Sec.11. Procuratio:  for the proper meaning of procurator and procuratio see Jordan on Pro Caecina 55. Implacatum et constrictum:  the conjunction introduces the intenser word, as usual; cf. 17 plenam ac refertam, II. 127 exigua et minima, so [Greek:  kai] in Greek. Inclusa habebam:  cf. T.D. I. 1. Obsolescerent, used of individual memory, is noteworthy. Percussus volnere:  many edd. give the frequent variant perculsus.  The volnus, which Goer. finds so mysterious, is the death of Tullia, cf. N.D. I. 9, De Consolatione, fragment 7, ed.  Nobbe, and Introd. p. 32. Aut ... aut ... aut ... aut:  This casting about for an excuse shows how low philosophy stood in public estimation at Rome.  See Introd. p. 29.  The same elaborate apologies often recur, cf. esp the exordium of N.D. I.

Sec.12. Brutus:  the same praise often recurs in D.F. and the Brutus Graecia desideret so all Halm’s MSS., except G, which has Graeca.  Halm (and after him Baiter) adopts the conj. of Aldus the younger, Graeca desideres.  A reviewer of Halm, in Schneidewin’s Philologus XXIV. 483, approves the reading on the curious ground that Brutus was not anxious to satisfy Greek requirements, but rather to render it unnecessary for Romans to have recourse to Greece for philosophy.  I keep the MSS. reading, for Greece with Cicero is the supreme arbiter of performance in philosophy, if she is satisfied the philosophic world is tranquil.  Cf. Ad Att. I. 20, 6, D.F. I. 8, Ad Qu.  Fr. II. 16, 5.  I just note the em. of Turnebus, a Graecia desideres, and that of Dav. Graecia desideretur. Eandem sententiam:  cf.  Introd. p. 56. Aristum:  cf.  II. 11, and M.D.F. V. 8.

Sec.13. Sine te:  = [Greek:  sou dicha]. Relictam:  Cic. very rarely omits esse, see note on II. 77, for Cicero’s supposed conversion see Introd. p. 20. Veterem illam:  MSS. have iam for illam.  The position of iam would be strange, in the passage which used to be compared, Pro Cluentio 16, Classen and Baiter now om. the word.  Further, vetus and nova can scarcely be so barely used to denote the Old and the New Academy.  The reading illam is from Madv. (Em. 115), and is supported by illam veterem (18), illa antiqua (22), istius veteris (D.F. V. 8), and similar uses.  Bentl. (followed by Halm and Bait.) thinks iam comprises the last two syllables of Academiam, which he reads. Correcta et emendata:  a fine sentiment to come from a conservative like Cic.  The words often occur together and illustrate Cic.’s love for small diversities of expression, cf. De Leg. III. 30, D.F. IV. 21, also Tac. Hist. I. 37. Negat:  MSS. have negaret, but Cic.