Quintilianus

Stephan Brun's (@tibfulv,@stoictweet) account for teaching myself rhetoric theory. Will mainly consist of tweeting of Quintilian, with some discussion.

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[Quintilianus @rhetoricqu]

and endure the strain of learning.
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that being the earliest age at which they can derive profit from instruction
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Some hold that boys should not be taught to read till they are seven years old,
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I apologise, my readers, for not being as active as I ought to. Bear with me, I am not well. I may be able to remedy it in the new year.

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neither will prove a hindrance to the other.
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The result will be that, as soon as we begin to give equal attention to both languages,
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and in a short time proceed side by side with Greek.
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The study of Latin ought therefore to follow at no great distance
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which persist with extreme obstinacy even when we are speaking another tongue.
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while the former through force of habit becomes impregnated with Greek idioms,
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the latter tends to acquire a foreign intonation,
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Such a course gives rise to many faults of language and accent;
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that he should for long speak and learn only Greek, as is done in the majority of cases.
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I do not however desire that this principle should be so superstitiously observed
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is a further reason for his being first instructed in the latter.
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while the fact that Latin learning is derived from Greek
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because Latin, being in general use, will be picked up by him whether we will or no;
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I prefer that a boy should begin with Greek,
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