CICERO, Marcus Tullius.
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Charming Aldine edition of Cicero s rhetorical works, including a detailed commentary (scholia) by Paulus Manutius. The youngest son of Aldus, Paulus (1512-1574) was a very influential publisher and one of the most prominent humanists of the Late Italian Renaissance. He was especially engaged in Latin literature, and a passionate Ciceronian. His outstanding reputation as a scholar was built upon his editions and commentaries on the works of Cicero: no man had a juster conception of the beauties of this great Roman orator and philosopher, and no man has more successfully imitated his style (Dibdin). The text of Cicero, revised and corrected by Paulus, is reproduced from the 1546 edition, and the commentary from 1564. The greatest orator of the Late Republic, Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer and scholar. Although he was a homo novus , namely the first in his family to achieve public office, he soon became one of the leading political figures of the era of Julius Caesar, Pompey, Marc Antony and Octavian. Defined by Quintilian as eloquence itself , he put his legal skills to the service of politics. This volume is a remarkable collection of his works on rhetoric, in which he presents the canons of this complex discipline, its history, and teaches how to use it. The first three works are often referred to as Cicero s Rhetoric Trilogy . De Oratore (55 BC), a platonic dialogue in three books, is a detailed exposition of the moral qualities, skills and t
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