[13]
These two branches of knowledge were, as
Cicero has clearly shown,1 so closely united, not
merely in theory but in practice, that the same men
were regarded as uniting the qualifications of orator
and philosopher. Subsequently this single branch
of study split up into its component parts, and
thanks to the indolence of its professors was regarded as consisting of several distinct subjects.
As soon as speaking became a means of livelihood
and the practice of making an evil use of the
[p. 13]
blessings of eloquence came into vogue, those who
had a reputation for eloquence ceased to study moral
philosophy, and ethics,
1 de Or. iii. 15.
Quintilian. With an English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1920.
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