(f) Nor do they devise them themselves, but report them upon the Authority of Herodotus and diverse others.] The fol∣lowing Stories carry the name of great Authorities, but their Tradition is uncertain in a matter not self-evident; nor is Herodotus a responsible Voucher, his Narrations re∣sembling the Ionick Fables, sweet and delightful, sometimes strange even to Admiration; not with that plainness which is the usual Companion of Credibility. The like may be said of Homer; nor are Pindar and other Poets, or Mytho∣logers sufficient Evidences in these Cases.
The five days debate at Cicero's house in Tusculum between master and sophister.
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- Cicero, Marcus Tullius.
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- 1683.
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