Oratory or Eloquence
| Author | Hashim Çollaku |
| Pages | 104-111 |
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04
O
rator
y
or E
l
oquenc
e
Dr. Sc. Hashim
Ç
ollak
u
Ab
str
a
c
t
The word orator is derived from the Latin word oro, orare – meanin
g
tell, oratio, orationist
–
speech- speaker, oratoria - oratoriae - oratoria, ororian, and also in German the word orator
m
eans rhetoric, that means the ability to use wise speech or writing, in order to persuade or
t
o please someone
.
O
ratory has its own history, because it was used before our era, in the ancient Greece, as
well as in the ancient Rome, that are known as civilization places, without neglecting the
d
evelopment o
f
oratory in
A
rab countries as well.
A
s far as the oratory is concerned, the Greek philosopher Plato says: "oratory is the way of
g
overnin
g
the minds of men"
1
A
nd the scientist Jan Zamoiski says, "
E
loquence is nothing else but a well-founded reason and
well-lined ar
g
uments"
2
.
K
e
y
words: oratory, eloquence, analysis
.
I
ntr
odu
ct
io
n
I
n t
h
e ancient
A
t
h
ens,
ph
i
l
oso
ph
ers
p
ractice
d
t
h
is
d
isci
pl
ine, an
d
among t
h
e most
d
istinguis
h
e
d
w
h
o
p
ractice
d
t
h
is
d
isci
pl
ine was Socrates
3
,
w
h
o is sai
d
to
h
ave
b
een
b
orn around 436 BC. His orator
y
activit
y
has taken
p
lace in the cit
y
o
f
Kio and later
also in
A
thens, where he o
p
ened the orator
y
school, in order to elevate the art o
f
s
p
eec
h
an
d
im
p
rove it.
I
n t
h
at sc
h
oo
l
, t
h
e courses were a en
d
e
d
by
:
h
istorians,
p
oets,
statesmen, w
h
i
l
e it was c
h
aracteristic t
h
at
h
e was in goo
d
re
l
ations wit
h
man
y
l
ea
d
ers
and kings o
f
the time. Twent
y
-one artisticall
y
-cra
ed lectures o
f
this author have
b
een
p
reserved that are considered to be long and 9 le ers have also been
p
reserved.
S
ocrates is considered to have died around the
y
ear 338 BC.
I
t does not mean that
a
p
art
f
rom Socrates other
p
hiloso
p
hers such as Plato,
A
ristotle and so on did not
c
ontribute to the develo
p
ment o
f
this disci
p
line.
A
nc
ie
nt R
o
m
e
I
n addition to ancient Greece, the scientists o
f
the ancient Rome or o
f
the Roman
E
m
p
ire also
p
racticed orator
y
as a scienti
fi
c,
p
hiloso
p
hical disci
p
line. Cicer
o
4
is
among the most signi
fi
cant.
H
e studied justice and rhetoric in Rome, and his
fi
rst knowledge about the art o
f
o
rator
y
(elo
q
uence) he accom
p
lished a
er his tri
p
to Greece in 63 BC in the ca
p
acit
y
1
Plato, Greek
p
hiloso
p
her, 428/427 or 424/423 to 348/347 BC.
2
Zamo
y
ski, Jan (1904).
A
rchiwum Jana Zamo
y
skiego, cancler and hetmanawielkiegokoronnego:
1553-1579. Druk P. Laskauer and s-ki.
p
. 27. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
3
Socrates, a
p
hiloso
p
her of ancient Greece, born in 469 BC, lived until 399 BC.
4
Marcus Tu
ll
ius Cicero,
b
orn on Januar
y
03, 106 BC near t
h
e
pl
ace
A
ri
p
ini,
d
ecease
d
on Decem-
b
er7
,
43 BC in Formaie
.
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