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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

142 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 86

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Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Born 3 January 106 BC, Arpinum, Italy
Died 7 December 43 BC (aged 63), Formia, Italy

Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer, political theorist, and Roman constitutionalist. Cicero is widely considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.

Alternate profiles:
Cicéron
Marco Tullio Cicerone
Cicerone

Note: All editions should have Marcus Tullius Cicero as primary author. Editions with another name on the cover should have that name added as secondary author.

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Profile Image for Aurelio  Guerra.
268 reviews33 followers
September 27, 2023
Aunque solo sean los primeros dos libros de lo que debió haber sido, o quizo ser, un texto más amplio, el libro es suficiemente útil para quienes tengan que debatir, argumentar, exponer o, simplemente, quieran pensar de manera crítica.

La exposición se siente bastante moderna, y es completamente contemporánea salvo por los ejemplos. Es una presentación bien estructurada.

Cada concepto se explica lógica y racionalmente en el contexto de la argumentación y se amplía a modo de árboles ramusianos: cuáles son las partes del discurso (exordio, narración, división, demostración, refutación, conclusión); qué es el exordio, qué tipos de exordio, qué es un buen exordio, qué un mal exordio, etc.; qué es la narración, cuáles son las partes de la narración etc., etc.

A mi me parece que es uno de estos libros que uno se debe memorizar porque el contenido es completamente fundamental en el pensamiento occidental.
Profile Image for Santiago  González .
439 reviews5 followers
April 25, 2025
Se suele comparar con la Retórica a Herenio y poner como más profundo; quizá lo sea aunque está peor expuesto y al final los dos principalmente exponen a Hermágoras y definitivamente creo que es más claro y pedagógico el tratado anónimo.

No es un texto que brille por estilo o profundidad filosófica como se dio cuenta después en su vida, aunque tampoco es un texto que esté para nada mal, y está bien para ver el desarrollo del gran orado que fue Cicerón.
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June 27, 2012
This book was supposedly derived from Cicero's school notes, which indicates his early intellect and organizational skills. Some parts of the text are derived from earlier work by Aristotle, but Cicero's use of language, as in the application of attributes, is still vibrant and efficacious to this very day. One sees here, a basically amoral form of rhetoric, although considerable lip service is paid to being a good man who speaks well. I actually outlined the book at one point in my studies and did a close comparison with On Rhetoric. The Romans had shifted in many areas when compared with the Greeks, and one can see why rhetoric "devolved" during the Second Sophistic. But as a historical guide to Roman public speaking, one cannot do better than survey this important work.
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