By asking questions like these, we can get toward the empathic ideal expressed by
the ancient orator and politician Cicero and cited by Hames in his presentation: «If you wish to persuade me, think my thoughts, feel my feelings and speak my words.»
A microphone allows its user to impose his voice, and thereby his thought and personality, on many more people than
an ancient orator could.
«A microphone allows its user to impose his voice... on many more people than
an ancient orator could,» White writes, and it's certainly true.
Not exact matches
Cicero — Much of what we know of
ancient Rome is based upon the works left behind by the extraordinary number of gifted writers and
orators the city produced.