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Philippic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A philippic is a fiery, damning speech, or tirade, delivered to condemn a particular political actor. The term originates with Demosthenes, who delivered several attacks on Philip II of Macedon in t...
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Second Philippic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Second Philippic is an oration that was delivered by the Athenian statesman and orator Demosthenes between 344 BC-343 BC. The speech constitutes the second of the four philippics the orator is s...
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Read classic literature including First Philippic by Demosthenes at 4literature.net ... Read, write, or comment on essays about First Philippic...
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On Wikifray, I posted something not well considered, and Gregor Samsa took me to task, at which point I made things worse. What follows is my attempt to say something less stupid… ... The Wikifray discussion is here ... Your critique comes at a useful time for me. I’ve been designing a course about technology and...
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1922: Skin-the-Goat, assuming he was he, evidently with an axe to grind, was airing his grievances in a forcible-feeble philippic anent the natural resources of Ireland, or something of that sort, which he described in his lengthy dissertation as the richest country bar none on the face of God’s earth,
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A few years back, when Dubya was ridin’ his wooden horse hard, I was in a bar talking to a gal who at some point proclaimed, or admitted, that she was a republican. ... The answer: The Philippic — a place to publish these cognitive inflammations, with the hope that they at least inform, at most entertain.
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