Go from one Greek philosopher to the next, throw in a few Roman thinkers and it becomes clear through this class’ readings that the power of rhetoric is not lost on today’s society. Comparing the education of today with that…
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Week 2- Commentary
by Joel •
I often look at people who can’t get along with others, or who always seem to be at odds with society, and I say, “That person just doesn’t get it.” What I usually mean by this is that they don’t…
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Quintilian’s Advice: Read, Write, Excel
by Anne Engert • • 1 Comment
Our Classical writers on rhetoric for this week have much sound advice for those who seek to become skilled orators, as well as to those who would instruct them. For the aspiring rhetorician, Aristotle’s detailed cataloging of the intricacies of…
English 5001
quintillian and aristotle
by jocias • • 0 Comments
Throughout Aristotle and Quintillian’s works, we are presented with various interpretations of rhetoric. For Aristotle, rhetoric is “defined as the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion”. In his neatly packaged treatise on rhetoric, Aristotle…
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Week 2: Aristotle’s “Rhetoric”
by kmontero • • 0 Comments
The first line in Aristotle’s Rhetoric, “Rhetoric is the counterpart of Dialectic”, began my frustration. Having previously read Plato’s Grogias, wherein Socrates, in a very nonlinear, disorienting way, establishes the notion that the object of rhetoric is persuasion and belief and it is only…
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The Dark Side of Rhetoric, Commentary 2
by Alex Janney • • 1 Comment
In talking about rhetoric, Aristotle seems to paint a picture of a very vulnerable audience. In saying things like, “Their minds draw the false conclusion that you are to be trusted. They take your story to be true whether it…