Pro Caelio - Chapter XVII.41, part 1 (W. Englert ed.)

Pro Caelio - Chapter XVII.41, part 1 (W. Englert ed.) - exercise 1a

esercizio: Advance Organizer

Itaque alii voluptatis causa omnia sapientes facere dixerunt, neque ab hac orationis turpitudine eruditi homines refugerunt; alii cum voluptate dignitatem coniungendam putaverunt, ut res maxime inter se repugnantis dicendi facultate coniungerent. Illud unum derectum iter ad laudem cum labore qui probaverunt, prope soli iam in scholis sunt relicti.

1. Locate the nouns in the passage and decide what is the most appropriate sequence of English cognates:

volume, dignified, laborer
voluptuous, dignity, labor
voluptuary, dignitary, laborious

2. Locate the following words in the passage, and decide which one does not refer to human beings:

sapientes
dicendi
soli

3. You might have a sense of what Cicero is hinting at here. Which of the following examples do you think may fit best Cicero's notion?

war and battle
rice and pudding
life and death

4. What does Cicero actually compare and contrast in the previous sentence?

virtue and pleasure
Right and wrong
Dignity and work

5. In what order does he present them?

All work, no play; all play, no work; a mix of the two
All play, no work; a mix of the two; all work, no play
A mix of the two, all work, no play; all play, no work