Author: Delle Donne, Carlo
Title: Quidam magnus videlicet vir et sapiens. Rhetoric and Philosophy in Cicero’s 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: 621-639
Keywords: Éloquence - Eloquenza - Eloquence, Philosophie - Filosofia - Philosophy, Rhétorique - Retorica - Rhetorics
Description: The article analyzes the prologue of the first book of Cicero’s De inventione, focusing on the deep thematic unity that connects the prologue with the rest of the text. It also examines the figure of the sage who, according to Cicero, facilitated the emergence of civilization. The article highlights the philosophical stature of this figure and traces in it a subtle critique of the Epicurean conception of language, as reconstructed from Lucretius’ De rerum natura V [Author].
Works:
Link: https://ojs.unito.it/index.php/COL/article/view/11650/9559
Author initials: Delle Donne 2024
Title: Quidam magnus videlicet vir et sapiens. Rhetoric and Philosophy in Cicero’s 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: 621-639
Keywords: Éloquence - Eloquenza - Eloquence, Philosophie - Filosofia - Philosophy, Rhétorique - Retorica - Rhetorics
Description: The article analyzes the prologue of the first book of Cicero’s De inventione, focusing on the deep thematic unity that connects the prologue with the rest of the text. It also examines the figure of the sage who, according to Cicero, facilitated the emergence of civilization. The article highlights the philosophical stature of this figure and traces in it a subtle critique of the Epicurean conception of language, as reconstructed from Lucretius’ De rerum natura V [Author].
Works:
Link: https://ojs.unito.it/index.php/COL/article/view/11650/9559
Author initials: Delle Donne 2024
