Rhetorica: The Topoi, I. Definition
In this topos, we are dealing not just with “how to use a dictionary” but with “how to link two minds in the realm of being.”
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Rhetorica: The Common Topoi
As rhetoric is a complement to dialectic, so the topos is a complement to the syllogism. (Thrilled yet?)
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Rhetorica: The Fourth Ditch of Fraud
Though the topic is complex, the lesson is simple: To understand statistics, we should first learn how to.
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Rhetorica: Of Bacon; or, The Scientific Method
Not all science is equally rigorously conducted; if you are testing a hypothesis, you are doing science—it might just not be very thorough.
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Rhetorica: The Arrest of the Mad Hatter
Learning to think rationally can be counterintuitive; at times, one almost feels like Alice astray in Wonderland. Are there no limits to the strangeness of the world?
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Rhetorica: Won’t Someone Please Think of the Pathetic?—Part II
On the rhetorical appeal known as pathos; or, a practical manual for manipulating people’s emotions.
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Rhetorica: Won’t Someone Please Think of the Pathetic?—Part I
What, if anything, differentiates the rhetorician’s legitimate “appeal to emotion” from the sophist’s fallacies?
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Rhetorica: How to Do Ethos Good
A person is credible if they not only possess, but display honesty, courage, and clarity. How do we do that?
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Rhetorica: The Rhetorical Appeals
As there are three temporal contexts for rhetoric, so there are three appeals it can make to a man: those to credibility, intelligence, and humanity.
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Rhetorica: A Speech in Time Saves Nine
Persuasion aims at action, and action takes place in time. It follows that rhetoric looks in three directions: past, present, and future.
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