The Greatest Book Ever Written On Oratory, Revisited.

Adebayo Adeniran
6 min readAug 29, 2024

Contrasted with ChatGPT’s perspective, please read on….

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Nearly three years ago, I wrote an article on a book which I read at the British Library on the subject of great oratory.

Back then, I was new to writing on this platform and there was a limit to how much I could brilliantly and powerfully express.

But that was then and this is now.

Public speaking is the most important skill that we can ever hope to acquire in life.

Its use in selling our dreams, hopes and aspirations to the wider world remains unmatched.

We have had extraordinary changes in technology with ChatGPT reigning supreme in the last year and given its place in our world, it was only natural to see what it had to say about the greatest book ever written on the subject matter of great speeches:

Oratory, the art of effective public speaking, has a rich history that stretches back to ancient times. Many great books have been written on the subject, ranging from classical texts by ancient rhetoricians to modern guides on public speaking. Here are some of the most influential and widely regarded books on oratory:

Classical and Historical Works on Oratory

“Rhetoric” by Aristotle
One of the…

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Adebayo Adeniran
Adebayo Adeniran

Written by Adebayo Adeniran

A lifelong bibliophile, who seeks to unleash his energy on as many subjects as possible

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