Cicero TD 11/4
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Latin
English
in primis enim hoc traditur : omne pronuntiatum ( sic enim mihi in praesentia occurrit ut appellarem axioma , — utar post alio , si invenero melius ) id ergo est pronuntiatum , quod est verum aut falsum . cum igitur dicis : ' miser M . Crassus ' , aut hoc dicis : ' miser est Crassus ' , ut possit iudicari , verum id falsumne sit , aut nihil dicis omnino .
Age , iam concedo non esse miseros , qui mortui sint , quoniam extorsisti , ut faterer , qui omnino non essent , eos ne miseros quidem esse posse .
Age , iam concedo non esse miseros , qui mortui sint , quoniam extorsisti , ut faterer , qui omnino non essent , eos ne miseros quidem esse posse .
As
if
it
did
not
follow
,
that
whatever
you
speak
of
in
that
manner
,
either
is
or
is
not
.
Are
you
not
acquainted
with
the
first
principles
of
logic
?
for
this
is
the
first
thing
they
lay
down
,
Whatever
is
asserted
,
(
for
that
is
the
best
way
that
occurs
to
me
,
at
the
moment
,
of
rendering
the
Greek
term
,
ἀξίομα
,
if
I
can
think
of
a
more
accurate
expression
hereafter
I
will
use
it
,
)
is
asserted
as
being
either
true
or
false
.
When
,
therefore
,
you
say
,
"
Miserable
M
.
Crassus
,
"
you
either
say
this
,
"
M
.
Crassus
is
miserable
,
"
so
that
some
judgment
may
be
made
whether
it
is
true
or
false
,
or
you
say
nothing
at
all
.
Well , then , I now own that the dead are not miserable , since you have drawn from me a concession , that they who do not exist at all , cannot be miserable .
Well , then , I now own that the dead are not miserable , since you have drawn from me a concession , that they who do not exist at all , cannot be miserable .