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ptem sapientes in eodem fuisse genere versatos : et Xcmphanem , Zenonem , Democri- 

 tum, Heraclittm, Platontm, Ilippicratem, re Scepticos existimatos esse. Et conjun- 

 git ipse Diogencs Libro decimo qiiasi una eademque pliilosopborum succe^^sione, //<:• 

 raclitum, Xeiiophanem , Panncnidem, Melissum , Zenofiem, Leiicippum, Danocritum^ 

 Protagornm , AHaxarckum, Pyrrftonem, Timonem. lyf.r/.v; accuratiiis Sceptices limites 

 constituendos ratus, necesse habet, eara distinguere a finitimis disciplinis Ileracliii {i'), 

 Democriti (2), Cyrenaicortim (3), Protagorae C4)> "ide perspicuum fit , inesse in 

 his doctrinis , quorundam sententia , vestigia Scepticismi. Clemens. Alcxandrintis pliilo- 

 sophorum, tamquam una cognatione vinctam , lianc tradic successionem (5): Tlxpfie' 

 WS-j? BfvoCPixvoui; a.x.ouinyi'; ylvsTai' toutou Ss Zijmtf: eira AivKniroq ' sitx AtiyJxpiTaj. 

 Ay,iiOxplTOU Is xxcuTTO.) UfaTxyifXi 'A|3S^(x'rif« xx) M-iTpi^afo? a XTo; , ou Auyhtiq S 

 "Ziiupvxioi " ou 'Avi^ixfxoi ' toutou Ve Uiipfxv ' ou t^autj-iCpxviic. Clementis rationem fere 

 seqiiitur Einehius (6): S^w^awu? Ss a.MuiTvn '/kyove n«/j,afK/Si^j • toutcu MkXKsaoi: , o\t 

 "Lvfjuv , eu AflJx(T3-«? ,. ou A^/iixiuTOi , ou UpaTOiyifa.i xxi HeTirxi; ' tou Is tiesvx M>iTp6' 

 iapog, ou Aioyeviig , ou 'Avd^apxoi;- 'Avx^xp-^ou 5« yvclipi,u,o'; ylyove nipJai/, a.'P' ou ii tSi^ 

 XxexTixav e-:xMievTcov hxTpt^ii suveuT-^. Ciimque Academici antiquwrum philoRophorura- 

 exemplo suam dubitandi consuetudinem dcfenderent ac tutarentur, Ciccro in hujus tu- 

 telae causam auctoritatcs adhilH-t(7) Anaxagorae, Democriti, Metrodori , Empedociis^ 

 Parmenidis , Xcnophanis , Socratis , Platonis, Megaricoriim , Cyrcnaeorum. Auctor li»' 

 bvlli, -xepi 0i\otS<Pou i<TTCfixq, qui inrer Galcni opera fertur (8), de successione sgens' 

 philosophorum , <ixi^mx, inquit (9) tov 'liXeiov, oilSf)? ^yvoy/te t5i/ XaxpxTiiMv ciq irfif 

 roug ^Keiv uxei\iifofAivov ' ouTrep 'Avx^xpx'"; (^io^ b 'Aj^SiipiTi;; rav ?,oyav el( fyiifXiiTiv xCpr 

 nititvog Tcf Uu^pavi itxiiiy^ffxTo, 'S.xeTrTixiiq av (pixoa-oijiixi;. Hanc Seepticismum ducendi 

 ex disputaiionibus Megaricorum rationem rccepit item Siiidas (ii), qui disciputos So* 

 cratis enumerans scholan raemorat Eliacam a Phacdor.e Elco conditara , vTTepev le auTit 

 (schola) 'EpeTfiaKij ix^yji] , Meve^iiiiou eii 'EpeTpnxv S/J«?«>ro?* iic toijtou U touIiIxtkA' 

 Acu ««/ Utjypav yeycvsV' — Ttvh (12) le "^puiToj.x ou XaxpxTou; , <xK\' 'EukKsIoou ixposf ' 

 ■riiv ypaCpcuiTi' tcutou 5« xxl Uuppav ^xpoxtrxTO ' d:p'' outrsf oi Ui.ppivsioi Tpojxyopeuiiif 

 »{( (13). Semca (14) „ Proiagoras ait, de omni re in utramque partem disputari 



» po5- 



(I) P H. I. e.99. C«) 1- !■ C. 30« Ta) 1.1. e. 31. f4) Ibid. C, 32. 

 ^5) Stroinat. L. 1. p. Sol. D. edit. Sylburg. (fi) P. E. XIV. c. t 7. p. '58. A. 



(7) Acad. II. 23. »4. (8J ed. Charter T, II. p. sl. sqq. CSJ c. II. r- =3' •A. 



(10) Qucmadniodura Icgete jubet U, Ciisaubon, aJ Diog, iX". s. Cl. pro 'Av«fsy6pa;. 



(II) T. SaxpaTii?. T. III. p. 351. (12^ iljid. p. 35:. (i3> cf. C/>. ac Orat. III. J7. 

 (14) EpUt. J.JUtXvm extr. 



