Gregory Aldrete

Another time he was defending a guy who had a photogenic son, a kind of a young boy. And Cicero literally propped up the kid behind him while he was giving the speech and again said, look at his eyes brimming with tears, thinking about his father being punished. How could you leave this wonderful boy without – You know, a father to care for him.

Another time he was defending a guy who had a photogenic son, a kind of a young boy. And Cicero literally propped up the kid behind him while he was giving the speech and again said, look at his eyes brimming with tears, thinking about his father being punished. How could you leave this wonderful boy without – You know, a father to care for him.

Another time, someone didn't have photo jet kids, so he propped up his old parents in the courtroom and said, look at this nice old couple. You won't want to take their son away. You know, that kind of stuff. I mean, it's manipulative. Cicero, by the way, I should say, also had –

Another time, someone didn't have photo jet kids, so he propped up his old parents in the courtroom and said, look at this nice old couple. You won't want to take their son away. You know, that kind of stuff. I mean, it's manipulative. Cicero, by the way, I should say, also had –

Another time, someone didn't have photo jet kids, so he propped up his old parents in the courtroom and said, look at this nice old couple. You won't want to take their son away. You know, that kind of stuff. I mean, it's manipulative. Cicero, by the way, I should say, also had –

philosophical beliefs about defending the republic and such but he wasn't above using these things so even though he may have had altruistic or high notions of you know what he was doing he also wasn't above using these kind of rhetorical tricks and also you mentioned to me that you studied the gestures

philosophical beliefs about defending the republic and such but he wasn't above using these things so even though he may have had altruistic or high notions of you know what he was doing he also wasn't above using these kind of rhetorical tricks and also you mentioned to me that you studied the gestures

philosophical beliefs about defending the republic and such but he wasn't above using these things so even though he may have had altruistic or high notions of you know what he was doing he also wasn't above using these kind of rhetorical tricks and also you mentioned to me that you studied the gestures

This was actually my dissertation, and it was my first book as well.

This was actually my dissertation, and it was my first book as well.

This was actually my dissertation, and it was my first book as well.

Again, I tell you, I like practical stuff. And this all started with – I kept reading about people like Cicero giving speeches, okay, in ancient Rome, lots of speeches. And they would give a speech in the forum with 10,000, 20,000 people. And the thought occurred to me, well, in ancient Rome, you don't have microphones. You don't have loudspeakers.

Again, I tell you, I like practical stuff. And this all started with – I kept reading about people like Cicero giving speeches, okay, in ancient Rome, lots of speeches. And they would give a speech in the forum with 10,000, 20,000 people. And the thought occurred to me, well, in ancient Rome, you don't have microphones. You don't have loudspeakers.

Again, I tell you, I like practical stuff. And this all started with – I kept reading about people like Cicero giving speeches, okay, in ancient Rome, lots of speeches. And they would give a speech in the forum with 10,000, 20,000 people. And the thought occurred to me, well, in ancient Rome, you don't have microphones. You don't have loudspeakers.

So how does someone give a speech outdoors in a windy place, not acoustically sound to 20,000 people? They just can't hear you. And the answer, part of the answer turns out, well, part of it's oratorical training. You learn how to project your voice. But some of it, too, is that the Romans actually had this system of gestures that orators like Cicero would use to accompany their speeches. Right.

So how does someone give a speech outdoors in a windy place, not acoustically sound to 20,000 people? They just can't hear you. And the answer, part of the answer turns out, well, part of it's oratorical training. You learn how to project your voice. But some of it, too, is that the Romans actually had this system of gestures that orators like Cicero would use to accompany their speeches. Right.

So how does someone give a speech outdoors in a windy place, not acoustically sound to 20,000 people? They just can't hear you. And the answer, part of the answer turns out, well, part of it's oratorical training. You learn how to project your voice. But some of it, too, is that the Romans actually had this system of gestures that orators like Cicero would use to accompany their speeches. Right.

And what I ended up doing is combining two types of evidence again. So I looked at the rhetorical handbooks like Cicero's, and also there's this guy Quintilian who lived about 100 years after Cicero, who wrote this long thing called the Institutio Oratoria, which has a description of all types of oratorical stuff, including about 40 pages on gestures.

And what I ended up doing is combining two types of evidence again. So I looked at the rhetorical handbooks like Cicero's, and also there's this guy Quintilian who lived about 100 years after Cicero, who wrote this long thing called the Institutio Oratoria, which has a description of all types of oratorical stuff, including about 40 pages on gestures.

And what I ended up doing is combining two types of evidence again. So I looked at the rhetorical handbooks like Cicero's, and also there's this guy Quintilian who lived about 100 years after Cicero, who wrote this long thing called the Institutio Oratoria, which has a description of all types of oratorical stuff, including about 40 pages on gestures.