52 Some editions repeat the words "summum bonum," but these words appear to obstruct the sense.
53 [i.e,, philosophically; our moral constitution dictating what is just.]
55 logikh\ philosophia. Under this is included everything connected with the system of speaking.
57 Inter doctos homines. Others read "indoctos homines," but this does not convey so good a meaning.
58 [Other and more creditable explanations are given. Socrates recognized the rites of his countrymen. See Tayler Lewis in a noble chapter, Plato, etc., p. 250.]
61 Reseravit. Others read "reservavit."
62 [A republic of "philosophers" (credula gens) was set up in France (A.D. 1793), to prove their idiotic incompetency for practical affairs.]
65 [A succinct statement of the sixth command in its bearing on suicide.]
66 Philosophia non potuit invenire. Other editions have, "philosophiam nemo potuit invenire." ["The world by wisdom (sofia) knew not God," etc.; 1 Cor. i. 21.]
67 i.e., the philosophers before mentioned.
68 [This refers to the Spirit of the Father, as Cyprian (vol. v. p. 516), "My heart hath breathed out a good Word."]
70 [Plato does not speak dogmatically, but with a marvellous intuition of truth. The Son is "begotten, not made."]
71 This is an error. Both David and Solomon lived after the supposed taking of Troy.
73 In saeculi hujus consummatione.
82 xvii. 9. This and the following quotations are from the Septuagint.
84 Num. xxiv. 17. The prophecy of Balaam.
85 Inter deum et hominem medius factus.
87 Wisd. ii. 12-22. See Instit., iv. 16, p. 117, supra.
88 Addixerunt. Some read "affixerunt," affixed Him to the cross.
89 Deliquium solis. [Elucidation IV.]
92 Ps. xxxv. 15, 16. See Instit., iv. 18.