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
- Tell me how EACH person understands the concept in relation to rhetoric
- 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]
- Conclude with a short argument for whose perspective on this concept you think is better.
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