and concrete modifiers, which we meet regularly in Shakespeare, mirrors, indeed, the situation all of us face in daily living, where general principles are clear in theory but are conditioned in their application to the concrete world. The man of eloquence must be a lover of ‘the world’s body’ to the extent of being able to give it a

Andrés Laguna, a Spanish humanist physician of the 16th century, occupies an important position in the history of medicine. An illustrious and brilliant mind, pioneer of anatomy and urology, Laguna proved to be a true pacifist and humanitarian with his knowledge standards and his political eloquence. He deserves to be remembered today as the perfect example of the Renaissance men, a true Homo U...

Reseña bibliográfica de Carlos Hugo A. Zayas González del libro Stuart M. McManus, Empire of Eloquence. The Classical Rhetorical Tradition in Colonial Latin America and the Iberian World. Ideas context. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 300 pp. ISBN 978-1-83016-4.