# Institutio Oratoria 3.6.13

Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 3, Chapter 6. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/quintilian/institutio-oratoria/3.6.13

alii statum crediderunt primam eius, cum quo ageretur, deprecationem. quam sententiam his verbis Cicero complectitur: in quo primum insistit quasi ad repugnandum congressa defensio. unde rursus alia quaestio, an eum semper is faciat qui respondet. cui rei praecipue repugnat Cornelius Celsus dicens non a depulsione sumi, sed ab eo qui propositionem suam confirmet; ut, si hominem occisum reus negat, status ab accusatore nascatur, quia is velit probare; si iure occisum reus dicit, translata probationis necessitate idem a reo fiat, et sit eius intentio.

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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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