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Comparison Of Rhetoric, Gorgias And Republic

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Rhetoric in political thought of Plato and Aristotle can be compared through the views which have been recorded from texts such as The Art of Rhetoric, Gorgias and Republic. Aristotle acknowledges numerous ideas conveyed by Plato, although both philosophers differed on various philosophical concepts. Aristotle was in favour of persuasive rhetoric formulated through ‘realism’, although Plato’s views expressed in Gorgias, indicate persuasive rhetoric is not a convincing form of speech.

There are of course numerous ambiguities in rhetoric and democracy that have been demonstrated in Gorgias, which is a bitter dialogue that illustrates a conflict between Socrates and the Sophists, as issues flair between philosophy and rhetoric. …show more content…

ETHOS/LOGOS/PATHOS.
ETHOS - establishing credibility, knowledgeable, virtuous character and goodwill.
IF 1 is missing it will be open to criticism, relative to charisma.
PATHOS - draws on audiences emotion, emotion has an incredible effect on our decisions.
LOGOS - the logic of the argument of itself to persuade.
- Aristotle's general argument on 3 elements? so that truth will emerge
- centres on realism, what's real is what's real, politics, a working government, acknowledge human selfishness, balance. selfishness = survival
- believes in POLITI
- father of rhetoric books rhetoric 1 & 2
- we must recognise why it's persuasive
- is someone who can keep sight what's always persuasive and see it.
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-Aristotelian rhetoric is said to be a historical account of rhetoric, rather than …show more content…

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