A variant form of catoism; the philosophical principles and moral character associated with Cato, emphasizing virtue and liberty.
From Cato + -ism. This is an alternative spelling/form of catoism, using a slightly different suffix arrangement.
The existence of both 'catoism' and 'catonism' shows how Renaissance and Enlightenment scholars weren't always consistent with terminology—they were more focused on ideas than spelling.
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