Author: Oliva, Matilde
Title: Dubitanter unum quicque dicemus (inv. 2, 10). L’ombra di Filone di Larissa nel De inuentione di Cicerone
Review/Collection: «Ciceroniana On Line» VIII, 2, 2024
Editor: Société internationale des Amis de Cicéron & Centro di Studi Ciceroniani
Year edition: 2024
Pages: 597-619
Keywords: Philosophie - Filosofia - Philosophy, Rhétorique - Retorica - Rhetorics, Sources - Fonti - Sources
Description: The contribution examines the presence of Philo of Larissa in Cicero’s De inventione. By developing a comparison between inv. 1, 8 and inv. 2, 9-10, the article aims to demonstrate how the critique of Hermagoras of Temnos with which the first book of the treatise opens does not contradict the probabilistic (and Philonian) inspiration of the second preface. The hypothesis, in particular, is that the strong stance against the introduction of θέσεις into rhetorical doctrine by Hermagoras of Temnos conceals an interest in a topic on which Cicero was deeply reflecting, probably under the innovative influence of Philo of Larissa’s teachings. Philo may have been responsible for the same anti-Hermagorean polemic, and I believe that De inventione shares part of his philosophical outlook, though not yet his rhetorical theory.
Works:
Link: https://ojs.unito.it/index.php/COL/article/view/11648/9558
Author initials: Oliva 2024
Title: Dubitanter unum quicque dicemus (inv. 2, 10). L’ombra di Filone di Larissa nel De inuentione di Cicerone
Review/Collection: «Ciceroniana On Line» VIII, 2, 2024
Editor: Société internationale des Amis de Cicéron & Centro di Studi Ciceroniani
Year edition: 2024
Pages: 597-619
Keywords: Philosophie - Filosofia - Philosophy, Rhétorique - Retorica - Rhetorics, Sources - Fonti - Sources
Description: The contribution examines the presence of Philo of Larissa in Cicero’s De inventione. By developing a comparison between inv. 1, 8 and inv. 2, 9-10, the article aims to demonstrate how the critique of Hermagoras of Temnos with which the first book of the treatise opens does not contradict the probabilistic (and Philonian) inspiration of the second preface. The hypothesis, in particular, is that the strong stance against the introduction of θέσεις into rhetorical doctrine by Hermagoras of Temnos conceals an interest in a topic on which Cicero was deeply reflecting, probably under the innovative influence of Philo of Larissa’s teachings. Philo may have been responsible for the same anti-Hermagorean polemic, and I believe that De inventione shares part of his philosophical outlook, though not yet his rhetorical theory.
Works:
Link: https://ojs.unito.it/index.php/COL/article/view/11648/9558
Author initials: Oliva 2024
