# Institutio Oratoria 2.21.5

Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 2, Chapter 21. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/quintilian/institutio-oratoria/2.21.5

quo manifestum est hanc opinionem ipsius Platonis fuisse. et Cicero quodam loco materiam rhetorices vocat res, quae subiectae sint ei, sed certas demum putat esse subiectas. alio vero de omnibus rebus oratori dicendum arbitratur his quidem verbis: quanquam vis oratoris professioque ipsa bene dicendi hoc suscipere ac polliceri videtur, ut omni de re, quaecunque sit proposita, ornate ab eo copioseque dicatur.

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Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, ed. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Text: the Perseus Digital Library, canonical-latinLit, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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