Brutus, Rhetorica Tomus II. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
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tamen ante Periclem, cuius scripta quae-
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dam feruntur, et Thucydidem, qui non nascentibus Athenis
sed iam adultis fuerunt[*]fuerit L: fuit maluit Eberhard
, littera nulla est quae quidem ornatum aliquem habeat et oratoris esse videatur. Quamquam
opinio est et eum, qui multis annis ante hos fuerit, Pisistra-
tum et paulo seniorem etiam Solonem posteaque Clisthenem
multum ut[*]ut . . . perspici secl. Eberhard
temporibus illis valuisse dicendo.
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post hanc
aetatem aliquot annis, ut ex Atticis[*]Atticis Lambinus: Attici L
monumentis potest perspici, Themistocles fuit, quem constat cum prudentia tum
etiam eloquentia praestitisse; post Pericles, qui cum floreret
omni genere virtutis, hac tamen fuit laude clarissimus.
Cleonem etiam temporibus illis turbulentum illurn quidem
civem, sed tamen eloquentem constat fuisse.
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huic aetati
suppares Alcibiades Critias[*]Critias vulg.: Critas
L
Theramenes; quibus temporibus quod dicendi genus viguerit ex Thucydidi scriptis, qui
ipse tum fuit, intellegi maxime potest. Grandes erant
verbis, crebri[*]crebri F2: crebris L
sententiis, compressione[*]compressione L: comprehensione
Stangl
rerum breves et ob
eam ipsam causam interdum subobscuri.
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sed ut intelle-
ctum est quantam vim haberet accurata et facta quodam
modo oratio, tum[*]tum secl Jahn
etiam magistri dicendi multi subito exstiterunt. Tum Leontinus Gorgias, Thrasymachus Calche-
donius, Protagoras Abderites[*]Abderites F2 Quintil. iii. 1. 10:
Abderitas BMG: Abderita HO
, Prodicus[*]Prodicus F: Prodigus codd.
Cius, Hippias Elius[*]Cius . . . Elius Fleckeisen: Ceius . . . Eleius codd.
in honore magno fuit[*]in honore magno
fuit secl. Jahn
[*]fuere B1: fuerit H
; aliique multi temporibus eisdem
docere se profitebantur, arrogantibus sane verbis, quem ad
modum causa inferior—ita enim loquebantur—dicendo fieri
superior posset.
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his opposuit sese Socrates, qui subtilitate
quadam disputandi refellere eorum instituta solebat [verbis[*]verbis codd. secl. Haupt:
acerbius Feldhuegel: urbanius Vitelli: urbanissume Orelli
].
Huius ex uberrimis sermonibus exstiterunt doctissimi viri;
primumque tum philosophia non illa de natura, quae fuerat
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antiquior, sed haec, in qua de bonis rebus et malis deque
hominum vita et moribus disputatur, inventa dicitur. Quod
quoniam genus ab hoc quod proposuimus abhorret, philo-
sophos aliud in tempus reiciamus; ad oratores, a quibus
digressi sumus, revertamur.
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