Quintilian

[ kwin-til-yuhn, -ee-uhn ]

noun

1. Marcus Fabius Quintilianus, a.d. c35–c95, Roman rhetorician.

Quintilian

/ kwɪnˈtɪljən /

noun

1. Quintilian?35?96MRomanPHILOSOPHY: rhetoricianEDUCATION: teacher Latin name Marcus Fabius Quintilianus. ?35–?96 ad , Roman rhetorician and teacher

Example Sentences

They are discussed in Book 5 of Quintilian’s Institutes of the Orator, a work which dates to the first century CE.

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In Quintilian it is a little more complicated: witnesses and documents come to the lawyer from outside; technical proofs are constructed by the lawyer himself, so that they are formed within the discipline of oratory.

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Arnauld is not copying Quintilian, but he is reworking him in order to go beyond him.

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Quintilian is a fundamental reference point for Arnauld: ‘Quintilian and all the other rhetoricians, Aristotle and all the philosophers...’

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Quintilian may seem an obscure figure to us; but not to anyone educated when rhetoric was still a core part of the curriculum.

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