Demosthenes (Author of Selected Speeches)

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Demosthenes

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Athens, Greece

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Demosthenes was a prominent Greek statesman and orator of ancient Athens. His orations constitute a significant expression of contemporary Athenian intellectual prowess and provide an insight into the politics and culture of ancient Greece during the 4th century BC. Demosthenes learned rhetoric by studying the speeches of previous great orators. He delivered his first judicial speeches at the age of 20, in which he argued effectively to gain from his guardians what was left of his inheritance. For a time, Demosthenes made his living as a professional speech-writer (logographer) and a lawyer, writing speeches for use in private legal suits.

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	Selected Speeches by Demosthenes, Robin Waterfield, Christopher Carey (Editor) 3.68 avg rating — 53 ratings — published -322 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Filippiche. Testo a fronte by Demosthenes, Guido Cortassa (Redattore) 3.80 avg rating — 49 ratings — published -341 — 70 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Orations, Volume I: Orations 1鈥�17 and 20: Olynthiacs. Philippics. Minor Public Orations by Demosthenes, C.A. Vince (Translator), J.H. Vince (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 43 ratings — published -322 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Demosthenes: On the Crown 3.93 avg rating — 29 ratings — published -330 — 295 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Public Orations of Demosthenes, Volume 1 3.67 avg rating — 30 ratings — published -320 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Orations, Volume II: Orations 18鈥�19: De Corona. De Falsa Legatione by Demosthenes, C.A. Vince (Translator), J.H. Vince (Translator) 4.19 avg rating — 21 ratings — published -322 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Juicio contra una prostituta 3.67 avg rating — 21 ratings — published -340	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 2 3.69 avg rating — 16 ratings — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Olynthiacs and the Phillippics of Demosthenes Literally translated with notes by Demosthenes, Charles Rann Kennedy (Translator) 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1899 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Quotes by Demosthenes (?)

“Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
For what every man wishes,
that he also believes to be true.”
― Demosthenes

tags: believe, blindness, deception, desire, honesty, lie, self-reflecting, truth, wish

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“Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.”
― Demosthenes

tags: inspirational

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“Since we are not yet fully comfortable with the idea that people from the next village are as human as ourselves, it is presumptuous in the extreme to suppose we could ever look at sociable, tool-making creatures who are from other evolutionary paths and see not beasts, but brothers, not rivals, but fellow pilgrims journeying to the shrine of intelligence...The difference... is not in the creature judged, but in the creature judging.”
― Demosthenes

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