... very learned people; I do not wish my works to be read by Manius Persius, but by Junius Congus ." And if Lucilius, who first introduced the satirical style , applied such a remark to himself, and if Cicero thought proper to borrow it, and that more especially in his treatise "De Republica," how much reason have I to do so, who have such a judge to defend myself against! And by this dedication I have de...