Oratory. Cicero

Oratory was valued not only in the era of antiquity. And today, the ability to speak beautifully and correctly attracts attention, helps to inspire and convince, gives self -confidence. What qualities should a skilled speaker have?

, the preserved fragments of the speeches of Mark Tullia Cicero “On the best form of the speaker” and “Orator” helps to answer this question. Cicero (106-43 BC) is a brilliant Roman speaker, philosopher and politician, contemporary of Guy Julia Caesar. Even during the life of his speech, they were recognized as the standard of oratory.

In addition to the section on the secrets of oratory, the new book of the series “The Wisdom of the Great” included the treatises “On the State” and three of the five “Tuskulan conversations” translated in translation. Mikhail Gasparov, containing philosophical thoughts about life and death.