A Roman philosopher who combined various earlier approaches, but was mainly influenced first by Plato, then by the New Academy
" the subjects of other arts are derived as a rule from hidden and remote sources, while the whole art of oratory lies open to the view and is concerned in some measure with the common practice, custom, and speech of mankind, so that, whereas in all other arts that is most excellent which is farthest removed from the understanding and mental capacity of the untrained, in oratory the very cardinal sin is to depart from the language of everyday life, and the usage approved by the sense of the community But the truth is that this oratory is a greater thing, and has its sources in more arts and branches of study, than people suppose" (201, 202)
a Roman statesman and orator remembered for his mastery of Latin prose (106-43 BC)
A European typographic unit of measurement; approximately 4 55 millimeters, though it varies from country to country
A unit of measurement common in Europe, used in the Didot system, that is similar to a point It is equivalent to 44 5 millimeters
A unit of measurement in the Didot system, commonly used in Europe A cicero is slightly larger than a pica and is approximately 4 55 millimeters
a Roman statesman and orator remembered for his mastery of Latin prose (106-43 BC) a linear unit of the size of type slightly larger than an em
A unit of measurement in the Didot system, commonly used in Europe A cicero is slightly larger than a pica and is approximately 4 55 millimetres
A unit of measurement used to measure typefaces It is equal to 12 Didot points, the slightly larger continental European counterpart to the American and British point
and one of the greatest Latin writers (106-43 BC) a Roman politician who was a famous orator (=someone who is good at making speeches). born 106 BC, Arpinum, Latium died Dec. 7, 43 BC, Formiae Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, and writer. Born to a wealthy family, he quickly established a brilliant career in law and plunged into politics, then rife with factionalism and conspiracy. Cicero was elected consul in 63 BC. Of his speeches, perhaps the best known are those he made against Catiline, whose uprising he foiled. He vainly tried to uphold republican principles in the civil wars that destroyed the Roman Republic. After the death of Julius Caesar, he delivered his 14 Philippic orations against Mark Antony. When the triumvirate of Antony, Octavian (later Augustus), and Marcus Lepidus was formed, he was executed. His extant works include 58 orations and more than 900 letters, as well as many poems, philosophical and political treatises, and books of rhetoric. He is remembered as the greatest Roman orator and the innovator of what became known as Ciceronian rhetoric, which remained the foremost rhetorical model for many centuries