Paul Keating’s speech Funeral Service of the Unknown Soldier was a eulogy given on the 11th of November 1993 and was in honor of the soldiers who gave their lives in the first world war‚ the speech was given at the memorial gardens in Canberra and was also televised all over Australia; and throughout the speech an air of remembrance and the ability of us as a unified nation to overcome these obstacles. Anwar Sadat delivered his speech on the 20th of November 1977 in the Israeli Knesset‚ house of
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Darren Leibhart Mr. Monette Month-long research paper 7 December 2015 The Powers of Rhetoric The German people let out blistering cries for Joseph Goebbels as he told them the importance of a total war‚ a war involving men‚ women‚ and children. War was riddling all of Europe and the German people completely supported the devastation they were causing to so many people. How had an established country in the 20th century come to this? In this dark period of history‚ Hitler manipulated German people
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but how one of the main characters‚ Annalise Keating‚ held herself while teaching her class the steps of how to become a successful lawyer. The show caught my interest as well with their
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of the Peloponnesian War‚ Pericles delivers an oration speech in which he explains what he believes the nature of Athens to be. In the following years‚ Thucydides gives a report of the Plague of 430‚ regarding the state of Athens. With a significant comprehension of both accounts‚ we can generate a accurate depiction of the condition of Athens. In order to produce this understanding‚ I will first delve into the rhetoric of Pericles speech‚ then turn my attention to Thucydides account of of the
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Plato’s view of rhetoric—Ability and deception versus the genuine art Both written by the famous Greek philosopher Plato‚ Gorgias and Phaedrus share a recurring theme -- the discussion of the art of rhetoric. Through the discussions among Socrates‚ Gorgias‚ Chaerephon‚ and Polus in “Gorgias”; and Phaedrus and Socrates’ heated dialogue in Phaedrus‚ I noticed Plato’s favour towards the art of rhetoric and his disapproval against the deceptive rhetoricians. In this essay‚ I will explore Plato’s
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RHETORIC THEN AND NOW Great Books Discussions 1st Year: Semester 2 March 11‚ 2014 Gorgias‚ written by Plato at about 380 B.C.‚ is a Socratic dialogue focusing mainly on the aspects of rhetoric‚ and how it is used. Socrates‚ the main speaker‚ is having discourse in Callicles’ home in Athens‚ Greece. Callicles was an Athenian political philosopher back in those ancient times. The main character of the discourse was Gorgias‚ who was a Sophist‚ which meant that he was a teacher of philosophy
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What is Rhetoric? If you ask a college age adult that question the chances are that they will not know the definition of the word. Some of them might recognize it in as one of their freshmen classes but most do not know. The internet and social media has taught us to believe that rhetoric is for “old people” and nobody uses it any more. How then is a single video of police violence‚ taken from a specific perspective‚ used to influence the entire world and incite them into rage? If Rhetoric is such
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The Case of Paul Schreber April 2013 The Case of Paul Schreber Upon walking into my office I could tell right away that Paul Schreber was going to be a special case. He was sent to me via his former psychiatrist‚ Dr. Emil Flechsig‚ because of the fact that Paul did not feel comfortable with him. Paul believed that Dr. Flechsig was involved in a process that would transform him into a woman prostitute. Right away I knew that there was definitely some time of disorder at work and I just had
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later reality television star and now US presidential candidate. We’ve all heard it before. But what really stands out to make The real estate mogul different from the presidents in history? Throughout his campaign he has produced a straightforward rhetoric often viewed as offensive and laid a platform where minorities may feel threatened. He has appealed vastly to the Common Man by making promises to bring back jobs shipped off to other countries and to cut business regulations. He’s promised to build
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Socratic dialogue named Gorgias. In this dialogue‚ Plato discusses virtue originated upon rhetoric‚ which relates closely to his theoretical scheme of defining the suitable existence of humans. Plato does an impeccable job mapping out rhetorical situations to construct this piece as a well thought out rhetorical figure. While focusing on the first sections of Gorgias‚ Gorgias himself tells Socrates that rhetoric relates “to the greatest…and the best of human things‚” however‚ Socrates does not seem
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