On Oratory Art

This collection includes two treatises by Cicero dedicated to rhetoric - "On the Orator" and "The Orator". In Cicero's philosophy, which is close to Stoicism, the very idea of oratory art is inextricably linked to the personal and civic qualities of the ideal orator - a "true Roman," brave and unyielding in the face of danger, and placing republican virtues above all. As for the form of these works, even his contemporaries recognized its impeccable perfection, and in later times Cicero was considered (and still is) the best stylist of ancient Roman literature.