Numenii (1), qui totain Carueadia disserendi rationem explical: 



etirayuv roi/f aAAct/j , cvur'bf 'epevtv ayf|aTT>jToc , 'o py T poo-fa TU> 'Apxt- 

 <nAw' exeivot yp TTf^f^o/tfvof TJ <$>apij.a,%u TOI) fvyxopvftaiVTivvTat, 

 A0fi/ SUVT'OV Tpurov i^rxrtixus ptj y<rQij<rQai, Trfretfdxi <TAij0jjf elvctt , 

 'a, Xiyei Sia, rfc aTal-uTrcivTuv avaup&sus xpqpuTuv. Kxbv Se fy ctv 

 UI l-rxvacKfifASvov , o Katpveafys TU> 'ApxeirMaw' pi) ^oAao-aj T< trpnip^v , 

 ' ow oux otTrfCiKTOi fpeMov J e<r<rQat(, KMTU TUS a.irb TOV TriQavov beyo- 

 ue UTu> fteTiitat re X.CLI ctpvqTtx&s QuivTCiiriots , TOO e7va< rbStn %&ov , 

 .^ a>ov elva<. TOUTO ovi/ vTvei, uxriref ol oivx^ac^ovrft Qijpe?, fltaitrepov , 



v. 'ET re ix-os-rait) TS xai ev ^o/ , TjjmaSra ^ xa> oj 

 Sox.ro , exwv Yi/jt.&ei x.ai \^i^vv^ro. To 7/> a/jjfif Tf xai TO v|/fty<Jb? 



svetvcti a-vyxuptiv , uinrip ^vvpyx^6fjt,vot rfc ^rtjtreuf rpovca , 

 Jeivou Aa/3^v o*o^j , vrepteyiyveTo 'tvQsv. KT -ya^ TJJI/ TOW 



exctrepov TTftpxa-^uv , ov^repov Hire (3e(3auu$ 

 ~Hvyovv Aja-T)}$ xaiyo');? o-oQurepos. Kai /AIVTOI ^yuv 6 

 yuyet xcti fivSpxiroSi^eTo' yv fe X^TTTUV plv a^iavjj? , (puivtifjievoi; <J"e AJJ 

 ulptiv xoti $6hti) xoti (Six roi/t xot} T&VU ir(po^px Trapeo-xevour/ASvovs. n<rct 

 yovv Katpvedijov diuvoiot, evixx xo,} bvds/jiiu VITKTOVV AAa>' e-rrtl xoi off 

 Tpoo*fToAfj(Af/ , vjirctv inreiv x^vvxTurepoi. Ceterum Carneadem disputando 

 saepissitne soritibus usum esse, exeruplis, quae infra proferemus, intelligi 

 potest, et eum prsecipue perstringere voluisse apud Ciceronem (2) Lu- 

 cullus videtur, cum hunc usum Academicis vitio vertat. 



Sequitur, ut de dicendi genere moneamus. Ceteri philosophi, in pri- 

 mis Stoici, parum orationis nitorem et elegantiam curabant, durumque 

 et exile disserendi genus sequebantur; Academici autem divini Platonis 

 ubertate completi , et sua ipsi natura et ingenio ad dicendi splendorem 



(0 Apud Eiucbimn 1. c. p. 757 C. - 768 A. 

 (7) Acadd. II, 16. p. 119. 





