An encyclopedist of the dark ages: Isidore of Seville

Name: An encyclopedist of the dark ages: Isidore of Seville
Author: Brehaut, Ernest

Brehaut, Ernest

Isidore, of Seville, Saint, -636; Thesis (Ph. D.)

I. Definition (ch. 1).
     II. Chief writers (ch. 2).
    III. Divisions (ch. 3).
         1. _Inventio._
         2. _Dispositio._
         3. _Elocutio._
         4. _Memoria._
         5. _Pronuntiatio._
     IV. The three kinds of cases (ch. 4).
         1. _Deliberativum._[192]
         2. _Demonstrativum._[193]
         3. _Judiciale._[194]
      V. The two-fold status of cases[195] (ch. 5).
         1. _Rationalis._
            a. _Conjectura._[196]
            b. _Finis._[197]
               (1) _Juridicialis._[198]
                   (a) _Absoluta._[199]
                   (b) _Assumptiva._[200]
                       (_a_) _Concessio._[201]
                               _Purgatio._[202]
                               _Deprecatio._[203]
                       (_b_) _Remotio criminis._[204]
                       (_c_) _Relatio criminis._[205]
                       (_d_) _Comparatio._[206]
               (2) _Negotialis._[207]
            c. _Qualitas._[208]
            d. _Translatio._[209]
         2. _Legalis._
            a. _Scriptum et voluntas._[210]
            b. _Leges contrariae._[211]
            c. _Ambiguitas._[212]
            d. _Collectio._[213]
            e. _Definitio legalis._[214]
     VI. The three-fold division of controversies[215] (ch. 6).
         1. Simple.
         2. Compound.
         3. Complex.
    VII. The four parts of a speech[216] (ch. 7).
         1. _Exordium._
         2. _Narratio._
         3. _Argumentatio._
         4. _Conclusio._
   VIII. The five modes of cases[217] (ch. 8).
         1. _Honestum._
         2. _Admirabile._[218]
         3. _Humile._
         4. _Anceps._
         5. _Obscurum._
     IX. Argumentation (ch. 9).
         1. _Inductio._
         2. _Ratiocinatio._[219]
            a. _Enthymema._
            b. _Epicherema._
            c. _Mendacium._[220]
      X. Law[221] (ch. 10).
     XI. The sententious saying (ch. 11).
    XII. Confirmation and denial (ch. 12).
   XIII. Personification and expression of character (chs. 13–14).
    XIV. Kinds of subjects (ch. 15).
           _Finitum._
           _Infinitum._
     XV. Style and diction (ch. 16).
    XVI. The three ways of speaking (ch. 17).
           _Humile._
           _Medium._
           _Grandiloquium._
   XVII. Parts of a sentence (ch. 18).
  XVIII. Faults to be avoided[222] (chs. 19–20).
    XIX. Figures[223] (ch. 21).

  [192] “In which there is discussion of what ought or ought not
  to be done in regard to any of the practical affairs of life.”
  2, 4, 1. The _genus deliberativum_ is divided into _suasio_ and
  _dissuasio_, and each of these again, under the three headings,
  _honestum_, _utile_, _possibile_.

  [193] Epideictic; divided into _laus_ and _vituperatio_, 2, 4.

  [194] Forensic rhetoric.

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An encyclopedist of the dark ages: Isidore of Seville

Brehaut, Ernest

Isidore, of Seville, Saint, -636; Thesis (Ph. D.)

I. Definition (ch. 1).
     II. Chief writers (ch. 2).
    III. Divisions (ch. 3).
         1. _Inventio._
         2. _Dispositio._
         3. _Elocutio._
         4. _Memoria._
         5. _Pronuntiatio._
     IV. The three kinds of cases (ch. 4).
         1. _Deliberativum._[192]
         2. _Demonstrativum._[193]
         3. _Judiciale._[194]
      V. The two-fold status of cases[195] (ch. 5).
         1. _Rationalis._
            a. _Conjectura._[196]
            b. _Finis._[197]
               (1) _Juridicialis._[198]
                   (a) _Absoluta._[199]
                   (b) _Assumptiva._[200]
                       (_a_) _Concessio._[201]
                               _Purgatio._[202]
                               _Deprecatio._[203]
                       (_b_) _Remotio criminis._[204]
                       (_c_) _Relatio criminis._[205]
                       (_d_) _Comparatio._[206]
               (2) _Negotialis._[207]
            c. _Qualitas._[208]
            d. _Translatio._[209]
         2. _Legalis._
            a. _Scriptum et voluntas._[210]
            b. _Leges contrariae._[211]
            c. _Ambiguitas._[212]
            d. _Collectio._[213]
            e. _Definitio legalis._[214]
     VI. The three-fold division of controversies[215] (ch. 6).
         1. Simple.
         2. Compound.
         3. Complex.
    VII. The four parts of a speech[216] (ch. 7).
         1. _Exordium._
         2. _Narratio._
         3. _Argumentatio._
         4. _Conclusio._
   VIII. The five modes of cases[217] (ch. 8).
         1. _Honestum._
         2. _Admirabile._[218]
         3. _Humile._
         4. _Anceps._
         5. _Obscurum._
     IX. Argumentation (ch. 9).
         1. _Inductio._
         2. _Ratiocinatio._[219]
            a. _Enthymema._
            b. _Epicherema._
            c. _Mendacium._[220]
      X. Law[221] (ch. 10).
     XI. The sententious saying (ch. 11).
    XII. Confirmation and denial (ch. 12).
   XIII. Personification and expression of character (chs. 13–14).
    XIV. Kinds of subjects (ch. 15).
           _Finitum._
           _Infinitum._
     XV. Style and diction (ch. 16).
    XVI. The three ways of speaking (ch. 17).
           _Humile._
           _Medium._
           _Grandiloquium._
   XVII. Parts of a sentence (ch. 18).
  XVIII. Faults to be avoided[222] (chs. 19–20).
    XIX. Figures[223] (ch. 21).

  [192] “In which there is discussion of what ought or ought not
  to be done in regard to any of the practical affairs of life.”
  2, 4, 1. The _genus deliberativum_ is divided into _suasio_ and
  _dissuasio_, and each of these again, under the three headings,
  _honestum_, _utile_, _possibile_.

  [193] Epideictic; divided into _laus_ and _vituperatio_, 2, 4.

  [194] Forensic rhetoric.

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