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Previous chapter Rhythm as Prolongation of Breath – Cicero's De oratore Then Cicero comes back to Aristotle's naturalistic definition of the period as “that which can be rounded forth in one breath” and Plato's view which he abruptly re-introduces by praising the order of the universe and tying the functioning of language with that of nature. In oratory, rhythm must follow the compass of the breath, “for the stoppage of the breath, and the confined play of the lungs, - Sur le concept de rythme – Nouvel article