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Excerpt from De Ciceronis Catone Maiore
In 5 3 legimus Cic. Sermonem omnem tribuere non Tithono, sed M. Catoni seni, non Tithono, quod parum sit auctoritatis in fabula, Catoni seni, non alii viro Romano, quo maiorem auctoritatem habeat oratio (cf. Adn. Moorii; falsogitur et Folle c. Verba - fabula cicere vult, et Otto 1. 0. P. 96 illum recte refutans hunc locum retractatum esse arbitratur). Idem exponitur in Laelio 4) verbis, In Catone maiore Catonefn induxi senem disputantem. Quia nulla videbatur aptior persona, quae de illa aetate loqueretur quam eius, qui et diutissime senex fuisset et in ipsa senectute praeter ceteros floruisset. EX his locis apparet Tullium id agere, ut sermonem graviorem reddat, cum tribuat eum Catoni seni, ut qui ipsius senis factis, non solum exemplis aliorum virorum optime senectutem defendere possit. Propterea Catonem facit, ubi cumque potest, afferentem ea, quae ipse in senectute exse quitur (55 18; 21, 28, 30 fin.; 32; 33 init.; 38, 6sq. 45, 51 init.; 54; 55 init; 62, Bsqq. 82, 6sqq.; 83, 5; 84, Atque revera Catonem ipsum semper exemplum capitale praebere lepide indicatur verbis 45 ad me ipsum iam revertor (cf. 30 fin. 32 Primum hoc Cic. Esse propositum, quod in compositione dialogi observandum est, cum alii iam viri docti perspexerunt tum Hirzel egregie expressit verbis his (der Dialog I, p. Die Gedanken der Dialoge werden in den Hauptpersonen zugleich veranschaulicht: das gesegnete Alter in Cato, die Freundschaft in Laelius und Scipio.
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