nature and virtue, following it with a comparison of oratory and philosophy (2.19-21). It should also be noted that Quintilian uses these two terms, rhetoric and oratory, interchangeably (see Book II).

Overview of Books III-V

Books III-IX explore and develop the various types of oratory, focusing on the structure and methods of persuasion. Thus, these books are "concerned primarily with the art of rhetoric" (Walzer, 40).

In Book III, Quintilian begins with an apology to his readers

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