Cicero Rhetor Die Partitiones Oratoriae Und Das Konzept Des Gelehrten Politikers

Cicero's brief rhetorical dialogue Partitiones oratoriae has hitherto been largely neglected by scholars. Unjustly so, maintains Arweiler, who analyses the text as an independent textbook of rhetoric. He conducts his interpretation with constant reference to Cicero's great rhetorical works (primarily De oratore) and philosophical writings.Thus, rhetoric gives power over opponents in disputes, and consequently over political opponents. Against this background, the author shows how successfully Cicero projects himself in the Partitiones oratoriae as a 'scholar in politics'. In the eyes of his contemporaries, this dual function gave him a dominant role in Roman society and politics equal to that of Caesar, and it is no coincidence that Caesar dedicated his own linguistic publicationDe analogia to Cicero.Arweiler, Alexander is the author of 'Cicero Rhetor Die Partitiones Oratoriae Und Das Konzept Des Gelehrten Politikers', published 2003 under ISBN 9783110180961 and ISBN 3110180960.