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The fact that there is so much for which we must
have recourse to the study of the philosophers is
the fault of orators who have abandoned1 to them
the fullest portion of their own task. The Stoics
more especially discourse and argue with great
keenness on what is just, honourable, expedient
and the reverse, as well as on the problems of
theology, while the Socratics give the future orator
a first-rate preparation for forensic debates and
the examination of witnesses.
1 cp. I Pref. 11.
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