Author: Marcus Tullius CiceroPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Oratory, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
De Oratore
Author: Marcus Tullius CiceroPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Oratory, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Cicero: Brutus and Orator
Author: Robert A. KasterPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190857862
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Cicero's Brutus and Orator constitute his final major statements on the history of Roman oratory and the nature of the ideal orator. In the Brutus he traces the development of political and judicial speech over the span of 150 years, from the early second century to 46 BCE, when both of these treatises were written. In an immensely detailed account of some 200 speakers from the past he dispenses an expert's praise and criticism, provides an unparalleled resource for the study of Roman rhetoric, and engages delicately with the fraught political circumstances of the day, when the dominance of Julius Caesar was assured and the future of Rome's political institutions was thrown into question. The Orator, written several months later, describes the form of oratory that Cicero most admired, even though he insists that neither he nor any other orator has been able to achieve it. At the same time, he defends his views against critics-the so-called Atticists-who found Cicero's style overwrought and favored a more restrained and plainer approach.
Cicero
Author: Marcus Tullius CiceroPublisher:
ISBN: 9780191838217
Category : Oratory
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This is a new translation of the classic 'On the Ideal Orator' (De Oratore) in which Cicero, the greatest Roman orator and prose writer of the day, gives his mature views on rhetoric, oratory and philosophy.
Ethics and the Orator
Author: Gary A. RemerPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022643933X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
“Succeeds admirably in showing how the study of Cicero’s political thought . . . can still be relevant for modern debates in political philosophy.” —Political Theory For thousands of years, critics have attacked rhetoric and the actual practice of politics as unprincipled, insincere, and manipulative. In Ethics and the Orator, Gary A. Remer disagrees, offering the Ciceronian rhetorical tradition as a rejoinder. Remer’s study is distinct from other works on political morality in that it turns to Cicero, not Aristotle, as the progenitor of an ethical rhetorical perspective. Ethics and the Orator demonstrates how Cicero presents his ideal orator as exemplary not only in his ability to persuade, but in his capacity as an ethical person. Remer makes a compelling case that Ciceronian values—balancing the moral and the useful, prudential reasoning, and decorum—are not particular only to the philosopher himself, but are distinctive of a broader Ciceronian rhetorical tradition that runs through the history of Western political thought post-Cicero, including the writings of Quintilian, John of Salisbury, Justus Lipsius, Edmund Burke, the authors of The Federalist, and John Stuart Mill. “Gary Remer’s very fine new book could not be more familiar or more central to contemporary politics.” —Perspectives on Politics “Well illustrates ways in which Cicero was perhaps the classical political thinker most concerned with the transcendence of the common good.” —The Review of Politics
Cicero: De Oratore Book III
Author: Marcus Tullius CiceroPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 131615422X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
Cicero's De Oratore is one of the masterpieces of Latin prose. A literary dialogue in the Greek tradition, it was written in 55 BCE in the midst of political turmoil at Rome, but reports a discussion 'concerning the (ideal) orator' that supposedly took place in 90 BCE, just before an earlier crisis. Cicero features eminent orators and statesmen of the past as participants in this discussion, presenting competing views on many topics. This edition of Book III is the first since 1893 to provide a Latin text and full introduction and commentary in English. It is intended to help advanced students and others interested in Roman literature to comprehend the grammar and appreciate the stylistic nuances of Cicero's Latin, to trace the historical, literary, and theoretical background of the topics addressed, and to interpret Book III in relation to the rest of De Oratore and to Cicero's other works.
Cicero on the Ideal Orator
Author: Marcus Tullius CiceroPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195091977
Category : Oratory
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In On the Ideal Orator, (De oratore), Cicero, the greatest Roman orator and prosewriter of his day, gives his mature views on rhetoric, oratory, and philosophy. Cast in the lively, literary form of a dialogue, this classic work presents a daring view of the orator as the master of all language communication while still emphasizing his role at the heart of Roman society and politics. Cicero's conception of the ideal orator represents his own original synthesis of the positions of the philosophers and the rhetoricians in the age-old quarrel between these disciplines.The first translation of De oratore in over fifty years, this volume is ideal for courses on Cicero and on the history of rhetoric/oratory. James May and Jakob Wisse provide an accurate and accessible translation which is based on--and contributes to--recent advances in our understanding of De oratore and of the many aspects of ancient rhetoric, philosophy, and history relevant to it. Their translation reflects the many variations of Cicero's style, which are essential ingredients of the work. The volume includes extensive annotation, based on current scholarship and offering significant original contributions as well. It is also enhanced by a full introduction covering all important aspects of both the work and its historical background; appendices on Cicero's works, figures of thought and speech, and alternate manuscript readings; a glossary of terms from rhetoric and Roman life and politics; and a comprehensive index of names and places.
The Ideal Orator
Author: On Oratory & Orators
Author: Marcus Tullius CiceroPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
The One Year Manual
Author: Israel RegardiePublisher: Weiser Books
ISBN: 1609254945
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
This twelve-month manual brings the serious student of consciousness to an ongoing awareness of unity. Dr. Regardie revised this edition (originally published as Twelve Steps to Spiritual Enlightenment) to progress from the physical disciplines of body awareness, relaxation, and rhythmic breathing, through concentration, developing will, mantra practice, to the ultimate awareness that All is God.
The Orator in Action and Theory in Greece and Rome
Author: Cecil W. WootenPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004122130
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
This is a collection of original essays, written by authorities in the field, on aspects of ancient rhetoric and oratory ranging from theoretical considerations of rhetorical theory to analysis of actual speeches.