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growing old:
Applying discourse analysis to
Ciceros de Senectute
Not so much.
MAN IS A BEAST
Metaphor in Ciceros de Senectute
Peter Sipes
NEIU Student Research Symposium
17 April 2015
Cicero
commoner
consul
pro-Republic
prodigious writer
lasting influence
de Senectute
Metaphor
Method of
comparison in
language
GOOD IS UP
BAD IS DOWN
Sjblads analysis
Ciceros language in de Senectute is largely metaphorically consistent
with the rest of Latin and, interestingly, that of English.
THE MIND IS A BODY
SIGNIFICANT IS BIG
LIFE IS A JOURNEY
TALENT IS LIGHT
FAME IS LIGHT
UNDERSTANDING IS SEEING
UNDERSTANDING IS GRASPING
One is missing
59. ..quoniam virtuti tuae
fortuna coniuncta est
59. ...since fortune is joined
to your (manly) virtue
MAN IS A BEAST
14. Sicut fortis equus,
spatio qui saepe supremo
Vicit Olympia, nunc senio
confectus quiescit.
14. Just like a strong horse
winning the Olympics in the
last lap, he rests all wasted
by old age.
Final thought
nemo enim est tam senex qui se annum non
putet posse vivere. (24)
No one is so old they dont think they can live
another year.