[betty boop]

Cicero did not ascribe to any of this. His writings do not reflect it.

I do believe that it was Cicero who propounded the term, aspernatio rationalis -- which means "flight from reason," or in more modern terminology, "the refusal to apperceive." He plainly classifies this sort of thing as symptomatic of a spiritual disorder.

Look, I know that Cicero is normally classified as a Stoic. But on what specific basis do you insist that these kinds of insights were foreign to Cicero?

[widowithfoursons]

Cicero was not a Stoic. He was a patriot, a lawyer, a Consul of Rome, a prolific writer, and was eventually assasinated for his refusal to give up the idea of the Republic. Read his writing (in Latin if possible). "Flight from reason" (if he said it) most likely referred to Caesar and Catalina.