Institutio oratoria
by Quintilian · first published 1538
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I can't think of a very good answer, but these books come to mind and may possibly be useful: Aristotle, Rhetoric https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetoric_(Aristotle) Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutio_Oratoria I guess there are more modern books on the subject :-) Those two are fascinating though. And "Playing Devils Advocate" reminds me of: Eric Berne, Games…
on “Ask HN: Ontologies of Types of Thoughts?” ↗A bit strange to see an article anbout this not mentioning Quintilian (ca. 35 - ca. 96), who wrote the most famous rhetoric textbook of Antiquity (if not of all time): "Institutio Oratoria". An English translation is for example vailable here: https://kairos.technorhetoric.net/stasis/2017/honeycutt/quin...
on “Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity” ↗…location), also called the memory palace, is a mnemonic device introduced in ancient Roman and Greek rhetorical treatises (in the anonymous Rhetorica ad Herennium, Cicero's De Oratore, and Quintilian's Institutio Oratoria). In basic terms, it is a method of memory enhancement which uses visualization to organize and recall information. Many memory contest champions claim to use this technique to recall faces, digits, and…
on “Nototo – Build a unified mental map of notes” ↗…good teachers like a large class and think they deserve a bigger stage" while it is the "weaker teachers, conscious of their own defects, who cling to individual pupils and seem content" (Book I of his Institutio Oratoria). http://www.newfoundations.com/GALLERY/Quintilian.html East Asian schools, which are still plainly superior to those of the United States in the view of informed observers, http://educationnext.org/the-common-core-math-standards/…
on “'Supersizing' the College Classroom: How One Instructor Teaches 2,670 Students” ↗…in the "delivery" part of De Inventione? It's certainly a gesture that would have read well in the back rows, had they used it. EDIT: maybe also somewhere in Quintilian? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutio_Oratoria
on “Under Attila's Gaze” ↗…such a one is that he should be a good man, and consequently we demand of him not merely the possession of exceptional gifts of speech, but of all the excellences of character as well." — Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria (Book 1, Preface, 9–10)
on “What shall I teach my son?” ↗…location), also called the memory palace, is a mnemonic device introduced in ancient Roman and Greek rhetorical treatises (in the anonymous Rhetorica ad Herennium, Cicero's De Oratore, and Quintilian's Institutio Oratoria). In basic terms, it is a method of memory enhancement which uses visualization to organize and recall information. Many memory contest champions claim to use this technique to recall faces, digits, and…
on “A New Car UI: How touch screen controls in cars should really work” ↗…palace, or mind palace technique. This method is a mnemonic device adopted in ancient Roman and Greek rhetorical treatises (in the anonymous Rhetorica ad Herennium, Cicero's De Oratore, and Quintilian's Institutio Oratoria). Many memory contest champions report using this technique to recall faces, digits, and lists of words. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22090159 >The Method of Loci is an ancient technique that…
on “Taxonomies of Visual Programming (1990) [pdf]” ↗