"[...] quoniam, ut praeclare scriptum est a Platone, non nobis solum nati sumus ortusque nostri partem patria vindicat, partem amici, atque, ut placet Stoicis, [1] quae in terris gignantur, ad usum hominum omnia creari, [2] homines autem hominum causa esse generatos, ut ipsi inter se aliis alii prodesse possent, in hoc naturam debemus ducem sequi." (Cicero, De officiis, 1.22)
I gather that those two infinitive phrases are direct objects of the implicit verb "vindicant", whose subject would be, also implicitly, though in a quite loose manner, "patria atque amici" (that is, from atque up to generatos: "and [our country and friends also vindicate], as the Stoics insist, [1] that vegetables should be cultivated for the common good and, [2] on the other hand, that people should be generated for the sake of people"), or am I missing the mark?
Thanks.
I gather that those two infinitive phrases are direct objects of the implicit verb "vindicant", whose subject would be, also implicitly, though in a quite loose manner, "patria atque amici" (that is, from atque up to generatos: "and [our country and friends also vindicate], as the Stoics insist, [1] that vegetables should be cultivated for the common good and, [2] on the other hand, that people should be generated for the sake of people"), or am I missing the mark?
Thanks.
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