Reading The Best Kind of Orator | Alexandria
Read The Best Kind of Orator by Marcus Tullius Cicero. Bridging ancient Rome with cutting-edge psychology, Cicero's radical insight - that skillful speaking requires mastering listeners' emotions - revolutionized persuasion. His counterintuitive claim that logic alone fails sparked modern neuroscience's validation: emotions drive decisions. This master orator saw what took science 2000 years to prove.