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Agerent enim tecum lege primum
Pythagorei omnes atque Democritii ceterique in iure sua
physici vindicarent ornati homines in dicendo et graves,
quibuscum tibi iusto sacramento contendere non liceret;
urgerent praeterea philosophorum greges iam ab illo fonte
et capite Socrate nihil te de bonis rebus in vita, nihil de
malis, nihil de animi permotionibus, nihil de hominum
moribus, nihil de ratione vitae didicisse, nihil omnino
quaesisse, nihil scire convincerent; et cum universi in te
impetum fecissent, tum singulae familiae litem tibi intenderent;
instaret Academia, quae, quicquid dixisses, id te
ipsum negare cogeret;
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