Note 77 — Chapter II

Cicero: Acad. Poster., i. 4. (Reid’s translation.) Cf. Ritter and Preller: sec. 204, note “a” on Xenophon: Memorabilia, iv. 3. 1, and i. 4. 4.—“Socratem quodam modo naturæ studuisse vel ex nostro loco luculenter cernitur, ubi deprehendis eum teleologicam quæ dicitur viam ingressum, quæ ratio transiit ad Socraticos. Inde corrigendus Cicero Acad. Poster., i. 4.” Cf. Benwell’s Preface to his edition of the Memorabilia: “Quam graviter de Dei providentia et de admirabili corporis humani structura Socratem disserentem inducit!”—It must be conceded, however, that in Xenophon’s account Socrates is described as discussing natural phenomena still with a view to ethical edification. (Memorab., iv. 3.)