Sec.113. Sed qui his minor est:  given by Halm as the em. of Io.  Clericus for MSS. sed mihi minores.  Guietus gave sed his minores, Durand sed minutior, while Halm suggests sed minutiores.  I conj. nimio minares, which would be much nearer the MSS.; cf.  Lucr.  I. 734 inferiores partibus egregie multis multoque minores. Tale verum:  visum omitted as in D.F. V. 76. Incognito:  cf. 133. Amavi hominem:  cf.  Introd. p. 6. Ita iudico, politissimum; it is a mistake to suppose this sentence incomplete, like Halm, who wishes to add eum esse, or like Bait., who with Kayser prints esse after politissimum.  Cf. 108 ita scribenti, exanclatum, and the examples given from Cic. by Madv. on D.F. II. 13. Horum neutrum:  cf. 77 nemo. Utrumque verum:  Cic. of course only accepts the propositions as Arcesilas did; see 77.

Sec.114. Illud ferre:  cf. 136. Constituas:  this verb is often used in connection with the ethical finis; cf. 129 and I. 19. Idemque etiam:  Krebs and Allgayer (Antibarbarus, ed. 4) deny that the expression idem etiam is Latin.  One good MS. here has atque etiam, which Dav. reads; cf. however Orat. 117. Artificium:  = ars, as in 30. Nusquam labar:  cf. 138 ne labar. Subadroganter:  cf. 126.

Sec.115. Qui sibi cum oratoribus ... rexisse:  so Cic. vary often speaks of the Peripatetics, as in D.F. IV. 5, V. 7. Sustinuero:  cf. 70. Tam bonos:  Cic. often speaks of them and of Epicurus in this patronising way; see e.g. T.D. II. 44, III. 50, D.F. I. 25, II. 81.  For the Epicurean friendships cf. esp. D.F. I. 65. Diodoto:  cf.  Introd. p. 2. Nolumus:  Halm and Bait., give nolimus; so fine a line divides the subjunctive from the indicative in clauses like these that the choice often depends on mere individual taste. De sapiente loquamur:  n. on 66.

Sec.Sec.116—­128.  Summary.  Of the three parts of philosophy take Physics first.  Would your sapiens swear to the truth of any geometrical result whatever? (116) Let us see which one of actual physical systems the sapiens we are seeking will select (117).  He must choose one teacher from among the conflicting schools of Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenos, Anaxagoras, Xenophanes, Leucippus, Democritus, Empedocles, Heraclitus, Melissus, Plato and Pythagoras.  The remaining teachers, great men though they be, he must reject (118).  Whatever system he selects he must know absolutely; if the Stoic, he must believe as strongly in the Stoic theology as he does in the sunlight.  If he holds this, Aristotle will pronounce him mad; you, however, Lucullus, must defend the Stoics and spurn Aristotle from you, while you will not allow me even to doubt (119).  How