Aristotle, Rhetoric
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| - | : Rhetoric is a treatise that is widely considered "the most important single work on persuasion ever written."<ref>Golden, James L., Goodwin F. Berquist, William E. Coleman, Ruth Golden, & J.Michael Sproule (eds.). (2007). The rhetoric of Western thought: From the Mediterranean world to the global setting, 9th ed. Dubuque, IA (USA): p.67.</ref> George Kennedy is responsible for the best translation of the ''Rhetoric''.<ref>^ Kennedy, George A. (trans./ed.). 1991. Aristotle 'On Rhetoric': A Theory of Civic Discourse. New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press.</ref> | + | : Rhetoric is a treatise that is widely considered "the most important single work on persuasion ever written."<ref>Golden, James L., Goodwin F. Berquist, William E. Coleman, Ruth Golden, & J.Michael Sproule (eds.). (2007). The rhetoric of Western thought: From the Mediterranean world to the global setting, 9th ed. Dubuque, IA (USA): p.67.</ref> George Kennedy is responsible for the best translation of the ''Rhetoric'' according to [[Quinn Warnick]].<ref>^ Kennedy, George A. (trans./ed.). 1991. Aristotle 'On Rhetoric': A Theory of Civic Discourse. New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press.</ref> |
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| + | : This single writing is the basis of most academic articles on the study of rhetoric. Few if any scholarly articles on rhetoric can refuse to acknowledge a base knowledge of this writing. All discussions begin with ''Rhetoric'' as a base. Many of the common terminology that we get for discussions of rhetoric come from this publication including the concept of ethos, pathos and logos. | ||
==Application of Theory== | ==Application of Theory== | ||
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Brief Summary
- Rhetoric is a treatise that is widely considered "the most important single work on persuasion ever written."[1] George Kennedy is responsible for the best translation of the Rhetoric according to Quinn Warnick.[2]
- This single writing is the basis of most academic articles on the study of rhetoric. Few if any scholarly articles on rhetoric can refuse to acknowledge a base knowledge of this writing. All discussions begin with Rhetoric as a base. Many of the common terminology that we get for discussions of rhetoric come from this publication including the concept of ethos, pathos and logos.
Application of Theory
References
- ↑ Golden, James L., Goodwin F. Berquist, William E. Coleman, Ruth Golden, & J.Michael Sproule (eds.). (2007). The rhetoric of Western thought: From the Mediterranean world to the global setting, 9th ed. Dubuque, IA (USA): p.67.
- ↑ ^ Kennedy, George A. (trans./ed.). 1991. Aristotle 'On Rhetoric': A Theory of Civic Discourse. New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press.
