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Dial. 8, 5, 1 Natura nos ad utrumque genuit, et contemplationi rerum et actioni. Translate 'in moderation and consistency of life'; and cf. Off. 1, 93 rerum modus 'moderation in all things'. For constantia see n. on 4. ITA: cf. n. on 16 et tamen sic. PYTHAGORAN: see n. to 23.
PHILOSOPHORUM PRINCIPES: 'in the first rank of philosophers'. PYTHAGORAN: neither the date of his birth nor that of his death can be determined; he 'flourished' about 530. He lived mostly in the Greek settlements of lower Italy, where his school existed for some centuries after his death.
78 Audiebam Pythagoran Pythagoriosque, incolas paene nostros, qui essent Italici philosophi quondam nominati numquam dubitasse quin ex universa mente divina delibatos animos haberemus. Demonstrabantur mihi praeterea quae Socrates supremo vitae die de immortalitate animorum disseruisset, is qui esset omnium sapientissimus oraculo Apollinis iudicatus. Quid multa?
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