▁Se ville ▁and ▁the ▁Dec ret um ▁of ▁Gr at ian ." ▁Thomas ▁Aqu inas , ▁in ▁his ▁summary ▁of ▁medieval ▁natural ▁law , ▁quoted ▁Cic ero ' s ▁statement ▁that ▁" n ature " ▁and ▁" custom " ▁were ▁the ▁sources ▁of ▁a ▁society ' s ▁laws . ▁ ▁The ▁Renaissance ▁Italian ▁historian ▁Leon ardo ▁Br uni ▁pra ised ▁Cic ero ▁as ▁the ▁person ▁" who ▁carried ▁philosophy ▁from ▁Greece ▁to ▁Italy , ▁and ▁n our ished ▁it ▁with ▁the ▁golden ▁river ▁of ▁his ▁el o quence ." ▁The ▁legal ▁culture ▁of ▁Elizabeth an ▁England , ▁exempl ified ▁by ▁Sir ▁Edward ▁Co ke , ▁was ▁" ste ep ed ▁in ▁Cic er onian ▁r het or ic ." ▁The ▁Scottish ▁moral ▁phil os opher ▁Francis ▁H ut ches on , ▁as ▁a ▁student ▁at ▁Glasgow , ▁" was ▁attract ed ▁most ▁by ▁Cic ero , ▁for ▁whom ▁he ▁always ▁prof essed ▁the ▁greatest ▁adm iration ." ▁More ▁generally ▁in ▁eigh teenth - century ▁Great ▁Britain , ▁Cic ero ' s ▁name ▁was ▁a ▁household ▁word ▁among ▁educated ▁people . ▁Like wise , ▁" in ▁the ▁adm iration ▁of ▁early ▁Americans ▁Cic ero ▁took ▁pride ▁of ▁place ▁as ▁or ator , ▁political ▁the or ist , ▁sty list , ▁and ▁moral ist ." ▁ ▁The ▁British ▁po lem ic ist ▁Thomas ▁Gordon ▁" in cor por ated ▁Cic ero ▁into ▁the ▁radical ▁ide ological ▁tradition ▁that ▁travel led ▁from ▁the ▁mother ▁country ▁to ▁the ▁colon ies ▁in ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁the ▁eigh teenth