Quintilian
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Marcus Fabius Quintilianus was a Roman educator and rhetorician born in Hispania, widely referred to in medieval schools of rhetoric and in Renaissance writing. In English translation, he is usually r
Engraved portrait by Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers, 18th century
Frontispiece of a 1720 Dutch edition of the Institutio Oratoria, showing Quintilian teaching rhetoric
Rhetoric
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Rhetoric is the art of persuasion. It is one of the three ancient arts of discourse of classical antiquity, along with grammar and logic/dialectic. As an academic discipline within the humanities, rhe
Quintilian
…Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Latin: ; c. 35 – c. 100 AD) was a Roman educator and rhetorician born in Hispania, widely referred to in medieval schools of rhetoric and in Renaissance writing. In English translation, he is usually referred to as…
Painting depicting a lecture in a knight academy, painted by Pieter Isaacsz or Reinhold Timm for Rosenborg Castle as part of a series of seven paintings depicting the seven independent arts. This painting illustrates rhetoric.
Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam
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