Note 103 — INTRODUCTION
Evelyn S. (Evelyn Shirley) Shuckburgh translation
Polybius (12, 26 c.) says that in his time the schools were generally in disrepute. But is not this generally the verdict of “practical” men on universities? The excitement at Rome at the visit of the philosophers (B.C. 155) seems to show that they still enjoyed a world-wide reputation.