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Quintilian

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Quin·til·ian  (kwn-tlyn, --n) Originally Marcus Fabius Quintilianus. First century a.d.
Roman rhetorician whose major work, the Institutio Oratoria, discusses the complete education and career of an orator.
Quintilian [kwɪnˈtɪljən]
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(Biographies / Quintilian (?35-?96) M, Roman, PHILOSOPHY: rhetorician, EDUCATION: teacher) Latin name Marcus Fabius Quintilianus. ?35-?96 ad, Roman rhetorician and teacher


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From Cicero and Quintilian and from Aristotle's Rhetoric we learn that the Sophist whom Plato has made so ridiculous was a man of note whose writings were preserved in later ages.
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