Tuesday, September 1, 2009
To be an Orator
I agree that to be a true orator, you must have innate goodness in your heart. To develop and carry out your own words speaks volumes on a persons character and going back to the origins of communications and orators, those who were in that field and built the foundations were there because they had passion and conviction about being an inspiration and a teacher of the truth. Like Plato and Aristotle believed, "the goal of communication was to discover the truth." Truth has morals and morals require truth. To be the kind of person that people want to listen to and look up to requires that that person speaks from the heart. When you think of the most powerful speaches you've listen to, most often times it's the type of experience that awakens you and makes you feel what the speaker is feeling. They are saying something that you can feel in your heart and makes you want to hear what they have to say. Anyone that evokes thos types of feelings during their speaches are the real orators and teachers because what they have and want to share is pure truth.
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When I first read the question my intial thought was that the answer is no you do not have to be morally good to be an orator. Then I gave it some more thought and decided that I could not give a definitive answer. I have read blogs for each side of the argument and it seems that both sides have good points. To relate it to modern day times some examples of orators would be politicians, lawyers, and teachers. To say that all politicians are morally good would be a tough comment to convince people of, but i do like your argument for truth and being an admirable person. To sum it all up I think the easy answer is No you do not have to be a morally good peron to be an orator, but ansering yes to the question is a more positive approach.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking from the heart is the first step in clear communication. I'm really glad to read that others believe in this as well. I always use the quote "I smell bullsh**" and I don't just say it to be comical. When someone is just speaking because they like the sound of their own voice, or because they have false motives, they aren't as convincing and it isn't just noticible through their speech, but in their whole demeanor. But, back to speech! Rudyard Kipling is quoted as saying that words are the most powerful drug used by mankind. I think that true orators also take on the responsibility of choosing their words wisely even if they are speaking the truth. A level of humility must be reached through their speech.
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