To be sure, I know what these terms mean to me, but temporaryreality and you bring up a salient point: many times these philosophers are using technical terms that may have niche connotations lost on you or I.

At the same time, I suspect Sallustius was not necessarily writing for the technical philosopher but rather for the pagan layperson with some education (not that this necessarily helps much, given the gulf of time and culture...)

It's enough for me that I feel like I get what he is saying. My fatal flaw, I suppose...:)

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