Cicero's Topica (Oxford Classical Monographs)

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Cicero's Topica is one of the canonical texts on ancient rhetorical theory. This is the first full-scale commentary on this work, and the first critical edition of the work that is informed by a full analysis of its transmission. Cover Title Page Copyright Preface CONTENTS Editions of the Topica Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Topica in Cicero’s Oeuvre THE NOTION OF ‘THETICAL RHETORIC’ THE ORIGINS OF ‘THETICAL RHETORIC’ HOW AND WHY WAS CICERO ATTRACTED BY THETICAL RHETORIC? THE ROLE OF PHILO 2. A Short History of the Topos THE PRE-ARISTOTELIAN PHASE ARISTOTLE’S TOPICS ARISTOTLE’S RHETORIC THEOPHRASTUS STANDARD RHETORIC AFTER ARISTOTLE CICERO THE RHETORICAL TRADITION AFTER CICERO BOETHIUS AND THEMISTIUS 3. The Anonymus Seguerianus THE ANONYMUS THE Topoi AND THEIR CONTEXT THE PASSAGE INTRODUCING THE Topoi PERIPATETIC RHETORIC AND THE FOURTH ACADEMY THEMISTIUS/BOETHIUS 4. The Legal Aspect of the Topica ROMAN LEGAL SCIENCE CICERO’S PROPOSALS FOR A REFORM OF THE IUS CIVILE RHETORICAL VS. LEGAL INVENTION THE TOPICA AS A SOURCE FOR EARLY LEGAL TEXTS THE TOPICA IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 5. The Transmission of the Topica THE MANUSCRIPTS THE HYPOTHESIS A, B, AND m THE SURVIVING a ERRORS BOETHIAN CONTAMINATION AND ITS ROLE IN THE ASSESSMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS THE ANALYSIS OF THE TRADITION THE APPARATUS CRITICUS List of Sigla LATIN TEXT WITH TRANSLATION Appendix Critica COMMENTARY §§1–5 §§6–8 §9 §10 §§ 11–12 §§13–14 §15 §§16–17 §18 §§19–21 §§22–3a §23b §24 §25 §§26–34 §§35–7 §§38–40 §§41–5 §46 §§47–9 §§50–2 §§53–7 §§58–67 §§68–71 §§72–8 §§79–86 §§87–90 §§91–100 Appendix Bibliography Index locorum Index of Latin terms Index of Greek terms General Index