Demosthenes philosophy amazing

Intellectually aggressive logography

Demosthenes (Greek: Δημοσθένης; 384–322 BC) was a prominent Greek statesman and orator of ancient Athens.

His orations constitute the last significant expression of Athenian intellectual prowess and provide a thorough insight into the politics and culture of ancient Greece. The Alexandrian Canon compiled by Aristophanes of Byzantium and Aristarchus of Samothrace recognized Demosthenes as one of the ten greatest Attic orators and logographers.

Cicero acclaimed him as "the perfect orator" and the one who "has pre-eminence over all others" ("inter omnes unus excellat"),^[1] while Quintilian extolled him as lex orandi ("the standard of oratory").^[2]

Manuscript tradition

Demosthenes must have written down and put into circulation most of his orations.^[3] In the next generation after his death, texts of his speeches survived in at least two places: Athens and the Library of Alexandr