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Pan

also: Panisci, little Pan

Greek god of the wild, half-goat. Carneades imagined a stone split in the Chian quarries revealing the head of a little Pan, used by Cicero to argue that chance never perfectly imitates the truth (De Divinatione 1.23).

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Mentioned in 7 works (10 total)

On the Manilian Law (On the Command of Pompey) speeches · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 1.14 letters · 1 mention
On the Ends of Good and Evil philosophy · 2 mentions
On the Nature of the Gods philosophy · 3 mentions
Tusculan Disputations philosophy · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 14.3 letters · 1 mention
On Divination philosophy · 1 mention

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