397:
161:(C)um interim illis silentibus C. Amafinius extitit dicens, cuius libris editis commota multitudo contulit se ad eam potissimum disciplinam, sive quod erat cognitu perfacilis, sive quod invitabantur inlecebris blandis voluptatis, sive etiam, quia nihil erat prolatum melius, illud quod erat tenebant.
65:
But, during this silence, C. Amafinius arose and took upon himself to speak; on the publishing of whose writings the people were moved, and enlisted themselves chiefly under this sect, either because the doctrine was more easily understood, or because they were invited thereto by the pleasing
86:, and says that in their efforts to introduce philosophy to common people they end up saying nothing. He concludes indignantly: "they think there is no art of speechmaking or composition."
190:: ". . . un jargon populaire, et un proceder sans definition, sans partition, sans conclusion, trouble, à la façon de celuy d'Amafanius et de Rabirius."
438:
492:
482:
477:
245:
275:
487:
472:
467:
106:. . ."a popular jargon, a proceeding without definition, division, conclusion, perplexed like that Amafanius and Rabirius."
30:
philosophy. He probably lived in the late 2nd and early 1st century BC. He wrote several works, which are censured by
211:
462:
457:
431:
300:
262:
66:
thoughts of amusement, or that, because there was nothing better, they laid hold of what was offered them.
497:
61:, Cicero disapprovingly notes that Amafanius was one of the first philosophers writing in Latin at Rome:
238:
49:
34:
as deficient in arrangement and style. He is mentioned by no other ancient writer but Cicero. In the
424:
331:
396:
231:
57:
295:
79:
8:
370:
89:
376:
36:
154:
207:
412:
363:
346:
185:
408:
451:
280:
206:, Wood, Neal, University of California Press, 1988 (paperback edition, 1991,
404:
254:
83:
326:
285:
290:
27:
321:
316:
270:
40:, Cicero reveals that Amafinius translated the Greek concept of
336:
223:
94:
75:
31:
220:, Howe, H.H., American Journal of Philology, 77, 1951, pp57–62
341:
41:
26:) was one of the earliest Roman writers in favour of the
449:
78:criticizes Amafinius and his fellow Epicurean
432:
239:
439:
425:
246:
232:
102:("On Presumption.") Montaigne writes:
450:
227:
204:Cicero’s Social and Political Thought
391:
13:
14:
509:
92:alludes to these passages in his
493:Roman-era Epicurean philosophers
395:
253:
483:1st-century BC writers in Latin
478:2nd-century BC writers in Latin
218:Amafinius, Lucretius and Cicero
197:
178:
165:
147:
130:
117:
1:
127:, page x. Hackett Publishing.
110:
411:. You can help Knowledge by
7:
488:Philosophers of Roman Italy
473:1st-century BC philosophers
468:2nd-century BC philosophers
10:
514:
390:
82:for their unsophisticated
355:
309:
261:
364:On the Nature of Things
125:On the Nature of Things
407:–related article is a
142:Tusculanae Quaestiones
108:
98:, book 2, chapter 17,
68:
463:1st-century BC Romans
458:2nd-century BC Romans
184:Michel de Montaigne,
156:Tusculan Disputations
104:
63:
58:Tusculan Disputations
296:Diogenes of Oenoanda
173:Academica Posteriora
371:Principal Doctrines
123:Smith, M., (2001),
90:Michel de Montaigne
498:Ancient Rome stubs
377:Herculaneum papyri
420:
419:
385:
384:
187:De la presumption
100:De la presumption
505:
441:
434:
427:
399:
392:
248:
241:
234:
225:
224:
191:
182:
176:
169:
163:
151:
145:
134:
128:
121:
513:
512:
508:
507:
506:
504:
503:
502:
448:
447:
446:
445:
388:
386:
381:
351:
347:Problem of evil
305:
257:
252:
200:
195:
194:
183:
179:
170:
166:
152:
148:
135:
131:
122:
118:
113:
20:Gaius Amafinius
17:
12:
11:
5:
511:
501:
500:
495:
490:
485:
480:
475:
470:
465:
460:
444:
443:
436:
429:
421:
418:
417:
400:
383:
382:
380:
379:
374:
367:
359:
357:
353:
352:
350:
349:
344:
339:
334:
329:
324:
319:
313:
311:
307:
306:
304:
303:
298:
293:
288:
283:
278:
273:
267:
265:
259:
258:
251:
250:
243:
236:
228:
222:
221:
215:
199:
196:
193:
192:
177:
164:
146:
129:
115:
114:
112:
109:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
510:
499:
496:
494:
491:
489:
486:
484:
481:
479:
476:
474:
471:
469:
466:
464:
461:
459:
456:
455:
453:
442:
437:
435:
430:
428:
423:
422:
416:
414:
410:
406:
401:
398:
394:
393:
389:
378:
375:
373:
372:
368:
366:
365:
361:
360:
358:
354:
348:
345:
343:
340:
338:
335:
333:
330:
328:
325:
323:
320:
318:
315:
314:
312:
308:
302:
299:
297:
294:
292:
289:
287:
284:
282:
281:Zeno of Sidon
279:
277:
274:
272:
269:
268:
266:
264:
260:
256:
249:
244:
242:
237:
235:
230:
229:
226:
219:
216:
213:
212:0-520-07427-0
209:
205:
202:
201:
189:
188:
181:
174:
168:
162:
158:
157:
150:
143:
139:
133:
126:
120:
116:
107:
103:
101:
97:
96:
91:
87:
85:
81:
77:
73:
67:
62:
60:
59:
53:
52:") in Latin.
51:
47:
43:
39:
38:
33:
29:
25:
21:
413:expanding it
405:Ancient Rome
402:
387:
369:
362:
263:Philosophers
255:Epicureanism
217:
203:
198:Bibliography
186:
180:
172:
167:
160:
155:
149:
141:
137:
132:
124:
119:
105:
99:
93:
88:
71:
69:
64:
56:
54:
45:
35:
23:
19:
18:
16:Roman writer
84:prose style
452:Categories
327:Eudaimonia
286:Philodemus
276:Metrodorus
111:References
50:corpuscles
46:corpusculi
332:Free will
291:Lucretius
138:Academica
72:Academica
37:Academica
28:Epicurean
24:Amafanius
322:Clinamen
317:Ataraxia
310:Concepts
271:Epicurus
171:Cicero,
153:Cicero,
144:, iv. 3.
140:, i. 2,
136:Cicero,
80:Rabirius
301:more...
70:In his
55:In his
337:Hedone
210:
95:Essais
76:Cicero
32:Cicero
403:This
356:Works
342:Otium
42:atoms
409:stub
208:ISBN
22:(or
175:1.2
44:as
454::
214:).
159::
74:,
48:("
440:e
433:t
426:v
415:.
247:e
240:t
233:v
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.