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The State of Speech This page intentionally left blank The State of Speech rhetoric and political thought in ancient rome Joy Connolly princeton university press princeton and oxford Copyright © 2007 by Princeton University Press Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 In the United Kingdom: Princeton University Press, 3 Market Place, Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 1SY All Rights Reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Connolly, Joy, 1970– The state of speech : rhetoric and political thought in Ancient Rome / Joy Connolly. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-691-12364-6 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Cicero, Marcus Tullius—Criticism and interpretation. 2. Cicero, Marcus Tullius— Political and social views. 3. Rome—Politics and government—265–30 B.C. 4. Latin language—Rhetoric. 5. Rhetoric, Ancient. 6. Political science—Philosophy. I. Title. PA6320.C66 2007 808.00937—dc22 2007007150 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available This book has been composed in Sabon Printed on acid-free paper. pup.princeton.edu Printed in the United States of America 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 For Michael, my particular friend This page intentionally left blank Art, great art, transformed courage, right decisions, magnificent oratory into something different and superlative ... Neither action nor style could have accomplished the result alone. Everything felt the touch of his art—his appearance and gestures, the siren suit, the indomitable V sign for victory, the cigar for imperturbability. He used all the artifices to get his way, from wooing and cajolery through powerful advocacy tobluff bullying; yet he never overruled the Chiefs of Staff. What we are discussing here is not merely the direction of great affairs, but the creation and development of personality. —Dean Acheson, Present at the Creation, 595–96 This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS Acknowledgments xi Abbreviations used xiii Introduction Rhetoric and political thought 1 Chapter One Founding the state of speech 23 Politics in public 30 Ideology and power 38 Expressions of traditional authority 47 The rhetoric of equality 56 The rationalized republic 65 Chapter Two Naturalized citizens 77 The nature of republics 82 Introducing the problem: The Ciceronian preface 89 Rome, naturally 104 Hybridity 113 Chapter Three The body politic 118 The problem with philosophers 121 The corporeal citizen 130 A theory of political communication 137 An alternative history of the self 148 Fragility 151 Chapter Four The aesthetics of virtue 158 The problem of liberty 158 The republic of passions 163
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