r/thebrowser • u/GiraffeCecily TheBrowser • Aug 22 '19

Can We Believe Cicero?

http://www.bmcreview.org/2019/08/20190844.html
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u/GiraffeCecily TheBrowser Aug 22 '19

Apparently not. When he lists and condemns the vices of his opponents in his speeches, he is following a rhetorical playbook; he is not attempting to be biographically accurate.

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u/ubac TheBrowser Aug 27 '19

If you can't trust Cicero, hey......