Word: ciceroism
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...brought about by a long succession of causes. The link between mediaeval and modern literature is Petrarch. Descended from Florentine ancestry, he was born in 1304. He spent his youth in exile, and was educated at the University of Bologna. His first great achievement was the discovery of Cicero's "Pro Archia" in 1333. He spent a quiet life at Vaucluse and Arqua, where he died in 1374. Petrarch saturated his life with a careful study of the classics, to which he was early attracted by their perfection of form. His efforts to bring about a revival of Latin literature...
...Sandys, who is a graduate of Cambridge University and holder of an honorary degree from the University of Dublin, is a brilliant classical scholar. He has published five books on Demosthenes' speeches, works on Euripides' "Bacchae," Aristotle's "Constitution of Athens," and Cicero. He has also contributed many articles on classical literature to contemporary English magazines...
...conduct Latin 8 in the second half-year Professor Morgan will be obliged to change the hours for Classical Philology 40, Roman literary criticism, announced to be given on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 11 o'clock, and perhaps for Classical Philology 66, the Philippics of Demosthenes and Cicero, announced to be given on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 10 o'clock. Students intending to take either of these courses are requested to meet Professor Morgan on Monday at 1 o'clock in Harvard...
...Faculty of Arts and Sciences has included in the list of half courses to be given in the second half-year, Classical Philology 39, a course on Cicero's exposition of Greek philosophy, with a systematic account of the development of philosophy from the death of Aristotle to the death of Cicero. The course begins next Monday at 3.30 o'clock in Sever 14. It has been given before, but not as it will be conducted this year. Students intending to take this course should consult Professor C. P. Parker at once concerning the necessary books...
Latin 9.--Latin Literature.--Cicero and Quintilian. Selections from the De Oratore and the Institutio Oratoria. Mon., Wed., Fri., at 2.30. Dr. W. W. Baker...