Demosthenes also speaks for a very short time, trusting the truth of what he says to carry his message rather than pleasing rhetoric. This Cleon also does, letting facts speak for themselves rather than trying to confound his listeners with sophistic arguments as others are wont to do. Both speeches are an exhortation to stay one’s present course, and to not give in to the pressure to abandon one’s
Demosthenes also speaks for a very short time, trusting the truth of what he says to carry his message rather than pleasing rhetoric. This Cleon also does, letting facts speak for themselves rather than trying to confound his listeners with sophistic arguments as others are wont to do. Both speeches are an exhortation to stay one’s present course, and to not give in to the pressure to abandon one’s