Academica eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 347 pages of information about Academica.

Academica eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 347 pages of information about Academica.

Sec.130. Aristonem:  this is Aristo of Chios, not Aristo of Ceos, who was a Peripatetic; for the difference see R. and P. 332, and for the doctrines of Aristo the Chian ib. 358, Zeller 58 sq. In mediis:  cf.  I. 36, 37. Momenta = aestimationes, [Greek:  axiai] in 36, where momenti is used in a different way. Pyrrho autem:  one would expect Pyrrhoni as Dav. conj., but in 124 there is just the same change from Pyrrhoni to Xenocrates. [Greek:  Apatheia]:  Diog.  IX. 108 affirms this as well as [Greek:  praiotes] to be a name for the sceptic [Greek:  telos], but the name scarcely occurs if at all in Sext. who generally uses [Greek:  ataraxia], but occasionally [Greek:  metriopatheia]; cf.  Zeller 496, R. and P. 338. [Greek:  Apatheia] was also a Stoic term. Diu multumque:  n. on I. 4.

Sec.131. Nec tamen consentiens:  cf.  R. and P. 352 where the differences between the two schools are clearly drawn out, also Zeller 447, 448. Callipho:  as the genitive is Calliphontis, Cic. ought according to rule to write Calliphon in the nom; for this see Madv. on D.F. II. 19, who also gives the chief authorities concerning this philosopher. Hieronymus:  mentioned D.F. II. 19, 35, 41, V. 14, in which last place Cic. says of him quem iam cur Peripateticum appellem nescio. Diodorus:  see Madv. on D.F. II. 19. Honeste vivere, etc.:  in D.F. IV. 14 the finis of Polemo is stated to be secundum naturam vivere, and three Stoic interpretations of it are given, the last of which resembles the present passage—­omnibus aut maximis rebus iis quae secundum naturam sint fruentem vivere.  This interpretation Antiochus adopted, and from him it is attributed to the vetus Academia in I. 22, where the words aut omnia aut maxima, seem to correspond to words used by Polemo; cf.  Clemens Alex. qu. by Madv. on D.F. IV. 15.  See n. below on Carneades. Antiochus probat:  the germs of many Stoic and Antiochean doctrines were to be found in Polemo; see I. 34, n. Eiusque amici:  Bentl. aemuli, but Halm refers to D.F. II. 44.  The later Peripatetics were to a great degree Stoicised. Nunc:  Halm huc after Jo.  Scala. Carneades:  this finis is given in D.F. II. 35 (frui principiis naturalibus), II. 42 (Carneadeum illud quod is non tam ut probaret protulit, quam ut Stoicis quibuscum bellum gerebat opponeret), V. 20 (fruendi rebus iis, quas primas secundum naturam esse diximus, Carneades non ille quidem auctor sed defensor disserendi causa fuit), T.D. V. 84 (naturae primus aut omnibus aut maximis frui, ut Carneades contra Stoicos disserebat).  The finis therefore, thus stated, is not different from that of Polemo, but it is clear that Carneades intended it to be different, as he did not include virtus in it (see D.F. II. 38, 42, V. 22) while Polemo did (I. 22).  See more on 139. Zeno:  cf. D.F. IV. 15 Inventor et princeps:  same expression in T.D. I. 48, De Or. I. 91, De Inv. II. 6; inv. = [Greek:  oikistes].

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