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of Cicero's words and phrases to help him in only using Cicero's exact style. In the dialogue, Nosoponus's writing is comically laborious: he takes six nights to write a letter that contains six sentences, then revises it ten times and sets it aside for examination later. When Bulephorus objects to
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Erasmus focuses on two main Ciceronian tenets: the idea that Cicero is the absolute standard for the Latin language and the idea that proper Latin style is only attainable through direct imitation of Cicero. Erasmus believed that strictly imitating Cicero to the exclusion of other writers, styles,
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taking this long, Nosoponus replies that he avoids conversation as much as possible. Ciceronians are portrayed as having to write their ultra-sterilised prose in soundproof rooms to avoid any violation by real life, especially the distressingly vulgar speech of children and women.
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Some Ciceronian extremists, refusing to use words that Cicero had not used, resorted to pagan words and names to express Christian theological concepts, using, for example, "
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who wanted to recover Classical Latin. Erasmus also sought to defend medieval Latinists whose allegedly barbarous style the Ciceronians had ridiculed.
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style. Nosoponus is proud that he has not read any author other than Cicero in seven years, and he is compiling a
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Due Trattati ... l'uno delle Materie, che possono uenir sotto lo stile dell'eloquente: l'altro della Imitatione
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rather than a living and evolving means of international intellectual communication.
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The first tome or volume of the Paraphrase of Erasmus vpon the newe testamente
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printed his first oration defending Cicero and the Ciceronians from Erasmus,
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While Erasmus published many works on literary topics, some scholars view
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as his greatest contribution to literary criticism.
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Erasmus saw Cicero's Latin as 16:Treatise by Erasmus of Rotterdam 576:Exposytion of the Commune Creed 652:Praemium Erasmianum Foundation 504:Handbook of a Christian Knight 165:criticized Erasmus's views in 1: 351:The Sixteenth Century Journal 179: 703:16th-century Christian texts 432:Facsimile of a Latin edition 396:Zini, Fosca Mariani (2020). 307:Tunberg, Terence O. (1997). 172:Modern scholars have called 7: 728:16th-century books in Latin 718:Books by Desiderius Erasmus 528:Julius Excluded from Heaven 345:Carrington, Laurel (2000). 136: 10: 744: 382:Camillo Delminio, Giulio, 245:Illinois Classical Studies 216:10.1558/rarr.6.1.107.52513 157:also published a riposte, 62: 667: 636: 603: 592: 487: 474: 167:Trattato dell’ Imitatione 24:("The Ciceronian") is a 584:Ecclesiastes of Erasmus 560:The Freedom of the Will 313:Humanistica Lovaniensia 288:Editor's Introduction, 36:, a style of scholarly 544:Paraphrases of Erasmus 496:Prosopopeia Britanniae 147:Julius Caesar Scaliger 40:that closely imitated 286:Monroe, Paul (1908). 50:Renaissance humanists 708:Books about paganism 468:Erasmus of Rotterdam 713:Books about writing 626:Apophthegmatum opus 512:In Praise of Folly 30:Desiderius Erasmus 685: 684: 735: 675: 674: 598: 461: 454: 447: 438: 437: 414: 413: 411: 409: 393: 387: 380: 374: 373: 371: 369: 342: 336: 335: 333: 331: 304: 295: 294: 283: 268: 267: 265: 263: 236: 227: 226: 224: 222: 195: 743: 742: 738: 737: 736: 734: 733: 732: 688: 687: 686: 681: 663: 632: 619:Textus Receptus 599: 590: 483: 470: 465: 423: 418: 417: 407: 405: 398:"Ciceronianism" 394: 390: 381: 377: 367: 365: 363:10.2307/2671115 343: 339: 329: 327: 305: 298: 284: 271: 261: 259: 239:Gotoff (1980). 237: 230: 220: 218: 196: 187: 182: 139: 65: 17: 12: 11: 5: 741: 731: 730: 725: 720: 715: 710: 705: 700: 683: 682: 680: 679: 668: 665: 664: 662: 661: 660: 659: 649: 640: 638: 637:Related topics 634: 633: 631: 630: 622: 616: 607: 605: 601: 600: 593: 591: 589: 588: 580: 572: 564: 556: 548: 540: 532: 524: 516: 508: 500: 491: 489: 488:Original works 485: 484: 482: 481: 475: 472: 471: 464: 463: 456: 449: 441: 435: 434: 429: 422: 421:External links 419: 416: 415: 388: 375: 337: 296: 269: 228: 210:(1): 107–123. 184: 183: 181: 178: 163:Giulio Camillo 138: 135: 64: 61: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 740: 729: 726: 724: 721: 719: 716: 714: 711: 709: 706: 704: 701: 699: 696: 695: 693: 678: 670: 669: 666: 658: 657:Erasmus Prize 655: 654: 653: 650: 647: 646: 642: 641: 639: 635: 628: 627: 623: 620: 617: 614: 613: 609: 608: 606: 602: 597: 586: 585: 581: 578: 577: 573: 570: 569: 565: 562: 561: 557: 554: 553: 549: 546: 545: 541: 538: 537: 533: 530: 529: 525: 522: 521: 517: 514: 513: 509: 506: 505: 501: 498: 497: 493: 492: 490: 486: 480: 477: 476: 473: 469: 462: 457: 455: 450: 448: 443: 442: 439: 433: 430: 428: 425: 424: 403: 399: 392: 385: 379: 364: 360: 356: 352: 348: 341: 326: 322: 318: 314: 310: 303: 301: 292: 289: 282: 280: 278: 276: 274: 258: 254: 250: 246: 242: 235: 233: 217: 213: 209: 205: 201: 194: 192: 190: 185: 177: 175: 170: 168: 164: 160: 156: 155:Étienne Dolet 152: 148: 144: 134: 132: 128: 124: 120: 116: 112: 108: 104: 101: 96: 94: 93:dead language 88: 85: 81: 76: 74: 70: 60: 58: 53: 51: 47: 43: 39: 35: 34:Ciceronianism 31: 27: 23: 22: 643: 624: 610: 604:Translations 582: 574: 568:Ciceronianus 567: 566: 558: 550: 542: 534: 526: 518: 510: 502: 494: 406:. 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treatise
Desiderius Erasmus
Ciceronianism
Latin
Cicero
Latin
Renaissance humanists
fanatic
satirical
lexicon
dead language
Jupiter
Maximus
God
Apollo
Jesus
pagan
holy texts
Christian
Biblical
Julius Caesar Scaliger
Étienne Dolet
Giulio Camillo



"Fame with Tongue (Lingua verius quam calamo celebrem), or, The Gift of the Gab"
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10.1558/rarr.6.1.107.52513

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