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I must disagree with you on this post. First of all, oratory was considered a branch of philosophy; it became an art form by Corax and Tisias during the 5th century B.C.E in Syracuse, Sicily, under the patronage of Gelon I who was the founder of the Deinomenid Dynasty situated in Syracuse. Plato and Aristotle believed that in order to be an orator, the individual had to be divinely inspired and to comprehend the divine truth of the natural world, and of social mechanics. Theophrastus insisted on the union of rhetoric and philosophy which was espoused by Marcus Tullius Cicero. Cato 'the Elder' in a generalization of his Stoic concepts believed that only the philosopher was an orator and comprehended the art form. In essence, Marcus Tullius Cicero believed that rhetoric was a combination of oratory and philosophy.

In addition, the work titled The Dream of Scipio is based in part on Plato's Phaedo and details the concept of the immortality of the soul, and the cosmic order separating the realm of the living from firmament.

On the statemanship of Marcus Tullius Cicero, there are the works of In Verrem, In Catilinariam, Philippic speeches, The Commonwealth/Republic, etc.