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Epicurum igitur audiemus potius? Namque Carneades concertationis studio modo hoc, modo illud
ait; ille, quod sentit; sentit autem nihil umquam elegans, nihil decorum. Hunc ergo antepones Platoni
et Socrati? qui ut rationem non redderent, auctoritate
tamen hos minutos philosophos vincerent. Iubet igitur Plato sic ad somnum proficisci corporibus adfectis,
ut nihil sit, quod errorem animis perturbationemque
adferat. Ex quo etiam Pythagoriis interdictum putatur, ne faba vescerentur, quod habet inflationem
magnam is cibus tranquillitati mentis quaerenti vera
contrariam.
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