What Does Rhetoric Mean In Chapter 6 Of The Blugold Guide

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In Chapter 6 of the Blugold Guide is talks all about rhetoric and helps us get a better understanding of it. Rhetoric is defined in many different ways. So many that it can cause problems. One way of defining rhetoric is defined by James Murphy as “advice to others about future language use.” (pg. 125) Another way rhetoric is defined is by George Kennedy as “The energy inherent in emotion and thought, transmitted through a system of signs, including language, to others to influence their decisions or actions.” (pg. 125)
Plato’s dialogue Gorgias has one of the earliest and most influential discussions of rhetoric. He became involved in a debate that was on going and he said rhetoric was “foul and “ugly”. (pg. 120) John Locke took what Plato