Rhetoric, Pt. I
Which of the two describe rhetoric:
a. people talking together about a topic (two-sided or more)
b. one person speaking to other people about a topic (one-sided)
b. one person speaking to other people about a topic (one-sided)
How did the sophists use rhetoric?
They charged high prices for their rhetoric teaching services, and they used rhetoric to manipulate people by making weak arguments seem strong.
What is one of the definitions of dialectic?
1. The testing and maintaining of arguments
2. Philosophical conversation
3. A back and forth conversation to get to the heart of a matter
People with this intellectual virtue are not willing to give up when they find something difficult or boring.
Intellectual Tenacity
What is one of the definitions of rhetoric?
1. The art of speaking well
2. "The good man speaking well" (Quintilian)
3. "The faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion" (Aristotle)
What did Plato think about the sophists/rhetoric in general?
Plato thought that the sophists were bad men and thought that rhetoric was "mere flattery."
What is the etymology of Dialectic (two Greek words and their English meanings)?
dia = across
legein = to speak
People with this intellectual virtue are willing to take risks in the pursuit of the truth.
Intellectual Courage
What part of the intellect does rhetoric use?
The Practical Intellect
What did Aristotle think about rhetoric?
He thought it was a neutral tool that could be used well and that could be abused too.
Which part of the intellect does dialectic mainly use?
The Theoretical Intellect
People with this intellectual virtue consider everything in an unbiased way, even if they already have a sense of where they stand.
Intellectual Honesty
What do the transcendentals change into when we use them in rhetoric?
Advantage
Justice
Honor
What is endoxa?
common opinion, or common sense
What are the transcendentals?
Goodness
Truth
Beauty
People with this intellectual virtue admit that they are capable of being wrong/in error, and that they are finite and cannot possibly know everything.
Intellectual Humility
What does the practical intellect want (to ______)?
To do
What do logos, ethos, and pathos each appeal to?
Logos: appeal to reason
Ethos: appeal to character
Pathos: appeal to emotion
What does the theoretical intellect want (to _____)?
To know
People with this intellectual virtue are always asking questions for deeper understanding.
Intellectual Studiousness (Curiosity)