This article used an Aristotelian rhetoric. The author made sure to provide proofs (references). In this case, both ethos and logos is the proof, but more so logos. The author(s) made sure to present themselves in a credible way by structuring the article with a background of cultural bias and different areas of cultural bias in the classroom. The apparent truth of the matter at hand was presented all throughout the article regarding cultural bias in teaching. The authors offered credible evidence to support their argument. That evidence included: facts, examples, and deductive and inductive reasoning.…
In Luce’s speech, she uses ethos in order to demonstrate to her audience that the public view on journalism forces journalists to give up their honor in order to publish some exaggerated stories. Her audience is a group of journalists at the Women’s National Press Club in the 1960’s. Journalists around this time may believe that sacrificing their rectitude was morally acceptable due to the fact that this is what the public demanded from the American Press. However, Luce argues that the journalists should publish what they desire to considering that “no audience knows better than an audience of journalists that the pursuit of the truth, and the articulation of it, is the most delicate, hazardous, exacting, and inexact of tasks” (Luce). This…
The Athenian Oath is intended to be the first thing you see when you enter the Maxwell School of Citizenship. The glow of the shiny letters strike you as a bronze statue of George Washington in-between the text faces the door. The purpose for both the text and the statue is that it is supposed to define citizenship and show what the founding principle the Maxwell school established itself from. However, when further analyzing both the text and the scenery that it is presented on, it is clear that there are multiple rhetorical devices at play in the presentation of this message. The first is the context of the Athenian oath.…
Gorgias had been arguing that rhetoric was almost synonymous with power, as a rhetor can convince anyone to do anything. This, to Gorgias and Polus, is true power and will lead to one’s happiness. However, from the measly two pages or so of argument, Socrates is able to prove sound doubt as to whether this is true or not. This is all to back up Socrates’ earlier claim that “both rhetors and tyrants have the smallest power in the cities” (466d4-5). By using the argument of justice, Socrates is able to prove that doing what is unjust is not good for anyone, especially the person committing the injustices.…
In the chapter, Ancient Rhetorics: Their Differences and the Differences They Make, we discover that the job of ancient rhetoricians was to make decisions, resolve disputes, and deliberate publicly on moral and political questions brought forth within their communities (1). In the chapter, Kairos and the Rhetorical Situation: Seizing the Moment, we expand our knowledge on the ways in which we invent rhetorical arguments through the use of Kairos. Kairos is described as one tool of invention that a rhetorician may decide to use to better investigate an issue by asking themselves a set of specific questions to systematically solidify their rhetorical argument making process. (43). Ancient rhetoric holds a deep resonance in human society as we understand it. Playing a complementary part in the aspects of practicing rhetoric, the use of kairos helps us seize the moment in our use of rhetoric.…
After making these relationships clear Socrates then explains that each part of flattery “masks itself with its counter part and pretends to be the characteristics of the mask” (Plato 25). Each of the four parts of flattery has no…
2) Socrates did not always think that he was wise, many people labeled him as a teacher. Socrates did not really care for this label. He did not really think that he knew much. Socrates had a friend named Chaerephon who went to the oracle the God of Delphi. Cheaerephon asked the oracle is there any one wiser then Socrates, the oracle answered no (21a). Socrates did not understand this and set out to prove the oracle wrong. While out to prove the oracle wrong Socrates realized he is wise but not because he knew everything, but because he realized he knew nothing and didn’t act as if he did.…
Doesn’t the same hold for all the other things? Don’t you call shapes and colours admirable on the account of either some pleasure or benefit or both?…
This quote is significant because it exemplifies the way Socrates uses HIS method. Socrates uses metaphors in order to humbly enlighten his audience. At times Socrates structure of explanation is perceived to be complex and or difficult to interpret. To simplify what he is attempting to get across usually takes a thorough examination. Socrates is from ancient times and his methodology still suits fit to modern day. Analyzing the context of his circumstances before death alone goes to show the depth of understanding one needs to comprehend his ideology and beliefs. This quote also provides us with the notion of not being selfish and to avoid pretentious. When one thinks about death or the chance of dying when they’re in a predicament because…
In this paper, I will evaluate Socrates’ argument from Phaedo for why philosophers should desire death, perhaps only secondly to wisdom. I will argue that Socrates unfairly characterizes the truthfulness of the senses, and therefore projects a pessimistic view of the philosopher’s virtue during life. This pessimism towards life in conjunction with arguments for an afterlife that liberates reason, seems to suggest that Socrates believes philosophers should desire death: a happy prospect for condemned man, but perhaps a biased one.…
Socrates is known as the lover of wisdom and the lover of beauty. His speech is a response to Agathon who comically states that love is beautiful and young, the opposite of Socrates. Socrates inquires is love considered to be a love of something or of nothing? He compares that to how a father is a father to his children and a brother is a brother to his siblings. Socrates expresses that love’s desire suggests that one does not own what he or she loves. Socrates further explains this by giving the example of a healthy man having the desire to remain healthy. One’s desire for things is for the future. The desire rests in the preservation and not the lack thereof. This statement of love being a love of something shows that there is a connection…
When Socrates questioned the poets, the poets believed that they had the ability to speak brilliantly about various issues. However, Socrates revealed that although they each wrote amazing works of art, their intelligence did not come from wisdom, but instead, came from an impulse which wasn’t associated with their genius. As Socrates interrogated the craftsmen, he seemed to find men who genuinely contained much wisdom in their craft, but the men thought that their abilities in a certain field granted them to speak officially in other fields that they were associated with, although they truly knew nothing. Each case shows that Socrates confirmed that he would prefer to be as he is, stating that he truly knows nothing, rather than to be filled with a false impression of his own wisdom. Socrates states, “So I asked myself on behalf of the oracle whether I would prefer to be as I am, being in no way wise in their wisdom or ignorant in their ignorance, or to have both things that they have. I answered myself and the oracle that it profits me to be just as I am”…
In The Gorgias, Plato uses the character, Socrates, in a debated dialogue to get his ideas out on his position on rhetoric and philosophy. He views rhetoric as a knack, or experience created into an art, producing delight and gratification, rather than true art.…
To persuade or not to persuade; that is rhetoric. The art of effective speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other techniques is the exact definition of rhetoric. Rhetoric is considered an art and is influential to writers today. Rhetoric is often known as persuasion but, depending who you are, could view it as trickery. Aristotle is most known for his use of rhetoric in his writings, he wrote a book titled, “Rhetoric’ as a matter of fact.…
1. What are the needs of the political community? What must all political communities do to insure their survival? What about Philosophy? What does philosophy seek? How does it go about this process?…