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Rhetoric has been divided into the following sections: Book I [186k] Book II [191k] Book III [131k] Download: A 373k text-only version is available for download. Rhetoric by Aristotle, part of the Internet Classics Archive.
Aristotle The Art of Rhetoric 10 Rhetoric may be defined as the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persua-sion. This is not a function of any other art. Every other art can instruct or persuade about its own particular subject-matter; for instance, medicine about what is healthy and unhealthy, geometry
Rhetoric falls into three divisions, determined by the three classes of listeners to speeches. For of the three elements in speech-making--speaker, subject, and person addressed--it is the last one, the hearer, that determines the speech's end and object.
1. Rhetoric is a counterpart 1 of Dialectic; for both have to do with matters that are in a manner within the cognizance of all men and not confined 2 to any special science. Hence all men in a manner have a share of both; for all, up to a certain point, endeavor to criticize or uphold an argument, to defend themselves or to accuse. [2]
The "art" of rhetoric. by. Aristotle; Freese, John Henry. Publication date. 1926. Topics. Rhetoric, Ancient. Publisher. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press ; London : Heinemann.
Cover title: The Rhetoric and the Poetics of Aristotle Includes bibliographical references (pages xxvii-xxx) and index
Rhetoric is the counterpart of Dialectic. Both alike are con-cerned with such things as come, more or less, within the general ken of all men and belong to no definite science. Accordingly all men make use, more or less, of both; for to a certain extent all men attempt to discuss statements and to maintain them, to defend
1. Aristotle’s Works on Rhetoric. 2. The Structure of the Rhetoric. 3. Rhetoric as a Counterpart to Dialectic. 4. The Nature and Purpose of Rhetoric. 4.1 The Definition of Rhetoric. 4.2 What Rhetoric Is Useful for. 4.3 Can Aristotle’s Rhetoric Be Misused? 4.4 Is Aristotle’s Conception of Rhetoric Normative? 5. The Three Means of Persuasion.
In this paper, my goal is to elaborate these fertile discussions through three means: close reading of these methodological passages in the Rhetoric; reference to relevant discussions from Aristotle’s other works; and reflection on the dialectical character of Aristotle’s practical philosophy.
In Dialectic, the dialectician has the power or faculty of making use of them when he pleases; when he does so deliberately, he is called a sophist. In Rhetoric, this distinction does not exist; he who uses sound arguments as well as he who uses false ones are both known as rhetoricians.