Elogio della solitudine. L’oratore tra folla e silenzio nel giudizio di Quintiliano

Abstract

In Institutio oratoria 10, 3 Quintilian reflects on the importance of speakers having sufficient time and space to prepare their speeches. In this extensive section, he discusses the need for moments of isolation and solitude, as it is only through these that the concentration necessary to immerse oneself in the crowded space of the forum – the natural place of the speaker – can be achieved.