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Seneca praises the behaviour of Q. Aelius Tubero, who offered a public banquet giving an example of radical frugality. In doing so, he reverses the negative judgement of Cicero and Valerius Maximus, who blamed Tubero, because in public... more
Cet article met en discussion l’affirmation d’Aristote selon laquelle l’exemple serait un argument privilégié du genre délibératif. La première partie vise à identifier, sur le plan théorique, les propriétés de l’exemple qui en feraient... more
Seneca praises the behaviour of Q. Aelius Tubero, who offered a public banquet giving an example of radical frugality. In doing so, he reverses the negative judgement of Cicero and Valerius Maximus, who blamed Tubero, because in public... more