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Jacques-Philippe-Joseph de Saint-Quentin, The Death of Socrates, 1762
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Author’s Note:
The following text is a transcript by V. S. of the conclusion of the introductory lecture of an eight-lecture course called The Trial of Socrates. As usual, I have edited this transcript to remove excessive wordiness and filled in the gap between the two sides of the tape.
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Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ, "Demosthenes Practicing Oratory," 1870
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There is a vast gulf between oratory, on the one hand, and public speaking on the other.
By oratory I mean the art of speaking in the style we associate with great orators of the Western past, not elaborate, formal, public discourses treating important topics in a stiff, formal, or dignified manner.