De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
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Itaque nunc illuc redeo, Catule, in quo tu me paulo ante
laudabas, ad ordinem conlocationemque rerum ac locorum;
cuius ratio est duplex; altera, quam adfert natura causarum,
altera, quae oratorum iudicio et prudentia comparatur:
nam ut aliquid ante rem dicamus, deinde ut rem exponamus,
post ut eam probemus nostris praesidiis confirmandis,
contrariis refutandis, deinde ut concludamus atque ita peroremus,
hoc dicendi natura ipsa praescribit;
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ut vero statuamus
ea, quae probandi et docendi causa dicenda sunt,
quem ad modum componamus, id est vel maxime proprium
oratoris prudentiae. Multa enim occurrunt argumenta;
multa, quae in dicendo profutura videantur; sed eorum
partim ita levia sunt, ut contemnenda sint; partim, etiam si
quid habent adiumenti, sunt non numquam eius modi, ut
insit in eis aliquid viti neque tanti sit illud, quod prodesse
videatur, ut cum aliquo malo coniungatur;
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