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The Responsibilities of Rhetoric

It would be easy to imagine that the conversations of ancient Greek philosophers, while certainly of historical interest, might have little relevancy to our lives today.  Such an assumption would, however, be a mistake.  As I read through the four…

Isocrates, Antidosis

Aaron Arias English 5001 Dr. Kim Devries Spring 2009   Isocrates, Antidosis   Isocrates is being accused of corrupting the youth of the land for educating them in a manner that creates independent thinkers (Sounds familiar, maybe it is a…