Cato
quoted 15 times by 5 works · as a person
also in the atlas: Cato the figure
Most often quoted — the words themselves, in quotation. The locus given for each is the passage in the quoting book; the harvest records no place inside what is quoted, and nothing here pretends to.
9 quoted · 3 reported · 3 carried
9 neutral 2 refuted 3 endorsedin the voice of Marcus Tullius Cicero 5 , Cato 3 , Cicero 2 , Seneca 1 , pupils of Plato 1
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5 works-
in the voice of Marcus Tullius Cicero
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On Moral Ends Cicero, Marcus Tullius 5 neutral 2 refuted 7 citations
The paragraph is structured as direct first-person speech exchanged between the narrator and Cato, marked by 'said I' and 'said he.'
This being set forth, I long to know what the cause is why Zeno departed from this ancient constitution;
book 4 ¶ -
in the voice of Cicero
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Tusculan Disputations Cicero, Marcus Tullius 1 neutral 2 citations
A specific speech of Cato's is invoked as a textual/oratorical source, matching the citation of that same work in the citations array.
but that no honour attached to this calling is shown by a speech of Cato's, in which he cast it up as a reproach to Marcus Nobilior that he had taken poets with him into his province — and that consul had, as we know, taken Ennius into Aetolia.
book 1 ¶ -
in the voice of Cato
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Letters to Lucilius Seneca, Lucius Annaeus 2 neutral 2 citations
Explicit reported speech: 'He delivers this verdict on both: he says that, if Caesar conquer, he will die; if Pompey, he will go into exile.'
if Pompey, he will go into exile.
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On Anger Seneca, Lucius Annaeus 1 neutral 1 endorsed 2 citations · 1 passage
A specific quoted remark is attributed to Cato in response to Lentulus's insult.
"I will affirm to all men, Lentulus, that they are mistaken who deny that you have a mouth.
book 3 ¶ -
in the voice of Cato
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On Providence Seneca, Lucius Annaeus 2 endorsed 2 citations
The paragraph is explicitly framed as Cato's direct speech ('he says'), quoting his reasoning at length.
the freedom it could not give to the fatherland, it shall give to Cato.
on providence ¶
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- relied on as a source of legitimacy
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- argued against
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- endorsed
- agreed with
- roman
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- named by this text, not held by the library — the corpus's wanted list
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- the passage in this text that does the citing
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- beside a chapter, the passages anchored there. A single citation can quote more than one passage, which is why a row carries two figures: the citations the harvest recorded, and the passages its chapters add up to.