not the
pres. ind., cf. 61. Pressius: cf. 28. Reprehensum: sc. narrasti. Id ipsum: = nihil posse
comprehendi. Saltem: so in 29. Pingue: cf. Pro Archia 10. Sibi ipsum: note that Cic. does not
generally make ipse agree in case with the reflexive, but writes se ipse, etc. Convenienter:
"consistently". Esse possit: Bait. posset on the suggestion of Halm, but Cic. states the doctrine as
a living one, not throwing it back to Antiochus time and to this particular speech of Ant. Ut hoc
ipsum: the ut follows on illo modo urguendum above. Decretum quod: Halm followed by Bait.
gives quo, referring to altero quo neget in 111, which however does not justify the reading. The
best MSS. have qui. Et sine decretis: Lamb. gave nec for et, but Dav. correctly explains, "multa
decreta habent Academici, non tamen percepta sed tantum probabilia."
§110. Ut illa: i.e. the decreta implied in the last sentence. Some MSS. have ille, while Dav.
without necessity gives alia. Sic hoc ipsum: Sext. then is wrong is saying (P.H. I. 226) that the
Academics d?aßeßa????ta? ta p?a?µata e??a? a?ata??pta, i.e. state the doctrine dogmatically,
while the sceptics do not. Cognitionis notam: like nota percipiendi, veri et falsi, etc. which we
have already had. Ne confundere omnia: a mocking repetition of Lucullus phrase, cf. 58. Incerta
reddere: cf. 54. Stellarum numerus: another echo of Lucullus; see 32. Quem ad modum ... item:
see Madv. on D.F. III. 48, who quotes an exact parallel from Topica 46, and sicut ... item from
N.D. I. 3, noting at the same time that in such exx. neither ita nor idem, which MSS. sometimes
give for item, is correct.
§111. Dicere ... perturbatum: for om. of esse cf. 108, etc. Antiochus: this Bait. brackets. Unum ...
alterum: cf. 44. Esse quaedam in visis: it was not the esse but the videri, not the actual existence
of a difference, but the possibility of that difference being infallibly perceived by human sense,
that the Academic denied. Cernimus: i.e. the probably true and false. Probandi species: a
phenomenal appearance which belongs to, or properly leads to qualified approval.
§§112—115. Summary. If I had to deal with a Peripatetic, whose definitions are not
so exacting, my course would be easier; I should not much oppose him even if he
maintained that the wise man sometimes opines (112). The definitions of the real Old
Academy are more reasonable than those of Antiochus. How, holding the opinions
he does, can he profess to belong to the Old Academy? (113) I cannot tolerate your
assumption that it is possible to keep an elaborate dogmatic system like yours free
from mistakes (114). You wish me to join your school. What am I to do then with
my dear friend Diodotus, who thinks so poorly of Antiochus? Let us consider
however what system not I, but the sapiens is to adopt (115).
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