Excerpt from The Classics, Greek Latin, Vol. 1: The Most Celebrated Works of Hellenic and Roman Literatvre, Embracing Poetry, Romance, History, Oratory, Science, and Philosophy Cicero and varro took up the educational propaganda of Scipio, and by a number of works sought to popularize Greek philosophy among the Romans. Their spirit was broadly eclectic, with a bias in favor Of the Academic (platonic) school. This Eclectic Platonism was later taken up by ani letus, the author of The Golden Ass, an account of Whom appears in volume eight Of the latin classics. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.