De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
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Nam
si ut quisque in aliqua arte et facultate excellens aliam
quoque artem sibi adsumpserit, is perficiet ut, quod praeterea
sciet, id eius, in quo excellet, pars quaedam esse
videatur, licet ista ratione dicamus pila bene et duodecim
scriptis ludere proprium esse iuris civilis, quoniam utrumque
eorum P. Mucius optime fecerit; eademque ratione dicantur
ei quos φυσικούς Graeci nominant eidem poetae, quoniam
Empedocles physicus egregium poema fecerit. At hoc ne
philosophi quidem ipsi, qui omnia sicut propria sua esse
atque a se possideri volunt, dicere audent, geometriam aut
musicam philosophi esse, quia Platonem omnes in illis
artibus praestantissimum fuisse fateantur.
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Ac si iam placet
omnis artis oratori subiungere, tolerabilius est sic potius
dicere, ut, quoniam dicendi facultas non debeat esse ieiuna
atque nuda, sed aspersa atque distincta multarum rerum
iucunda quadam varietate, sit boni oratoris multa auribus
accepisse, multa vidisse, multa animo et cogitatione, multa
etiam legendo percucurrisse, neque ea ut sua possedisse sed
ut aliena libasse; fateor enim callidum quendam hunc et
nulla in re tironem ac rudem nec peregrinum atque hospitem
in agendo esse debere.
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