C. argues against them in his treatise on the subject.

§ 56. his terroribus soluti: see n. on § 54 quis non timeat and Zeller Stoics tr. p. 399. Cotta charges Ep. with imputing his own fears to others, § 86.
in libertatem vindicati: ‘claimed for freedom’, cf. Liv. mz 45 fin.; hence the verb by itself acquired the meaning ‘to liberate’, and the liberating rod was called windicta.
nec sibi fingere: see n. on § 45.
naturam excellentem: so Seneca Benef. tv 19 ‘Epic. worshipped God propter majestatem ejus eximiam singularemque naturam’. See n. on § 45 habet venerationem.
incohatam: ‘incomplete’. In the Past Part. the verb always has a negative force, ‘commenced, but no more than commenced’.
dicendi ratio habenda fuit: ‘it was my business to hear rather than to speak’,
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