Paradoxa Stoicorum, De officiis ad Marcum filium libri tres, Paradoxa stoicorum, Timaeus. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Baiter, J. G. (Johann Georg), 1801-1877, editor; Kayser, C. L. (Carl Ludwig), 1808-1872, editor
Animadverti, Brute, saepe Catonem, avunculum tuum, cum in senatu sententiam diceret, locos gravis ex philosophia tractare abhorrentis ab hoc usu forensi et publico, sed dicendo consequi tamen, ut illa etiam populo probabilia viderentur;
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quod eo maius est illi quam aut tibi aut nobis, quia nos ea philosophia plus utimur, quae peperit dicendi copiam et in qua dicuntur ea, quae non multum discrepent ab opinione populari, Cato autem, perfectus mea sententia Stoicus, et ea sentit, quae non sane probantur in volgus, et in ea est haeresi, quae nullum sequitur florem orationis neque dilatat argumentum: minutis interrogatiunculis quasi punctis quod proposuit efficit.
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sed nihil est tam incredibile, quod non dicendo fiat probabile, nihil tam horridum, tam incultum, quod non splendescat oratione et tamquam excolatur. quod cum ita putarem, feci etiam audacius quam ille ipse, de quo loquor: Cato enim dum taxat de magnitudine animi, de continentia, de morte, de omni laude virtutis, de dis inmortalibus, de caritate patriae Stoice solet oratoriis ornamentis adhibitis dicere; ego tibi illa ipsa, quae vix in gymnasiis et in otio Stoici probant, ludens conieci in communis locos.
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quae quia sunt admirabilia contraque opinionem omnium ab ipsis etiam παράδοξα appellantur, temptare volui possentne proferri in lucem id est in forum et ita dici, ut probarentur, an alia quaedam esset erudita, alia popularis oratio, eoque hos locos scripsi libentius, quod mihi ista παράδοξα quae appellant maxime videntur esse Socratica longeque verissima.
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accipies igitur hoc parvum opusculum, lucubratum his iam contractioribus noctibus, quoniam illud maiorum vigiliarum munus in tuo nomine adparuit, et degustabis genus exercitationum earum, quibus uti consuevi, cum ea, quae dicuntur in scholis θετικῶς, ad nostrum hoc oratorium transfero dicendi genus. hoc tamen opus in acceptum ut referas nihil postulo; non enim est tale, ut in arce poni possit, quasi Minerva illa Phidiae, sed tamen, ut ex eadem officina exisse adpareat.
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