Rhetorical theory in the third book of Quintilian’s Institutio oratoria

• Published in: Classica Cracoviensia Vol. 16; no. 16; pp. 113 - 135
• Main Author: Śnieżewski, Stanisław
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o 31.12.2013; Academia Publishers; Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing
• Subjects: disponere; eloqui; invenire; Literary Texts; nature; observation; the origins of rhetoric; the origins of rhetoric; res; definitio; eloqui; nature; invenire; observation; disponere; quid sit?; qualitas; verba; coniectura; sitne?; quale sit?; status

Quintilian focuses on presenting the beginnings of rhetorical art, its components, how it is expressed and formed. Rhetoric is an art, though it serves a practical, useful function. Nature gave birth to speech, while observation created the art of speech. Every speech is built out of that which is s...