Author | Cicero |
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Language | Classical Latin |
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. [1] Originally four books in all, only two have survived into modern times. It is also credited with the first recorded use of the term " liberal arts" or artes liberales, though whether Cicero coined the term is unclear. [2] [3] The text also defines the concept of dignitas: dignitas est alicuius honesta et cultu et honore et verecundia digna auctoritas (Dignity is honorable prestige. It merits respect, honour, and reverence.). [4]
At the request of William of Santo Stefano, De Inventione was translated into Old French by John of Antioch in 1282. [5]
Author | Cicero |
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Language | Classical Latin |
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. [1] Originally four books in all, only two have survived into modern times. It is also credited with the first recorded use of the term " liberal arts" or artes liberales, though whether Cicero coined the term is unclear. [2] [3] The text also defines the concept of dignitas: dignitas est alicuius honesta et cultu et honore et verecundia digna auctoritas (Dignity is honorable prestige. It merits respect, honour, and reverence.). [4]
At the request of William of Santo Stefano, De Inventione was translated into Old French by John of Antioch in 1282. [5]