# Academica

Author: Cicero, Marcus Tullius, 107 BCE-44 BCE; Reid, James S. (James Smith), 1846-1926 [Editor]

Genre: Classical Antiquity

Language: Latina

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14970

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Academica+Cicero&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

§§1--14. Summary. Cic., Varro and Atticus meet at Cumae (1). Cic., after adroitly reminding Varro that the promised dedication of the _De Lingua Latina_ is too long delayed, turns the conversation towards philosophy, by asking Varro why he leaves this subject untouched (2, 3). Varro thinks philosophy written in Latin can serve no useful purpose, and points to the failures of the Roman Epicureans (4--6). He greatly believes in philosophy, but prefers to send his friends to Greece for it, while he devotes himself to subjects which the Greeks have not treated (7, 8). Cic. lauds this devotion, but demurs to the theory that philosophy written in Latin is useless. Latins may surely imitate Gree...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/la/books/academica-14970/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/la/books/academica-14970/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/la/books/academica-14970/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/la/books/academica-14970/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/la/books/academica-14970/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/la/books/academica-14970/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/la/books/academica-14970/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/la/books/academica-14970/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/la/books/academica-14970/chapters/7/index.md)