Books III to VI concern the process of invention, arrangement in Book VII, and style in Books VIII and IX. In Book IV, Quintilian discusses Cicero's parts of an oration (4.1-5). Book V is largely a discussion of proofs, designated as artificial or unartificial (5.1).

Overview of Book VI

The central theme of Book VI is laughter, and it is discussed extensively in chapter three. Aristotle's three

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