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Week 3 — Classical Chinese Rhetoric
Lu Xing Associate Professor in the Department of Communications at DePaul University and the author of Rhetoric in Ancient China: Fifth to Third Century B.C.E.: A Comparison with Classical Greek Rhetoric, Lu has also published many journal articles and book chapters on the subjects of Chinese rhetoric and Chinese communication studies. She is one of... »
Week 2 — More Classical Greek and Roman Rhetoric
Aristotle As mentioned already, rhetoric itself was the subject of much debate in classical Greece, with the Sophists on one side and Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle on the other, though they could arguably be classed as Sophists as well. Like Plato, Aristotle saw rhetoric and poetry as tools that were too often used to manipulate... »
Week 1 — Classical Rhetoric, Greek and Roman.
Isocrates Born in 436 BCE, Isocrates was one of the most influential rhetors of his time, and actually studied with Gorgias and possibly Plato as well. He was concerned with concrete rhetorical problems in which one had to reach a negotiated solution, rather than in abstract questions that might have an absolute answer. This practical... »