Assertion: cicero's style | /r/HasProperty | understood
Facets:
value: merely
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Augustine, notable for his On Christian Doctrine, expanded on Cicero's partition of the three styles by describing them as follows: the plain style is intended merely to be understood, the middle (or temperate) style is intended to be enjoyable to listen to and the grand style is intended to also be persuasive.