by a reputation for philosophical knowledge (6). Those who
hold that the interlocutors in these dialogues had no such knowledge
show that they can make their envy reach beyond the grave. Some critics
do not approve the particular philosophy which I follow--the Academic.
This is natural, but they must know that Academicism puts no stop to
inquiry (7). My school is free from the fetters of dogma; other schools
are enslaved to authority (8). The dogmatists say they bow to the
authority of the wise man. How can they find out the wise man without
hearing all opinions? This subject was discussed by myself, Catulus,
Lucullus, and Hortensius, the day after the discussion reported in the
_Catulus_ (9). Catulus called on Lucullus to defend the doctrines of
Antiochus. This Lucullus believed himself able to do, although the
doctrines had suffered in the discussion of the day before (10). He
spoke thus: At Alexandria I heard discussions between Heraclitus Tyrius
the pupil of Clitomachus and Philo, and Antiochus. At that very time
the books mentioned by Catulus yesterday came into the hands of
Antiochus, who was so angry that he wrote a book against his old
teacher (11 and 12). I will now give the substance of the disputes
between Heraclitus and Antiochus, omitting the remarks made by the
latter against Philo (12).

Sec.1. _Luculli_: see Introd. p. 58, and _Dict. Biog._ _Digna homini nobili_:
a good deal of learning would have been considered _unworthy_ of a man like
Lucullus, see Introd. p. 30. _Percepta_: "gained," "won;" cf. _percipere
fruges_, "to reap," _Cat. Mai._ 24. _Caruit_: "was cut off from;" _carere_
comes from a root _skar_ meaning to divide, see Corss. I. 403. For the
three nouns with a singular verb see Madv. _Gram._ 213 A, who confines the
usage to nouns denoting things and impersonal ideas. If the common reading
_dissensit_ in _De Or._ III. 68 is right, the restriction does not hold.
_Admodum_: "to a degree." _Fratre_: this brother was adopted by a M.
Terentius Varro, and was a man of distinction also; see _Dict. Biog._
_Magna cum gloria_: a ref. to _Dict. Biog._ will show that the whole affair
was discreditable to the father; to our notions, the sons would have gained
greater glory by letting it drop. _Quaestor_: to Sulla, who employed him
chiefly in the civil administration of Asia. _Continuo_: without any
interval. _Legis praemio_: this seem