Author: Junghanß, Antje & Kaiser, Bernhard
Title: Haec argumenta locos communes appellamus. Cicero’s Concept of the Commonplace in De inventione
Review/Collection: «Ciceroniana On Line» VIII, 2, 2024
Editor: Société internationale des Amis de Cicéron & Centro di Studi Ciceroniani
Year edition: 2024
Pages: 703-717
Keywords: Rhétorique - Retorica - Rhetorics
Description: Cicero’s De inventione has often been neglected as the immature work of a young man. However, among other valuable aspects, it provides a particularly detailed explanation of the locus communis. As the understanding of the term is quite inconsistent in contemporary research, this paper will explore Cicero’s concept of the locus communis and highlight its specifics with regard to function and design. As will be shown, Cicero conceives of it as a highly sophisticated feature of rhetorical amplificatio and a most challenging task both in content and form. Cicero’s concept must therefore be clearly distinguished both from the loci argumentorum (understood as search formulae) and from the modern understanding of the commonplace [Author].
Works:
Link: https://ojs.unito.it/index.php/COL/article/view/11654/9563
Author initials: Junghanß & Kaiser 2024
Title: Haec argumenta locos communes appellamus. Cicero’s Concept of the Commonplace in De inventione
Review/Collection: «Ciceroniana On Line» VIII, 2, 2024
Editor: Société internationale des Amis de Cicéron & Centro di Studi Ciceroniani
Year edition: 2024
Pages: 703-717
Keywords: Rhétorique - Retorica - Rhetorics
Description: Cicero’s De inventione has often been neglected as the immature work of a young man. However, among other valuable aspects, it provides a particularly detailed explanation of the locus communis. As the understanding of the term is quite inconsistent in contemporary research, this paper will explore Cicero’s concept of the locus communis and highlight its specifics with regard to function and design. As will be shown, Cicero conceives of it as a highly sophisticated feature of rhetorical amplificatio and a most challenging task both in content and form. Cicero’s concept must therefore be clearly distinguished both from the loci argumentorum (understood as search formulae) and from the modern understanding of the commonplace [Author].
Works:
Link: https://ojs.unito.it/index.php/COL/article/view/11654/9563
Author initials: Junghanß & Kaiser 2024
