Carneades
Americannoun
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But since there is a great division of opinion as to what that consists in, we had better employ the division of Carneades, which our friend Antiochus prefers, and usually adopts.
From The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero by Yonge, Charles Duke
Rest and welcome, says Carneades; you may even snore, for all I care.
From The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero by Yonge, Charles Duke
On the one side Carneades leans to scepticism, on the other he accepts probability as his guide.
From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by Draper, John William
But the author went on to liken him also to Carneades, and here the poor reader was at fault.
From The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni by Manzoni, Alessandro
Carneades was no less distinguished by his artful and versatile talents for disputation, than his vehement and commanding oratory.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by Dunlop, John
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