De Inventione

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De Inventione
Beginning of an Italian manuscript version, early 12th century
AuthorCicero
LanguageClassical Latin

De Inventione is a handbook for

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]

References

  1. ^ Caplan, H. (1954). Introduction. Rhetorica ad Herennium. Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
  2. ^ Kimball, Bruce. Orators and Philosophers. New York: College Entrance Examination Board, 1995. p. 13
  3. ^ Cicero. De Inventione. Book 1, Section 35
  4. ^ Peter Garnsey (1970). Social status and legal privilege in the Roman Empire. Clarendon. pp. 224.
  5. ^ Jonathan Rubin (2018), "John of Antioch and the Perceptions of Language and Translation in Thirteenth-Century Acre", in John France (ed.), Acre and Its Falls: Studies in the History of a Crusader City, Brill, pp. 90–104.

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