Rhetorica: The Weakness of Magnanimity
An essential part of the secret of magnanimity is, knowledge is not a zero-sum game.
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Rhetorica: The Practice of Magnanimity
“Most people are normal” does not sound controversial, or even worth saying; but it is surprisingly hard, and worthwhile, to really believe.
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Rhetorica: The Discipline of Largesse
The fourth moral principle underlying rhetoric, and the first that demands a social context, is the rule of magnanimity; so what’s that?
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Rhetorica: The Little Trinity
Three mental virtues come before all others. Without them, no further thought is possible.
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Rhetorica: The Divisions of Rhetoric
“Rhetoric in its truest sense seeks to perfect men by showing them better versions of themselves, links in that chain extending up toward the ideal.” —Richard Weaver
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Rhetorica: A Complement to Dialectica
Rhetoric is the crown of the Trivium, and this is not an accident: “these three are one, the glory equal, the majesty coeternal …”
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Sorting Through Sophistries: The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
Sorting Through Sophistries:The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis By Gabriel Blanchard Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος … Should They Have Sent a Poet, Really? Language is a curious thing. Some of
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Sorting Through Sophistries: The Liberty to Lie
Sorting Through Sophistries:The Liberty to Lie By Gabriel Blanchard We have here a fallacy that is, in all probability, as old as the human race. Freedom of Thought
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Sorting Through Sophistries: Four Knowledgeable Fallacies
Sorting Through Sophistries:Four Knowledgeable Fallacies By Gabriel Blanchard We again confront a collection of sophistries today, all of them involved in the problem of epistemology. 1. The Observer
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Sorting Through Sophistries: The Fleet of Theseus
Theseus called; he wants his ship back. Oh, and Bertrand Russell called; he needs to know where he can put his box full of boxes?
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