_physica_[1] (_-orum_) (Or. 34. 119); _philosophia naturalis_—physics;
natural philosophy.
_dialectica_ (_-ae_ or _-orum_) (pure Latin _disserendi ratio et
scientia_)—logic, dialectic.
_disserendi praecepta tradere_—to teach logic.
_disserendi elegantia_—logical minuteness, precision.
_disserendi subtilitas_ (De Or. 1. 1. 68)—dialectical nicety.
_disserendi spinae_ (Fin. 4. 28. 79)—subtleties of logic; dilemmas.
_disserendi peritus et artifex_—an accomplished dialectician.
_homo in dialecticis versatissimus_—an accomplished dialectician.
_disserendi artem nullam habere_—to know nothing of logic.
_dialecticis ne imbutum_[2] _quidem esse_—to be ignorant of even the
elements of logic.
_ratione, eleganter_ (opp. _nulla ratione, ineleganter, confuse_)
_disponere aliquid_—to arrange on strictly logical principles.
_philosophia, quae est de vita et moribus_ (Acad. 1. 5. 19)—moral
science; ethics.
_philosophia, in qua de bonis rebus et malis, deque hominum vita et
moribus disputatur_—moral science; ethics.
_philosophia, quae in rerum contemplatione versatur_, or _quae artis
praeceptis continetur_—theoretical, speculative philosophy.
_philosophia,_[3] _quae in actione versatur_—practical philosophy.
_omnes philosophiae loci_—the whole domain of philosophy.
[1] Cf. Acad. 1. 5. 19 _philosophandi ratio triplex; una de vita et
moribus, altera de natura et rebus occultis, tertia de disserendo_.
[2] _imbuere_ is properly to give the first touch to, tinge, bathe,
e.g. _gladii sanguine imbuti_. Metaph. it = (1) to fill with, e.g.
_religione, pietate, superstitione, crudelitate_; (2) to teach,
initiate, e.g. _animum honestis artibus_, and is used especially of a
superficial knowledge.
[3] Cf. Sen. Ep. 25. 10 _philosophia activa_.