How To Use Isocrates In A Sentence
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Isocrates adviseth Demonicus, when he came to a strange city, to [6604] worship by all means the gods of the place, et unumquemque, Topicum deum sic coli oportere, quomodo ipse praeceperit: which Cecilius in [6605] Minutius labours, and would have every nation sacrorum ritus gentiles habere et deos colere municipes, keep their own ceremonies, worship their peculiar gods, which Pomponius Mela reports of the
Anatomy of Melancholy
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Pointing out that his discourse is crafted not only for a festive display, but also for a particular historical moment, Isocrates affirms the legitimacy of oratory as a vehicle of political deliberation.
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This amazing, confounding, admirable, amiable beauty, [4817] than which in all nature's treasure (saith Isocrates) there is nothing so majestical and sacred, nothing so divine, lovely, precious,
Anatomy of Melancholy
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So sweet is the delight of study, the more learning they have (as he that hath a dropsy, the more he drinks the thirstier he is) the more they covet to learn, and the last day is prioris discipulus; harsh at first learning is, radices amarcae, but fractus dulces, according to that of Isocrates, pleasant at last; the longer they live, the more they are enamoured with the Muses.
Anatomy of Melancholy
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It is instructive that Isocrates uses oral metaphors to describe the role of poetry and oratory in cultural reproduction and to convey the idea of an education he himself professes.
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Still, confining the import of these two compositions to political commentary is limiting, just as it is limiting to contrast Plato the master of Socratic elenchus and Isocrates the master rhetorician.
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Isocrates demonico praecipit ut quum alicujus amicitiam vellet illum laudet, quod laus initium amoris sit, vituperatio simultatum.
Anatomy of Melancholy
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Isocrates, on the other hand, appropriates the language of praise as a goading device to strengthen the commitment of his polis to a pan-Hellenic ideal.
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Isocrates about thirty verses, most of them senarian, and some of them anapest, which in prose have a more disagreeable effect than any others.
Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker.
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Isocrates believed that only a grand imperialistic project could put an end to the endemic warfare among the Greeks.
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Isocrates cannot simply repeat the topoi of Athenian speeches in praise of the city.
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So sweet is the delight of study, the more learning they have (as he that hath a dropsy, the more he drinks the thirstier he is) the more they covet to learn, and the last day is prioris discipulus; harsh at first learning is, radices amarcae, but fractus dulces, according to that of Isocrates, pleasant at last; the longer they live, the more they are enamoured with the Muses.
Anatomy of Melancholy
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Isocrates adviseth Demonicus, when he came to a strange city, to [6604] worship by all means the gods of the place, et unumquemque, Topicum deum sic coli oportere, quomodo ipse praeceperit: which Cecilius in [6605] Minutius labours, and would have every nation sacrorum ritus gentiles habere et deos colere municipes, keep their own ceremonies, worship their peculiar gods, which Pomponius Mela reports of the
Anatomy of Melancholy
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His literary style was influenced by that of Isocrates, but he is a much less careful writer, being often negligent in the matter of hiatus, and inartistic in the composition of his sentences.
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( "running") and _clausula_ ( "cadence") which had characterized the rhythms of Isocrates and Cicero.
A Study of Poetry
