Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory: Delivered to the Classes of Senior and Junior Sophisters in Harvard University, Zväzok 1Hilliard and Metcalf, 1810 - 160 strán (strany) Before becoming President of the United States, John Quincy Adams was a Harvard professor of language, rhetoric and oratory, with this book comprising his lectures. Published in 1810 when Quincy Adams was in his forties, this work is a collection which demonstrates the breadth of knowledge which he passed to students eager to learn about the arts of speaking. The early lectures cover the basic principles of oratory and eloquence in the context of public speaking, and the origins of rhetoric as a celebrated art form in ancient Greece and Rome. It is clear that the author possesses an intense knowledge of the subject and its professional application. Later on in the text are more specific lectures, such as the importance of perfecting oratory for the courtroom, and the personal qualities a good speaker should cultivate. Keeping tight control of one's emotions when speaking or debating with others, and delivering compelling lectures from the church pulpit, are also discussed at length. Although this material is well over 200 years old with much of the language archaic by modern standards, the ideas and principles espoused by Quincy Adams remain both relevant and important to students and those working in fields where speech is vital. |
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... ; and the first teacher of which was Empedocles . He was soon succeeded in the same country by Corax and Tisias . One of his pupils also was Gorgias of Leontium , whose repu- tation 80 [ LECT . III . ORIGIN OF ORATORY .
... Gorgias of Leontium , whose repu- tation has fluctuated from the extreme of admira- tion to that of debasement . Gorgias lived to the extraordinary age of one hundred and nine years . He had a great number of cotemporary rhetoricians ...
... Gorgias , he found in Socrates , or rather in his disciple , Plato , a rival and antagonist , whose works and reputation have stood the test of ages , better than his own ; which have sunk under the weight of his adversary's su ...
... Gorgias were too affected and too presumptuous . The deeper penetration and the more chastened judgment of Socrates led to a higher perfection in the theory of rhetoric . But if it be true , as by the con- current testimony of all the ...
... Gorgias ; formed upon the principles of his school . In early life he had been of opinion , that eloquence ought not to be taught , as an art , Deterred by a natural and insuperable timidity , which , in common with many other men of ...
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