It does not make such a difference whether you are simply mute or employ no art for speaking. For it is not feasible that you can express what you th… - Philipp Melanchthon

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It does not make such a difference whether you are simply mute or employ no art for speaking. For it is not feasible that you can express what you think as it should be understood unless you acquire and strengthen the ability to speak by art.

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About Philipp Melanchthon

Philip Melanchthon (February 16, 1497 – April 19, 1560), born Philipp Schwartzerdt, was a German reformer, collaborator with Martin Luther, the first systematic theologian of the Protestant Reformation, intellectual leader of the Lutheran Reformation, and an influential designer of educational systems.

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Native Name: Philipp Melanchton
Alternative Names: Philip Melanchthon Philipp Schwartzerdt Otho Germanus
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What do you believe was on the mind of the ancient Romans that they called the arts of speaking humanity? They judged that, indisputably, by the study of these disciplines not only was the tongue refined, but also the wildness and barbarity of people’s minds was amended.

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