Seven Books of Arguments Against the Pagans, Vol. II

Carrio, Emendations, Book II, Ch. 17, page 177, Vol. III, Part 2. Lampas Critica of Gruter. O.

bodies are founded upon those bones] A Lucretian phrase, Book V, 925:

And with greater, and more solid bones within
Founded. that is, the human race. Heraldus.

reciprocated through the breath] Fulvius Ursinus: reciprocates. See above to Book I, Ch. VIII, the note by Heraldus. O.

in as many sexes for us too] Stewechius restores here the ancient sex original: "fecus" (archaic spelling of sexus). See above to Book I, Ch. 59, the words: masculine sex. O.

procreate through bodily unions] Union concilium for meeting/sexual intercourse is frequent in Lucretius, e.g., Book II, vs. 934:

Offspring is not made, unless a union is brought together first.
and Book I, vs. 184: genital union, where see Creech. O.

we are poured out and sent forth from the wombs of mothers. We are sustained by food and drink] I read and punctuate thus with Meursius. Others read very poorly: we are poured out and sent forth from wombs, we are sustained by the food and drink of mothers. For shortly after it follows: and we are sustained by food and drink. O.

it is their care for all to prevent deadly hunger] To be compared with our author is the passage of Cicero, On Duties I, Ch. 4, at the beginning. O.

that the souls of the wicked go into cattle and other beasts] Plato proposes this opinion elsewhere, as well as in the Phaedo; there he explains it at greater length. Tertullian discusses the same in the Book on the Soul, 31, 32, and the following chapters. Heraldus.

stripped] Thus Gelenius. The manuscript code reads taken original: "fumtae", which Th. Canterus and Stewechius defend, citing a place of Arnobius from Book V: How can you take certain things from doubtful things, where to take is equivalent to to distinguish: nor does this seem entirely to be rejected. Salmasius in the Leiden edition: exempted. Meursius: removed. O.

Cap XVII. — Rational beings] Compare Cicero, On Duties, Ch. 4. Elmenhorst.

of the mute] Cicero, On the Nature of the Gods I, § 133: Mute beasts and understanding nothing. Therefore, one should not read of the brutes, which had occurred to me earlier. O.

that they might not approach shameful business] Thus the first edition from the manuscript. Others go about. O.

by depravity of counsel] The Roman edition: by smallness original: "parvitate". O.

Yet I would like to know] Meursius conjectures reading I would like to know so much original: "vellem tam scire", elliptically. O.

to fortify] See above to Book I, Ch. III. O.

with rocks and cliffs] Others: themselves with rocks and cliffs, wrongly. O.