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[112] etenim1 si nox non adimit vitam beatam, cur dies nocti similis adimat?2 nam illud Antipatri Cyrenaici est quidem3 paulo obscenius, sed4 non absurda sententia est; cuius caecitatem cum mulierculae lamentarentur, “quid agitis?” inquit, “an vobis nulla5 videtur voluptas esse nocturna?” Appium quidem veterem illum, qui caecus annos multos6 fuit, et ex magistratibus et ex rebus gestis intellegimus in illo suo casu7 nec privato nec publico muneri defuisse. C. Drusi89 domum compleri a consultoribus solitam accepimus; cum, quorum res esset, sua ipsi non videbant, caecum adhibebant ducem.10 pueris nobis Cn. Aufidius11 praetorius et in senatu sententiam dicebat nec amicis deliberantibus deerat et Graecam scribebat historiam et videbat in litteris.

1 etenim est enim V1

2 iam ... 454, 5 adimat H

3 id quidem Sey. (sed cf. exempla ap. Kühner-Stegmann II, 118, 8. absurda sent. in v. 7 nominativus est).

4 sed si V

5 ulla KR

6 multos annos KVb

7 casu add. Kc

8 G. Drusi ςVb

9 Gatrusi GRV Gratusi KH

10 Appium ... 15 ducem

11 GN. autfidius X (G.N. G) Gn. Aufifidius ςVb

Tusculanae Disputationes. M. Tullius Cicero. M. Pohlenz. Leipzig. Teubner. 1918.

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