Rhetorica ad Herennium

Interesting insight into a variety of ancient knowledge to include how to better your memory.

I read the Loeb library volume 1-5 in Cicero. I have to say, out of the books, only Rhetorica Ad Herennium seemed to teach me something - and this book taught me a lot in a very efficient manner. The other books seemed very focused on defending Cicero's views vs others. For a layman such as me, the "cookbook" style of RhAdHer was much more useful than endless debates up and down about how important it is to be a good man. I would recommend buying only Volume1 if it is a few (i.e. MANY!!) good tips to rhetorics you're after, but if you like the classical reading in itself, the texts are indeed quite well written and much can be learned from that in itself.

Mainly took the memory palace instruction from this book. Very informative and effective technique.

Great book to carry around. Makes you look smart. Probably make you even smarter if you actually read it.

I recently received this book and just started reading it. I bought it mainly for the passages on memory and i have to say so far it has some things that i use that really helps out. Even if its not specifically for that. This book is great in simply learning how to argue or rather, learning how to create an algorithm to arguments. I would recommend this to anyone.

I love the fact that it has latin on one side and English on the other. I wish all translated books did this.

This thing speaks for itself. I really mean it. Just go out and by a copy to see for yourself!

Excellent book!

Nice touch on the Latin and English page-to-page translation. Really gives you a feel of this amazing orator across 2000 years ago.

So I found out about this book from another book called, "Moonwalking With Einstein". Very eye-opening reads on both accounts! Thoroughly impressed.

I only wish I had read this and put it into practice at 15.

impecvcable

A great book!