Wisdom in SpaceWe excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
-- Quintilian (35-90 CE)
A.Stringer"But if the populace must choose between a good person and someone who spoke well, #Quintilian would remind us that someone who speaks well but has no integrity is dangerous."
#Biden crashes, Trump lies: A campaign-defining presidential debate
https://theconversation.com/biden-crashes-trump-lies-a-campaign-defining-presidential-debate-232672
JBRoss"Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it." — Quintilian — — — #Quintilian #quote #quotes #begin #start #delay #procrastinate #late #opportunity #lost
ChironomiaAddressing #parents whose #children showed a talent for rhetorical performance, #Quintilian warned them that encouraging their children to extemporise speech too soon would make them lazy, instil in them bad habits, thwart their progress and squander their natural gifts
Although the ability to improvise rhetorical speech was, for #Quintilian, the greatest fruit of the oratorical studies, he argued that students should start their learning by memorising and repeating good quality examples before attempting to produce speeches extempore
As we progress with Austin's notated example, it might be useful to consider how this learning could contribute to improving a singer's acting skills. Why spend time memorising examples when #Quintilian argued that the linchpin of #rhetoric was #improvisation? 🧵
Erik Bengtson 🌍
Sozialwelten#Ekphrasis
ἔκ-φρασις - #Beschreibung
#rhetorische #Form, durch welche z. B. #Handlungen oder #Landschaften sehr #anschaulich und #bildlich #beschrieben und dem #Zuhörer #dadurch #imaginierend „vor #Augen #gestellt“ (so #Quintilian) wird.
#Dient dazu, den #Zuhörer zum #Zuschauer zu machen.
#Massenmediale #Beeindruckung; #Professionalitätsmagie
Die #Welt, 30.04.2020, #Kommentar, Andreas #Rosenfelder: "Der #Lohn der #Angst", #Feuilleton S. 8