Orator (Cicero)
In this text, Cicero attempts to describe the perfect orator, in response to Marcus Junius Brutus’ request.The oldest partial text of Orator was recovered in the monastery of Mont Saint-Michel and now is located in the library at Avranches.“I am sure, the magnificence of Plato did not deter Aristotle from writing, nor did Aristotle with all his marvelous breadth of knowledge put an end to the studies of others.” [4] Cicero encouraged the plebeians through his writing, “Moreover, not only were outstanding men not deterred from undertaking liberal pursuits, but even craftsmen did not give up their arts because they were unable to equal the beauty of the picture of Ialysus ..”[4] Cicero proposes that rhetoric cannot be confined to one specific group but rather outlines a guide that will lead to the creation of successful orators across Roman society.[5] The emotional vividness of poetic language becomes part of the rhetorical tools in service of persuading the audience to your point of view.
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