Brutus, Rhetorica Tomus II. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
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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