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... is some meaning in what he reads , and that Cicero did not write merely to
puzzle English schoolboys ; and by a Biographical Index , somewhat fuller than
usual , I have aimed at rousing some interest in the persons alluded to in the text .
... is some meaning in what he reads , and that Cicero did not write merely to
puzzle English schoolboys ; and by a Biographical Index , somewhat fuller than
usual , I have aimed at rousing some interest in the persons alluded to in the text .
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Varro also wrote a great number of books ( called libri logistorici ) which took their
first titles from the names of persons ... The circumstances of the time are to a
great extent reflected in the tone of the dialogue . logues one person , Socrates ,
is ...
Varro also wrote a great number of books ( called libri logistorici ) which took their
first titles from the names of persons ... The circumstances of the time are to a
great extent reflected in the tone of the dialogue . logues one person , Socrates ,
is ...
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logues one person , Socrates , is overwhelmingly prominent , but he constantly
endeavours to drag the other personages into the discussion . Cicero , in most of
his philosophical works ( the Tusculan Disputations forms an exception more ...
logues one person , Socrates , is overwhelmingly prominent , but he constantly
endeavours to drag the other personages into the discussion . Cicero , in most of
his philosophical works ( the Tusculan Disputations forms an exception more ...
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We cannot here give any detailed account of the persons who formed this brilliant
society , but must confine ourselves to such information as is necessary to
illustrate the Laelius . In § 11 of the dialogue we have some of the chief events of
...
We cannot here give any detailed account of the persons who formed this brilliant
society , but must confine ourselves to such information as is necessary to
illustrate the Laelius . In § 11 of the dialogue we have some of the chief events of
...
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Early in this century Cardinal Mai discovered a manuscript containing
considerable portions of the remainder of the work . Cicero intended the book to
give a picture of the ideal statesman in the person of Scipio . ] Even if death
extinguishes ...
Early in this century Cardinal Mai discovered a manuscript containing
considerable portions of the remainder of the work . Cicero intended the book to
give a picture of the ideal statesman in the person of Scipio . ] Even if death
extinguishes ...
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