Quintilian

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

noun

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

Quintilian

/ kwɪnˈtɪljən /

noun

1. Latin name Marcus Fabius Quintilianus. ?35–?96 _ad , Roman rhetorician and teacher

Example Sentences

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

From Literature

Thus the claim that there is a new concept of evidence in the 1660s is mistaken; wherever we look what we find is nothing but the reworking of Quintilian’s distinctions.

From Literature

Thus Quintilian assumes the lawyer will appeal to what we might call stereotypes: ‘It is easier to believe brigandage of a man, poisoning of a woman.’

From Literature

‘Circumstances’, we have seen, is Quintilian’s coinage.

From Literature

Quintilian also separates the evidence of signs or clues from the evidence of witnesses; indeed, as in The Logic of Port-Royal, the evidence of signs is ‘internal’ and the evidence of witnesses is ‘external’.

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