De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
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Ex illis autem quae remanent, ea philosophia,
quae suscepit patrocinium voluptatis, etsi cui vera
videatur, procul abest tamen ab eo viro, quem quaerimus et
quem auctorem publici consili et regendae civitatis ducem
et sententiae atque eloquentiae principem in senatu, in
populo, in causis publicis esse volumus. Nec ulla tamen ei
philosophiae fiet iniuria a nobis; non enim repelletur inde,
quo adgredi cupiet, sed in hortulis quiescet suis, ubi vult,
ubi etiam recubans molliter et delicate nos avocat a Rostris,
a iudiciis, a curia, fortasse sapienter, hac praesertim re
publica.
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Verum ego non quaero nunc, quae sit philosophia
verissima, sed quae oratori coniuncta maxime; qua re istos
sine ulla contumelia dimittamus; sunt enim et boni viri et,
quoniam sibi ita videntur, beati; tantumque eos admoneamus,
ut illud, etiam si est verissimum, tacitum tamen tamquam
mysterium teneant, quod negant versari in re publica
esse sapientis; nam si hoc nobis atque optimo cuique persuaserint,
non poterunt ipsi esse, id quod maxime cupiunt,
otiosi.
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