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... mind . The genre sets as its goal the depiction of the ideal state and the place of the individual in it . The topics of human happiness and the needs of the soul are treated by both Plato and Cicero . Cicero's " Dream of Scipio " at ...
... mind . The genre sets as its goal the depiction of the ideal state and the place of the individual in it . The topics of human happiness and the needs of the soul are treated by both Plato and Cicero . Cicero's " Dream of Scipio " at ...
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... mind the tension between the heavenly perspective and the earthly ( see on coetum , 16.8 ) . Aemilianus has lost his hope of great fame because of the vastness of heaven . Africanus suggests that he ought to be depressed over the ...
... mind the tension between the heavenly perspective and the earthly ( see on coetum , 16.8 ) . Aemilianus has lost his hope of great fame because of the vastness of heaven . Africanus suggests that he ought to be depressed over the ...
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... mind of each is his true self . " Deum : Man is god in so far as the soul originates from the divine world - soul that is god . scito : See on habeto ( 13.2 ) . est deus : The qui - clauses are subjects of est . tam ... quam ... ut ...
... mind of each is his true self . " Deum : Man is god in so far as the soul originates from the divine world - soul that is god . scito : See on habeto ( 13.2 ) . est deus : The qui - clauses are subjects of est . tam ... quam ... ut ...
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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