The Posters’ Tales: Cicero ft. Patrick Wyman
Added 2023-04-25 08:41:22 +0000 UTCThis week, we're joined by returning champion and friend of the show Patrick Wyman (host of Tides of History) to talk about Cicero, late Republican Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, philosopher and one of history’s greatest posters.
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Comments
Regarding the observation that Cicero would have almost certainly been absolutely insufferable in person, as well as the possibility of you doing a “Posters of History” series, George Orwell might be a good candidate for that. A lot of Orwell’s essays have the feel of blog posts to me; I reckon he would have been a blogger or a Substack Guy if he were around today. I saw a quote once, I can’t remember from whom but it might even have been from one of Orwell’s RL friends that was something like, “Orwell is a good guy, but he can’t even blow his nose without launching into a rant about how handkerchief workers are oppressed”, which gives me strong poster vibes. Also, that Orwell is the go-to source of quotes for every lazy hack out there gives him a similar sort of cultural footprint to the one Cicero has
Cat Mara
2023-04-28 10:36:14 +0000 UTC
