Institutio Oratoria (On the Education of an Orator), volume 2


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Marcus Fabius Quintilianus was of Spanish origin, being born about 35 A.D. at Calagurris. At Rome he met with great success as a teacher and was the first rhetorician to set up a genuine public school and to receive a salary from the State. He left behind him a treatise "On the causes of the decadence of Roman oratory" (De causis corruptae eloquentiae), some speeches and his magnum opus, the only one to survive to our days. His Institutio Oratoria, despite the fact that much of it is highly technical, has still much that is of interest to‑day, even for those who care little for the history of rhetoric. (Summary adapted from the translator's preface) This second volume covers books 4 to 6. (8 hr 16 min)

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Book IV, Preface and Chapter 1 46:32 Read by Leni
Book IV, Chapter 2, Part 1 33:19 Read by Leni
Book IV, Chapter 2, Part 2 34:01 Read by Leni
Book IV, Chapters 3 and 4 13:51 Read by Leni
Book IV, Chapter 5 14:11 Read by Leni
Book V, Preface, Chapters 1 to 6 14:03 Read by Leni
Book V, Chapter 7 21:00 Read by Leni
Book V, Chapters 8 and 9 11:40 Read by Leni
Book V, Chapter 10, Part 1 33:02 Read by Leni
Book V, Chapter 10, Part 2 34:41 Read by Leni
Book V, Chapter 11 24:27 Read by Leni
Book V, Chapter 12 13:30 Read by Leni
Book V, Chapter 13 35:23 Read by Leni
Book V, Chapter 14 21:02 Read by Leni
Book VI, Preface 10:54 Read by Leni
Book VI, Chapter 1 32:20 Read by Leni
Book VI, Chapter 2 22:28 Read by Leni
Book VI, Chapter 3, Part 1 29:47 Read by Leni
Book VI, Chapter 3, Part 2 30:32 Read by Leni
Book VI, Chapters 4 and 5 19:45 Read by Leni