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Rhetoric In Ancient Greece

by Ibrahim Abdi, Linh Tran, Farah Mohamoud, Eliot Buscaglia, Eh Eh

The Development of

Rhetoric

  • In ancient Greece, speaking in public was central to everyday life.
  • Because of that, the Greeks set up institutions that studied the art of speaking.

  • Also known as the golden age,

philosophers studied persuasive

techniques such as Ethos,Logos,

and Pathos.

Modern Day impact of rhetoric

  • At the time, one of the most popular style of rhetoric is sophistry, or the art of persuasion. Sophistry, today, is known as deceitful reasoning.

President Obama's speeches

  • His acceptance speech for the Democratic nomination
  • His speech in Berlin in July 2008
  • His Iowa Caucus speech in February 2008
  • His address to Congress on Feb 24, 2009

Plato

  • An ancient Greek philosopher
  • Founded the Academy, which is one of the first institutions of higher learning in the Western world.
  • is generally credited with two major contributions to the development of rhetorical theory
  • contribute the foundation for an art of rhetoric laid down in the Phaedra
  • gave his thoughts to create the love theory of rhetoric.
  • He also is the teacher of Aristotle

Aristotle

Best known for his books, Rhetoric.

Rhetoric consist of three 3 books, one about the speaker, the audience, and the speech.

Of the 5 canon of rhetoric, invention was the one most focus in his books.

The influence of Rhetoric can be found in all texts regarding rhetoric communication.

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