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Cicero's De Inventione, Book I, translated by C. D. Yonge, at Peitho's Web. This treatise originally consisted of four books, of which only two have come down to us.
Book II. I. SOME men of Crotona, when they were rich in all kinds of resources, and when they were considered among the most prosperous people in Italy, were desirous to enrich the temple of Juno, which they regarded with the most religious veneration, with splendid pictures.
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De Inventione is a handbook for orators that Cicero composed when he was still a young man. Quintilian tells us that Cicero considered the work rendered obsolete by his later writings. Originally four books in all, only two have survived into modern times.
mentions them afterwards in his more elaborate treatise De Oratore, (Lib. i. e. 2,) as unworthy of his more mature age, and more extended experiences. Quintilian also (III. c. 63,) mentions them as works which Cicero condemned by subsequent writings. This treatise originally consisted of four books, of which only two have come down to us. De ...
De Inventione. Author: Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Translator: Yonge, Charles Duke, 1812-1891. Link: HTML at Wayback Machine. Stable link here:
Feb 25, 2021 · Cicero in twenty eight volumes. Vol.2: De Inventione. De Optimo Genere Oratorum. Topica [Loeb 386] by. Cicero, Marcus Tulius (106-43 BCE); Hubbell, Harry Mortimer (1881-1971) Publication date. 1949.
De Inventione (On Invention) is an early work of Cicero's, providing insight into his early thought on rhetoric. Using examples from history, Cicero explains how "invention," the creation and discovery of an argument, should progress.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
