Re: Great orators
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The fact that the brilliance of the best orators of antiquity is completely unknown to most people of modern times astounds me.
That said, if you can consider Plato's accounts to be accurate, Socrates has to rate very highly. The fact that his opening in The Apology, "What you have heard about me from my accusers, Athenians, I do not know," utilizes a common rhetorical trick still used today is a testament to that.
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What trick is that?
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