The Example and its Antagonist

An understanding of the idea of imitatio that Cicero defends in his work reveals a way of thinking in dialogue with a tradition that the Roman orator never ceases to construct for political purposes. Hence, the study of Cicero the imitator provides us with an extraordinary example of the need that e...

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description An understanding of the idea of imitatio that Cicero defends in his work reveals a way of thinking in dialogue with a tradition that the Roman orator never ceases to construct for political purposes. Hence, the study of Cicero the imitator provides us with an extraordinary example of the need that every human community has to construct an integrating narrative by resorting to the memory of the texts and events that favour coexistence and those that make it impossible. The memory of the former should incite us to imitate them; that of the latter, to reject them.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1772492026-06-06T05:42:09Z The Example and its Antagonist Eloquentia philosophica Exemplum Imitation Memory Orator perfectus thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHC Ancient history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology An understanding of the idea of imitatio that Cicero defends in his work reveals a way of thinking in dialogue with a tradition that the Roman orator never ceases to construct for political purposes. Hence, the study of Cicero the imitator provides us with an extraordinary example of the need that every human community has to construct an integrating narrative by resorting to the memory of the texts and events that favour coexistence and those that make it impossible. The memory of the former should incite us to imitate them; that of the latter, to reject them. 2026-06-06T05:42:08Z 2026-06-06T05:42:08Z 2026-06-05T15:22:38Z 2021 book 2724-3362 https://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-512-4/ https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/114047 9788869695117 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/177249 ita Lexis Supplements open access image/jpeg https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/114047/4/5f6898b7-69cd-406b-8059-0c1cc65bb7df.pdf Edizioni Ca’ Foscari – Venice University Press 10.30687/978-88-6969-511-7 10.30687/978-88-6969-511-7 9788869695117 Edizioni Ca’ Foscari – Venice University Press 232 Venice, Italy open access
spellingShingle Eloquentia philosophica
Exemplum
Imitation
Memory
Orator perfectus
thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism
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The Example and its Antagonist
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title_full The Example and its Antagonist
title_fullStr The Example and its Antagonist
title_full_unstemmed The Example and its Antagonist
title_short The Example and its Antagonist
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topic Eloquentia philosophica
Exemplum
Imitation
Memory
Orator perfectus
thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHC Ancient history
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology
topic_facet Eloquentia philosophica
Exemplum
Imitation
Memory
Orator perfectus
thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHC Ancient history
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology
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