De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
Made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Cognitionis
autem tres modi, coniectura, definitio et, ut ita dicam,
consecutio: nam quid in re sit, coniectura quaeritur, ut
illud, sitne in humano genere sapientia, quam autem vim
quaeque res habeat, definitio explicat, ut si quaeratur, quid
sit sapientia; consecutio autem tractatur, cum quid quamque
rem sequatur, anquiritur, ut illud, sitne aliquando
mentiri boni viri.
Alpheios needs funds to keep these texts and tools freely available.
Make a tax-deductible donation by December 31, 2024 to keep reading.
Redeunt rursus ad coniecturam eamque
in quattuor genera dispertiunt; nam aut quid sit quaeritur,
hoc modo: naturane sit ius inter homines an in opinionibus;
aut, quae sit origo cuiusque rei, ut quod sit initium legum
aut rerum publicarum; aut causa et ratio, ut si quaeratur,
cur doctissimi homines de maximis rebus dissentiant; aut
de immutatione, ut, si disputetur, num interire virtus in
homine aut num in vitium possit convertere.
Alpheios needs funds to keep these texts and tools freely available.
Make a tax-deductible donation by December 31, 2024 to keep reading.
Alpheios needs funds to keep these texts and tools freely available.
Make a tax-deductible donation by December 31, 2024 to keep reading.
Alpheios needs funds to keep these texts and tools freely available.
Make a tax-deductible donation by December 31, 2024 to keep reading.
Alpheios needs funds to keep these texts and tools freely available.
Make a tax-deductible donation by December 31, 2024 to keep reading.