Rhetorical thinkers: Rhetorical concepts:
Corax and/or Tisias The Well Run State/Civics
Gorgias Truth/Knowledge
Aspasia Pathos/Emotions
Plato The “Common Touch”
Aristotle Ethics
Cicero Writing/Discourse
Quintilian Liberty or the “Free State”
Pizan Eloquence
Augustine Style
Ramus Practical Experience
Descartes Probability
Vico Dissoi Logoi

  1. Tell me how EACH person understands the concept in relation to rhetoric
  2. Compare and contrast each person’s view on that concept [In other words, tell me what – if anything – they agree on the concept and what they disagree on and why]
  3. Conclude with a short argument for whose perspective on this concept you think is better.

Sample Solution

This question has been answered.

Get Answer