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Amafinius
Gaius Amafinius (or Amafanius) was one of the earliest Roman writers in favour of the Epicurean philosophy. He probably lived in the late 2nd and early 1st century BC.〔Smith, M., (2001), ''On the Nature of Things'', page x. Hackett Publishing.〕 He wrote several works, which are censured by Cicero as deficient in arrangement and style. He is mentioned by no other ancient writer but Cicero.〔Cicero, ''Academica'', i. 2, ''Tusculanae Quaestiones'', iv. 3.〕 In the ''Academica'', Cicero reveals that Amafanius translated the Greek concept of atoms as "corpuscles" (''corpusculi'') in Latin.
In his ''Tusculan Disputations'', Cicero disapprovingly notes that Amafanius was one of the first philosophers writing in Latin at Rome:〔Cicero, (''Tusculan Disputations'' ): ''(C)um interim illis silentibus C. Amafinius extitit dicens, cuius libris editis commota multitudo contulit se ad eam potissimum disciplinam, sive quod erat cognitu perfacilis, sive quod invitabantur inlecebris blandis voluptatis, sive etiam, quia nihil erat prolatum melius, illud quod erat tenebant.''〕
In his ''Academica'', Cicero criticizes Amafinius, and his fellow Epicurean Rabirius for their unsophisticated prose style, and says that in their efforts to introduce philosophy to common people they end up saying nothing. He concludes indignantly: "they think there is no art of speechmaking or composition."〔Cicero, ''Academica Posteriora'' 1.2〕
In modern times, Michel de Montaigne alludes to these passages in his ''Essais'', book 2, chapter 17, ''De la presumption'' ("On Presumption.") Montaigne writes:〔Michel de Montaigne, (''De la presumption'' ): ". . . un jargon populaire, et un proceder sans definition, sans partition, sans conclusion, trouble, à la façon de celuy d'Amafanius et de Rabirius."〕
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