BOOK II. XXVI. 7
a rational soul, and that like the beam[† 1] of a balance it will incline,[1][† 2] whether you wish or no. Point out to the rational governing faculty a contradiction and it will desist; but if you do not point it out, blame yourself rather than the man who will not be persuaded.
- ↑ The text is very uncertain (see critical note). The general idea, however, is pretty clearly that expressed by Cicero, Acad. Pri. II. 38; Ut enim necesse est lancem in libra ponderibus impositis deprimi, sic animum perspicuis cedere.
- ↑ ὁμοίως. Added by Schweighäuser.
- ↑ ἐπιρρέψει Schenkl: ἐπιθρέψει or ἐπειθρέψει S. Many conjectural restorations have been proposed.
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