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M. Tullius Cicero of the Nature of the Gods, Tr. With Notes by T. Francklin. to Which Is Added, an Inquiry Into the Astronomy and Anatomy of
M Tullius Cicero of the Nature of the Gods Tr With Notes by T Francklin to Which Is Added an Inquiry Into the Astronomy and Anatomy of Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero Title: M. Tullius Cicero of the Nature of the Gods, Tr. With Notes by T. Francklin. to Which Is Added, an Inquiry Into the Astronomy and Anatomy of the Ancients General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1829 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or mi... more »ssing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: OF THE NATURE OF THE GODS. BOOK II. Cotta had thus concluded, says Velleius, I was really inconsiderate to engage with an Academic, who is likewise a rhetorician; I should not have feared an Academic without eloquence, nor the most able rhetorician without that philosophy; for I am neither puzzled by an empty flow of words, nor the most subtle reasonings delivered without a grace. You, Cotta, have excelled in both. You only wanted the assembly and judges. But enough of this at present. Now let us hear Lucilius, if it be agreeable to him. I had much rather, says Balbus, hear Cotta resume his discourse, and with the same eloquence show us the true gods, with which he has exploded the false; for on such a subject the loose unsettled doctrine of the Academy does not become a philosopher, a priest, a Cotta, whose opinions should be, like those web hold, firmand certain. Epicurus has been more than sufficiently refuted; but I would willingly hear your own sentiments, Cotta. Do you forget, replies Cotta, what I at first said, that it is easier for me, especially on this point, to attack the opinions of another than to fix my own. Nay, though I had something remaining that might be clear, yet, having been so large already, I would now hear you speak in your turn. I submit, says Balbus, and shall be very brief; for as you have confuted the errors of Epicurus, my part in the dispute will be the shorter. It was a custom amongst the Romans to appoint j...« less