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Tum Cotta “Primum quidque videamus” inquit “et
si id est primum, quod inter omnis nisi admodum
impios convenit, mihi quidem ex animo exuri non potest, esse deos, id tamen ipsum, quod mihi persuasum
est auctoritate maiorum, cur ita sit nihil tu me doces.”
“Quid est” inquit Balbus, “si tibi persuasum est, cur
a me velis discere?”
Tum Cotta “Quia sic adgredior” inquit “ad hanc disputationem, quasi nihil umquam audierim de dis immortalibus nihil cogitaverim; rudem me et integrum
discipulum accipe et ea quae requiro doce.”
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