VII. 140), hence the early Christian writers attack
the two ideas together as unscriptural. Cf. esp
Aug.
De Civ. Dei XVI. 9.
Hicetas:
he was followed by Heraclides Ponticus and some Pythagoreans.
Sext.
A.M. X. 174 speaks of the followers of
Aristarchus the mathematician as holding the same
doctrine. It seems also to be found in Philolaus,
see R. and P. 75.
Theophrastus: who wrote
much on the history of philosophy, see R. and P. 328.
Platonem: the words of Plato (
Tim.
40 B) are [Greek: gen de trophon men hemeteran,
eillomenen de peri ton dia pantos polon tetamenon].
Quid tu, Epicure: the connection is that
Cic., having given the crotchets of other philosophers
about [Greek: physike], proceeds to give the
peculiar crotchet of Epic.
Putas solem ... tantum:
a hard passage.
Egone? ne bis is the em. of
Lamb. for MSS.
egone vobis, and is approved
by Madv., who thus explains it (
Em. 185) “
cum
interrogatum esset num tantulum (quasi pedalem 82)
solem esse putaret, Epic. non praecise definit (tantum
enim esse censebat quantus videretur vel paulo aut
maiorem aut minorem) sed latius circumscribit, ne bis
quidem tantum esse, sed inter pedalem magnitudinem
et bipedalem”. (
D.F. I. 20) This
explanation though not quite satisfactory is the best
yet given. Epicurus’ absurdity is by Cic.
brought into strong relief by stating the outside
limit to which Epic. was prepared to go in estimating
the sun’s size,
i.e. twice the apparent
size.
Ne ... quidem may possibly appear strange,
cf. however
ne maiorem quidem in 82.
Aristo
Chius: for this doctrine of his see R. and
P. 358.
Sec.124. Quid sit animus: an enumeration
of the different ancient theories is given in T.D.
I. 18—22, and by Sext. A.M. VII.
113, who also speaks in P.H. II. 31 of the
[Greek: polle kai anenytos mache] concerning the
soul. In P.H. II. 57 he says [Greek:
Gorgias oude dianoian einai phesi]. Dicaearcho:
T.D. I. 21. Tres partis: in Plato’s
Republic. Ignis: Zeno’s opinion,
T.D. I. 19. Animam: ib. I.
19. Sanguis: Empodocles, as in T.D.
I. 19 where his famous line [Greek: haima gar
anthropois perikardion esti noema] is translated,
see R. and P. 124. Ut Xenocrates: some
edd. read Xenocrati, but cf. I. 44, D.F.
II. 18, T.D. III. 76. Numerus:
so Bentl. for mens of MSS., cf. I. 39,
T.D. I. 20, 41. An explanation of this
Pythagorean doctrine of Xenocrates is given in R. and
P. 244. Quod intellegi etc.: so in
T.D. I. 41 quod subtiliter magis quam dilucide
dicitur. Momenta n. on I. 45.