The Power of Self-Plaise

Alex Petkis: Cicero might have learned a lesson from the work of an orator that he himself considered the greatest of all, besides himself. He says Demosthenes' most famous speech is on the crown, which was widely considered to be the greatest speech by the greatest orator. And it's a kind of self praise in the form of self defense. The message I want you to take away? It's the importance in your career of having rivals and critics,. Think about Marius and Sulla, G.A.L.S. and Lysander, Eumeney’s Sertorius, Purus.