In his entry on Cicero in the Encyclopedia of Rhetoric, Richard Leo Enos observes that "The De Oratore . . . remains one of the most important statements on the place of rehtoric in society" (104). Describe Cicero's view of the role or place of rhetoric and oratory in society as it emerges in his De Oratore. Maximum length, two pages typed.

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