Rhetoric

Aristotle

Cosimo, Inc., Jan 1, 2010 - Philosophy - 194 pages

Students of language, politics, religion, and philosophy have always turned to Aristotle, attributed with one of the greatest intellectual minds that ever lived, for answers and the dissection of seemingly natural phenomena. Aristotle and his contemporaries considered rhetorical skills-the ability to give speeches and make persuasive arguments-one of the most important a scholar could possess. In his famous essay Rhetoric, Aristotle outlines the three basic elements of the rhetorical arts: logos, pathos, and ethos; or logic, emotion, and ethics (truth). This pyramid makes up the tenets of rhetoric which are still taught today, along with Aristotle's examinations on how to interpret and compose effective speeches and presentations. Aristotle (384 Bi322 Be was a member of the triad of great Greek philosophers: Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great, Aristotle is considered the authority originator of many philosophical ideas and teachings. Famous today for works such as Politics, Poetics, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics, his many writings cover a wide range of subjects, ranging from literature, art, music, and politics to physics, zoology, biology, and the scientific method.

Contents

• Chapter 1: 3
• 30: 8
• Chapter 2: 12
• Chapter 7: 30
• Chapter 9: 31
• Chapter 14: 50
• Chapter 1: 59
• 39: 66
• Chapter 6: 72
• Chapter 9: 79
• Chapter 11: 82
• 44: 84
• Chapter 21: 94
• Chapter 23: 100
• Chapter 24: 109
• Chapter 26: 115
• Chapter 2: 121
• Chapter 3: 124
• Chapter 8: 131
• Chapter 9: 132
• Chapter 12: 142
• Chapter 14: 144
• Chapter 17: 152

About the author

Aristotle, 384 B.C. - 322 B. C. Aristotle was born at Stagira, in Macedonia, in 384 B.C. At the age of 17, he went to Athens to study at Plato's Academy, where he remained for about 20 years, as a student and then as a teacher. When Plato died in 347 B.C., Aristotle moved to Assos, a city in Asia Minor, where a friend of his, Hermias, was ruler. After Hermias was captured and executed by the Persians in 345 B.C., Aristotle went to Pella, the Macedonian capital, where he became the tutor of the king's young son Alexander, later known as Alexander the Great. In 335, when Alexander became king, Aristotle returned to Athens and established his own school, the Lyceum Aristotle's works were lost in the West after the decline of Rome, but during the 9th Century A.D., Arab scholars introduced Aristotle, in Arabic translation, to the Islamic world. In the 13th Century, the Latin West renewed its interest in Aristotle's work, and Saint Thomas Aquinas found in it a philosophical foundation for Christian thought. The influence of Aristotle's philosophy has been pervasive; it has even helped to shape modern language and common sense. Aristotle died in 322 B.C.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Rhetoric
• Author: Aristotle
• Editor: W. D. Ross
• Translated by: W. Rhys Roberts
• Publisher: Cosimo, Inc., 2010
• ISBN: 1616403071, 9781616403072
• Length: 194 pages
• Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Rhetoric; Philosophy / General