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PHILOSOPHICAL

perhaps philosophus (ad philosophas scriptiones Cic. Tusc. 5 41; and philosopha sententia Pacuv. ap. Gell. 13 8. ☞ not philosophicus which is late. In Tusc. 5 41 Klotz reads philosophiae and refects both adjectives. If he is right the adjective must be translated by philosophiae philosophi or -orum etc.). Philosophical writings libri qui sunt de philosophia libri de philosophia; philosophiae scripta (Plin. N.H. 13 27): philosophical precepts praecepta philosophiae or philosophorum: philosophical inquiries quae in philosophia tractantur (Cic.): a philosophical discourse sermo de philosophia (Nep.). Sometimes philosophorum proprius may serve. Philosophical resignation *Stoica quaedam patientia: with philosophical indifference Stoice: this is not a common but a philosophical word hoc non vulgi verbum est sed philosophorum.

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