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introduction
chapter objectives
After reading this chapter, you should be
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chapter outline
Introduction
Ancient Greece
o The Rise of Democracy
o The Nature of Rhetoric
o Dialectics and Logic
o The Rhetorical Approach
The Roman Republics Adoption
of Rhetoric
o Ciceros Influence
o Quintillions Influence
The Middle Ages
o St. Augustine
o Christianity
The Renaissance
o The Humanists
o The Rationalists
The Modern Period
o The Epistemological Tradition
o The Belles Lettres Movement
o The Elocutionary Movement
Conclusion
Review Questions and Activities
Glossary
References
to compel
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
God, that all-powerful
Creator of nature and
architect of the world, has
impressed man with no
character so proper to
distinguish him from other
animals, as by the faculty of
speech.
~ Quintilian
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activities
1. Create two teams of at least three students per team. One team will represent the dialectical approach to
problem solving and the other team will represent the Aristotelian rhetorical tradition. One team will attempt to
explain how a problem is solved and conclusions arrived at through the dialectical approach, the other through
the rhetorical approach. The problem to be solved will be created by student consensus.
2. The Humanists and Rationalists viewed persuasion from differing perspectives. Students should form
teams that represent each perspective, choose an issue, then argue or advocate for their side using each
perspective, and then compare the process of problem-solving to see how they arrived at their conclusions.
3. Review the approaches that Aristotle, Cicero, and Quintilian held toward rhetoric, then identify and
compare and contrast the similarities and differences between them and how these differences advanced the art
of public speaking.
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glossary
Atticism
Dialectic
Draco
Pericles
Philosophical Relativism
Renaissance
Elocutionary Movement
Ren Descartes
Epistemology
Rhetoric
Sophists
St. Augustine
Oratory
Syllogism
Zeno of Elea
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references
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Honeycutt, L. (2007).
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ntilian/index.html
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