idem cum Chrysippo disputaturus elleboro se ante purgabat, ad expromendum ingenium suum attentius et illius refellendum acrius.
The same, when about to hold a debate with Chrysippus, used to purge himself with hellebore with a view to bringing forward his own intellectual resources with more concentration and rebutting those of Chrysippus with greater vigour.
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