Cicero’s political philosophy — III — Two ways of doing philosophy

[image: Cicero discovers the tomb of Archimedes, by Paolo Barbotti, imperiumromanum.pl]

[This series is based on Walter Nicgorski’s Cicero’s Skepticism and His Recovery of Political Philosophy. See part I, part II]

“For if wisdom is attainable, we should not only overtake it but also delight in it; and if this is difficult, there is nonetheless no limit whatsoever on the pursuit of truth save the finding of it, and growing weary in…