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The Complete Liber Primus

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Horace shows that one may observe proper deference towards a patron without sacrificing one's self-respect. He gives some humorous directions for gaining the favor of great men.

ALONG THE WAY YOU WILL FIND AN END TO ALL STRUGGLE AND SUFFERING, YOUR INNOCENCE, YOUR ILLUSIONS, YOUR CERTAINTY, AND YOUR REALITYAFTER A MOMENT OF THOUGHT, THE PROFESSOR REPLIED "I AM A CONSCIOUSNESS INHABITING AN ARBITRARY BODY"

sed Zeno, cum Arcesilam 234 anteiret aetate valdeque subtiliter dissereret et peracute moveretur, corrigere conatus est disciplinam.Horace expresses at greater length the same general sentiments as in Epistle I.1 – He intends to devote himself to philosophy and to write only in the field represented by the Satires and Epistles. VA. “ Sane istuc 98 quidem” 99 inquit, “ sum enim admodum infirmus. sed videamus idemne Attico placeat fieri a me quod te velle video.” Tum ego “ Cum Zenone” inquam “ ut accepimus Arcesilas sibi omne certamen instituit, non pertinacia aut studio vincendi ut quidem mihi 282 videtur, sed earum [p. 19] rerum obscuritate, quae ad confessionem ignorationis adduxerant Socratem et vel ut iam ante 283 Socratem Democritum Anaxagoram Empedoclem omnes paene veteres, qui nihil cognosci nihil percipi nihil sciri posse dixerunt, angustos sensus imbecillos 284 animos brevia curricula vitae et 285 ut Democritus 286 in profundo veritatem esse demersam, 287 opinionibus et institutis omnia teneri, quae cum 33 contineantur ex effectione et ex materia ea quam fingit et format effectio, adhibenda etiam 34 geometria est; quam 35 quibusnam quisquam enuntiare verbis aut quem ad intellegendum poterit adducere? Haec ipsa de vita et moribus et de expetendis fugiendisque rebus illi simpliciter, pecudis enim et 36 hominis idem bonum esse censent; apud nostros autem 37 non ignoras quae sit et quanta subtilitas.

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