Cicero rhetor

ISBN-13: 9783110180961 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 2003 / 339 str.

Alexander Arweiler

Opis

This fundamentally new interpretation of the Partitiones oratoriae shows the small dialogue to be a demanding compendium of the whole system of rhetorical doctrine and places it at the centre of a specifically Ciceronian concept of rhetoric. By drawing upon Cicero's other philosophical and rhetorical works, the author reveals the political relevance: Cicero's learned writings present criteria for the selection of suitable politicians, to whom powers of decision-making should only be given after they have proved themselves to have studied and to possess methodical abilities. Thus Cicero's work as a writer after his exile cannot sensibly be separated from his political activity.

Recenzje

"[...] A.'s book will be of much interest to any student of Cicero's thought."
Yelena Baraz in: Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2005

O autorze

Alexander Arweiler lehrt als Privatdozent am Institut für Klassische Altertumskunde der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel.