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Page iv
... arranged his affairs and acted as executor of his will . Two other figures are mentioned in passing in the dream . Manius Manilius ( ca. 200-120 BC ) , the consul to whom Scipio Aemilianus was attached in 149 , was one of the great ...
... arranged his affairs and acted as executor of his will . Two other figures are mentioned in passing in the dream . Manius Manilius ( ca. 200-120 BC ) , the consul to whom Scipio Aemilianus was attached in 149 , was one of the great ...
Page vi
... arranged in seven proportionally spaced spheres ( 36d , 38-9 ) , embraced by an outer sphere containing the world - soul ( 36d ) ; that the earth is the center of the universe ( 38d ) ; that the world - soul is the reason that pervades ...
... arranged in seven proportionally spaced spheres ( 36d , 38-9 ) , embraced by an outer sphere containing the world - soul ( 36d ) ; that the earth is the center of the universe ( 38d ) ; that the world - soul is the reason that pervades ...
Page 45
... arranged in rings , verbs at the end . The last , impulsu ... violaverunt , has an additional ring within it , the participial clause libidinum ... oboedientium . Cicero probably has in mind the three parts of the Platonic soul : reason ...
... arranged in rings , verbs at the end . The last , impulsu ... violaverunt , has an additional ring within it , the participial clause libidinum ... oboedientium . Cicero probably has in mind the three parts of the Platonic soul : reason ...
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ablative absolute adjective adverb Aemilius Paulus Aeneid alte spectare animi animus antecedent asyndeton atque autem Burkert caelum Carthage Cicero coetum cognomen complexus complexus...collacrimavit connecting relative consul cuius dative deorum deus dialogue dicitur divine domum Dream of Scipio earth earthly eius eminebit foras enim Ennius ex quo genitive Gracchan grandfather Greek habeto hanc heaven heavenly hominum hunc illum immortal indirect statement inquit ipsum Laelius locum Macrobius Masinissa mihi modifies motus multam Myth of Er natura nihil nominative noun Numantia Numidia numquam omnia orbit participle patria person singular Phaedo planets Plato's political potest predicate principium publica quae quam quibus quid quin quod relative clause Roman Rome Scipio Aemilianus Scipio Africanus scitis Somnium Scipionis somno soul spheres Stoic subjunctive sunt tamen templum terra terris Tiberius Gracchus tibi Timaeus translated Tusculan Disputations universe verb Vergil vero vides virtue vobis world-soul Zetzel