Click on a word to bring up parses, dictionary entries, and frequency statistics
[186]
Quod quidem certis de causis a
plerisque aliter existimatur: primum, quia veteres illi, qui
huic scientiae praefuerunt, obtinendae atque augendae
potentiae suae causa pervulgari artem suam noluerunt;
deinde, postea quam est editum, expositis a Cn. Flavio
primum actionibus, nulli fuerunt, qui illa artificiose digesta
generatim componerent; nihil est enim, quod ad artem
redigi possit, nisi ille prius, qui illa tenet, quorum artem
instituere vult, habet illam scientiam, ut ex eis rebus, quarum
ars nondum sit, artem efficere possit.
This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.
An XML version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer Perseus any modifications you make. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system.