A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, or the Causes of Corrupt Eloquence

A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, or the Causes of Corrupt Eloquence - The Works of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume...
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Author: Tacitus, Cornelius,56-117
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A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, or the Causes of Corrupt Eloquence

A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, or the Causes of Corrupt Eloquence

$15.15

A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, or the Causes of Corrupt Eloquence

$15.15
Author: Tacitus, Cornelius,56-117
Format: eBook
Language: English

A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, or the Causes of Corrupt Eloquence - The Works of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With an Essay on His Life and Genius, Notes, Supplements

XI. Maternus defends his favourite studies; the pleasures arising from poetry are in their nature innocent and sublime; the fame is extensive and immortal. The poet enjoys the most delightful intercourse with his friends, whereas the life of the public orator is a state of warfare and anxiety. XIV. Vipstanius Messala enters the room. He finds his friends engaged in a controversy, and being an admirer of ancient eloquence, he advises Aper to adopt the model of the ancients in preference to the plan of the modern rhetoricians. XV. Hence a difference of opinion concerning the merit of the ancients and the moderns. Messala, Secundus, and Maternus, profess themselves admirers of the oratory that flourished in the time of the republic. Aper launches out against the ancients, and gives the preference to the advocates of his own time. He desires to know who are to be accounted ancients. XVIII. Eloquence has various modes, all changing with the conjuncture of the times. But it is the nature of men to praise the past, and censure the present. The period when Cassius Severus flourished, is stated to be the point of time at which men cease to be ancients; Cassius with good reason deviated from the ancient manner. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 15017
Author: Tacitus, Cornelius
Release Date: Feb 11, 2005
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Editor: Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805

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