Orator, Rhetorica Tomus II. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
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ac video hanc primam ingressionem meam non ex oratoriis[*]oratoriis codd. dett.: oratoris L et Nonius disputationibus ductam sed e media philosophia repetitam, et eam quidem cum antiquam tum subobscuram[*]eam... antiquam ... subobscuram L: ea...antiqua...subobscura Bake aut reprehensionis aliquid aut certe admirationis habituram. Nam aut mirabuntur quid haec pertineant ad ea quae quaerimus—quibus satis faciet res ipsa cognita, ut non sine causa alte repetita videatur—aut reprehendent, quod inusi-
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tatas vias indagemus, tritas relinquamus.
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ego autem et me saepe nova videri dicere intellego, cum pervetera dicam sed inaudita plerisque, et fateor me oratorem, si modo sim aut etiam quicumque sim[*]sum ... sum maluit Stangl , non ex rhetorum officinis sed ex Academiae spatiis exstitisse; illa enim sunt curricula multiplicium variorumque sermonum, in quibus Platonis primum sunt impressa vestigia. Sed et huius et aliorum philosophorum disputationibus et exagitatus maxime orator est et adiutus; omnis enim ubertas et quasi silva dicendi ducta ab illis est nec satis tamen instructa ad forensis causas, quas, ut illi ipsi dicere solebant, agrestioribus Musis reliquerunt.
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sic eloquentia haec forensis spreta a philosophis et repudiata multis quidem illa[*]illa quidem ed. Rom. 1469, cf. Madvig de Fin. iv. 16, 43 adiumentis magnisque caruit, sed tamen ornata verbis atque sententiis iactationem habuit in populo nec paucorum iudicium reprehensionemque pertimuit: ita et doctis eloquentia popularis et disertis elegans doctrina defuit.
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positum sit igitur in primis, quod post magis intellegetur, sine philosophia non posse effici quem quaerimus eloquentem, non ut in ea tamen omnia sint, sed ut sic adiuvet ut palaestra histrionem; parva enim magnis saepe rectissime conferuntur. Nam nec latius atque copiosius de magnis variisque rebus sine philosophia potest quisquam dicere;—
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si quidem etiam in Phaedro Platonis hoc Periclem praestitisse ceteris dicit[*]dicit codd. dett.: dicat L oratoribus Socrates, quod is Anaxagorae physici fuerit auditor; a quo censet eum, cum alia praeclara quaedam et magnifica didicisse tum uberem[*]didicisse tum uberem Schütz: didicisset uberem L et fecundum fuisse gnarumque, quod est eloquentiae maximum, quibus orationis modis quaeque animorum partes pellerentur; quod idem de Demosthene existimari potest, cuius ex epistulis
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