Cicero On the Ideal Orator

Name: Cicero On the Ideal Orator
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ISBN: 9780195091984

ISBN-10: 0195091981

ISBN-13: 9780195091984

Edition: 2001

Authors: James M. May, Jakob Wisse

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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, the work presents a daring view of the orator as the master of all language communcation, while still emphasizing his role at the heart of Roman society and politics. Cicero thus goes far beyond the rules of the standard manuals of the rhetoricians, whom he criticizes for their rigidity and narrowness. But in the age-old quarrel between the philosophers and the rhetoricians, he doesn not side with the philosophers either. His picture of the ideal orator consitutes Cicero's own, original…

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List price: $94.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/8/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 9.09" wide x 6.10" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.452
Language: English

James M. May is provost, dean, and professor of classics at St. Olaf College.



Introduction



The Roman background: politics and culture



Orators in politics



Greeks and Romans



De oratore in Cicero's life



The subject: the ideal orator



Form I: Dialogue technique



Form II: ""Rhetorical"" techniques and the way to read De oratore



Background I: The quarrel between rhetoricians and philosophers, and Cicero's position in it



Brief history of the quarrel



The issues in the quarrel: Cicero's position



Background II: Traditional rhetoric and Cicero's alternative



Preliminary questions



The basic systems and Cicero's choice



The individual activities



Background III: Cicero's ""sources""



This translation



The text



Synopsis of the work


Further Readings and Bibliography


Abbreviations


Translation: On The Ideal Orator












Cicero's Works



Figures of Thought and Speech



List of Readings


Glossary


Index of Places and Names


General Index