1. Cicero, On Divination, 1.7, 2.75 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •marcellus, gaius claudius (claudius 214 re) Found in books: Wynne (2019) 76| 1.7. Sed haec quidem laus Academiae praestantissumi philosophi iudicio et testimonio conprobata est. Etenim nobismet ipsis quaerentibus, quid sit de divinatione iudicandum, quod a Carneade multa acute et copiose contra Stoicos disputata sint, verentibusque, ne temere vel falsae rei vel non satis cognitae adsentiamur, faciendum videtur, ut diligenter etiam atque etiam argumenta cum argumentis comparemus, ut fecimus in iis tribus libris, quos de natura deorum scripsimus. Nam cum omnibus in rebus temeritas in adsentiendo errorque turpis est, tum in eo loco maxime, in quo iudicandum est, quantum auspiciis rebusque divinis religionique tribuamus; est enim periculum, ne aut neglectis iis impia fraude aut susceptis anili superstitione obligemur. 2.75. Primum vide, ne in eum dixerint, qui rogator centuriae fuisset; is enim erat mortuus; id autem sine divinatione coniectura poterant dicere. Deinde fortasse casu, qui nullo modo est ex hoc genere tollendus. Quid enim scire Etrusci haruspices aut de tabernaculo recte capto aut de pomerii iure potuerunt? Equidem adsentior C. Marcello potius quam App. Claudio, qui ambo mei collegae fuerunt, existimoque ius augurum, etsi divinationis opinione principio constitutum sit, tamen postea rei publicae causa conservatum ac retentum. | 1.7. At any rate, this praiseworthy tendency of the Academy to doubt has been approved by the solemn judgement of a most eminent philosopher. [4] Accordingly, since I, too, am in doubt as to the proper judgement to be rendered in regard to divination because of the many pointed and exhaustive arguments urged by Carneades against the Stoic view, and since I am afraid of giving a too hasty assent to a proposition which may turn out either false or insufficiently established, I have determined carefully and persistently to compare argument with argument just as I did in my three books On the Nature of the Gods. For a hasty acceptance of an erroneous opinion is discreditable in any case, and especially so in an inquiry as to how much weight should be given to auspices, to sacred rites, and to religious observances; for we run the risk of committing a crime against the gods if we disregard them, or of becoming involved in old womens superstition if we approve them. [5] 2.75. Now, in the first place, do not understand that by the president they meant the president of the prerogative century, for he was dead; and, moreover, they could have told that by conjecture without the use of divination; or, in the second place, perhaps, they said so by accident which is no wise to be left out of account in cases of this kind. For what could the Etruscan soothsayers have known, either as to whether the tabernaculum had been properly placed, or as to whether the regulations pertaining to the pomerium had been observed? For my part, I agree with Gaius Marcellus, rather than with Appius Claudius — both of whom were my colleagues — and I think that, although in the beginning augural law was established from a belief in divination, yet later it was maintained and preserved from considerations of political expediency. [36] |
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2. Cicero, De Domo Sua, 105 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •marcellus, gaius claudius (claudius 214 re) Found in books: Wynne (2019) 76| 105. ad Volaterras in castra L. L ucii Sullae mors Sex. Rosci quadriduo quo is occisus est Chrysogono nuntiatur. quaeritur etiam nunc quis cum nuntium miserit? nonne perspicuum est eundem qui Ameriam? curat Chrysogonus ut eius bona veneant veneant χψ : veniant cett. statim; qui non norat hominem aut rem. at qui at qui atque σχ ei venit in mentem praedia concupiscere hominis ignoti quem omnino numquam viderat? Soletis, cum aliquid huiusce modi audistis audistis ς : auditis cett. , iudices, continuo dicere: ' necesse est aliquem dixisse municipem aut vicinum; ei plerumque indicant, per eos plerique produntur.' hic nihil est quod suspicione occupetis suspicione occupetis Madvig : suspicionem hoc putetis codd. : suspicionem hanc putetis Sylvius . | |
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| 3. Cicero, On Laws, 2.32-2.33 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •marcellus, gaius claudius (claudius 214 re) Found in books: Wynne (2019) 76 |
4. Cicero, On The Nature of The Gods, 1.1 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •marcellus, gaius claudius (claudius 214 re) Found in books: Wynne (2019) 76 | 1.1. There are a number of branches of philosophy that have not as yet been by any means adequately explored; but the inquiry into the nature of the gods, which is both highly interesting in relation to the theory of the soul, and fundamentally important for the regulation of religion, is one of special difficulty and obscurity, as you, Brutus, are well aware. The multiplicity and variety of the opinions held upon this subject by eminent scholars are bound to constitute a strong argument for the view that philosophy has its origin and starting-point in ignorance, and that the Academic School were well-advised in "withholding assent" from beliefs that are uncertain: for what is more unbecoming than ill‑considered haste? and what is so ill‑considered or so unworthy of the dignity and seriousness proper to a philosopher as to hold an opinion that is not true, or to maintain with unhesitating certainty a proposition not based on adequate examination, comprehension and knowledge? |
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| 5. Cicero, In Verrem, 2.4.113-2.4.115 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •marcellus, gaius claudius (claudius 214 re) Found in books: Wynne (2019) 76 |
| 6. Cicero, Pro Cluentio, 194 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •marcellus, gaius claudius (claudius 214 re) Found in books: Wynne (2019) 76 |
| 7. Cicero, Timaeus, 1 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •marcellus, gaius claudius (claudius 214 re) Found in books: Wynne (2019) 76 |
| 8. Gellius, Attic Nights, 7.6.10, 16.6.12 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •marcellus, gaius claudius (claudius 214 re) Found in books: Wynne (2019) 76 |
| 9. Macrobius, Saturnalia, 3.4.6 (4th cent. CE - 5th cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •marcellus, gaius claudius (claudius 214 re) Found in books: Wynne (2019) 76 |
| 10. Macrobius, Saturnalia, 3.4.6 (4th cent. CE - 5th cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •marcellus, gaius claudius (claudius 214 re) Found in books: Wynne (2019) 76 |
| 11. Justinian, Novellae, 38, 45 (5th cent. CE - 6th cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Wynne (2019) 76 |
