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Academica, by Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Title: Academica
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero
Release Date: February 8, 2005 [EBook #14970]
Language: Latin with English and Greek (ancient)
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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THE
ACADEMICA OF CICERO.
THE TEXT REVISED AND EXPLAINED
BY
JAMES S. REID,
M.L. CAMB. M.A. (LOND.) ASSISTANT TUTOR AND LATE FELLOW, CHRIST'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE; ASSISTANT EXAMINER IN CLASSICS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.
LONDON: MACMILLAN AND CO. 1874
[All Rights reserved.]
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TO THOSE OF HIS PUPILS WHO HAVE READ WITH HIM THE ACADEMICA, THIS EDITION IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED BY THE EDITOR.
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PREFACE.
Since the work of Davies appeared in 1725, no English scholar has edited the Academica. In Germany the last edition with explanatory notes is that of Goerenz, published in 1810. To the poverty and untrustworthiness of Goerenz's learning Madvig's pages bear strong evidence; while the work of Davies, though in every way far superior to that of Goerenz, is very deficient when judged by the criticism of the present time.
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