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- proper noun A male
given name , rare in English. - proper noun A
surname . A Frenchmatronymic derived fromCatherine . - proper noun A
Roman gens , notable for producing severalstatesmen , especially Cato the Younger and Cato the Elder.
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Examples
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But as in the _Cato Major_, the work on Old Age inscribed to you, I introduced the old man Cato as leading the discussion, because there seemed to be no other person better fitted to talk about old age than one who had been an aged man so long, and in his age had been so exceptionally vigorous, so, as we had heard from our fathers of the peculiarly memorable intimacy of Caius Laelius and Publius Scipio, it appeared appropriate to put into the mouth of Laelius what Scaevola remembered as having been said by him when friendship was the subject in on the authority of men of an earlier generation, and illustrious in their time, seems somehow to be of specially commanding influence on the reader's mind.
De Amicitia, Scipio's Dream Marcus Tullius Cicero
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So in a a very twisted way, Cato is right. tao9 says:
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The loss of Cato is a blow to a safety position already thin behind starters Sash and Greenwood. —
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And Cyrus, actually on the constitutional issues Cato is far better than most.
Matthew Yglesias » Bob McDonnell To Attempt First Non-Horrible SOTU Response in American History 2010
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My friend Prof. Glen Whitman writes about this — as well as about slippery slopes — in Cato Unbound.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “The Rise of the New Paternalism” 2010
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Just stumbled upon your blog after reading Caplan's essay in Cato Unbound about his new book.
Concerns About the Immigration Bill, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The loss of Cato is a blow to a safety position already thin behind starters Sash and Greenwood.
Iowa - Team Notes 2010
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Let me get this straight; Cato is arguing for gold because of price stability?
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With my recent piece in Cato Unbound, several people have questioned whether my elitism is consistent with libertarianism.
The Mirage of Libertarian Populism, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Mr. White at Cato is missing something in his argument: prior to the Bretton Woods days, we “enjoyed” regularly scheduled recessions, panics, and depressions.
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