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Dicunt igitur nunc quidem illi, qui ex particula parva
urbis ac loci nomen habent et Peripatetici philosophi
aut Academici nominantur, olim autem propter eximiam
rerum maximarum scientiam a Graecis politici philosophi
appellati universarum rerum publicarum nomine vocabantur,
omnem civilem orationem in horum alterutro
genere versari: aut de finita controversia certis temporibus
ac reis; hoc modo: placeatne a Karthaginiensibus captivos
nostros redditis suis recuperari? aut infinite de universo
genere quaerentis: quid omnino de captivo statuendum ac
sentiendum sit? Atque horum superius illud genus causam
aut controversiam appellant eamque tribus, lite aut deliberatione
aut laudatione, definiunt; haec autem altera quaestio
infinita et quasi proposita consultatio nominatur.
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