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sophia
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hard not to read cicero’s grief into every one of cotta’s lines
“We can press the argument against God even more forcefully: ‘You claim that men’s vices are at fault, but you should have granted them the reasoning which precludes vices and sinning.’ How then is there possibility of mistake by the gods?”
— Jul 27, 2025 02:57PM
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“We can press the argument against God even more forcefully: ‘You claim that men’s vices are at fault, but you should have granted them the reasoning which precludes vices and sinning.’ How then is there possibility of mistake by the gods?”
sophia
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why is this SO FUNNY 😭
“This criticism doesn’t apply to you personally, for you have the polished manners of your family, and the elegance on which we Romans pride ourselves; I am referring to the rest of your school, and in particular to your founding father, that uncultivated and illiterate fellow who fires off at everyone, and has not a shred of pungency or moral weight or charm.”
— Jul 27, 2025 01:34PM
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“This criticism doesn’t apply to you personally, for you have the polished manners of your family, and the elegance on which we Romans pride ourselves; I am referring to the rest of your school, and in particular to your founding father, that uncultivated and illiterate fellow who fires off at everyone, and has not a shred of pungency or moral weight or charm.”
