Rhetoric of the People: Is There Any Better Or Equal Hope in the World?Harold Barrett |
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... practical reason- ing . " The authors understand Aristotle to claim that " rhetoric in- volves matter that concerns men in general . " People build their enthymemes of practical wisdom ; the end is not logical demonstra- tion . The ...
... practical reason- ing . " The authors understand Aristotle to claim that " rhetoric in- volves matter that concerns men in general . " People build their enthymemes of practical wisdom ; the end is not logical demonstra- tion . The ...
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... practical . People with purposes base their appeals on conventional reasoning rather than textbook logic . As accounts of functional rhetorical experience , the critical studies in this volume exemplify the theory of the enthymeme which ...
... practical . People with purposes base their appeals on conventional reasoning rather than textbook logic . As accounts of functional rhetorical experience , the critical studies in this volume exemplify the theory of the enthymeme which ...
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... practical men . They " were not philosophers , " notes Mrs. McCurdy , " and if they had been the juries to which they spoke would scarcely have been moved by metaphysical arguments . " Each of John G. Neihardt's epics , Mrs. Aly ...
... practical men . They " were not philosophers , " notes Mrs. McCurdy , " and if they had been the juries to which they spoke would scarcely have been moved by metaphysical arguments . " Each of John G. Neihardt's epics , Mrs. Aly ...
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... bound by arbitrary forces outside themselves , they were unaware of it . Of a practical turn of mind , they acted as people with power to direct events and get things done . I. RHETORIC OF THE PEOPLE : PERSPECTIVE IN THEORY Introduction.
... bound by arbitrary forces outside themselves , they were unaware of it . Of a practical turn of mind , they acted as people with power to direct events and get things done . I. RHETORIC OF THE PEOPLE : PERSPECTIVE IN THEORY Introduction.
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... practical advice , the astonished scholar explained that he was an ethicist , not a moral- ist . The teacher of public speaking must be an ethicist ; the critic must be a moralist . Much of the writing on ethics of speechmaking is ...
... practical advice , the astonished scholar explained that he was an ethicist , not a moral- ist . The teacher of public speaking must be an ethicist ; the critic must be a moralist . Much of the writing on ethics of speechmaking is ...
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Page 59 - And whether these forms be in all cases the most rational or not, is really not of so great importance. It is much more material that there should be a rule to go by, than what that rule is...
Page 79 - Every member of any labor organization shall have the right to meet and assemble freely with other members; and to express any views, arguments or opinions; and to express at meetings of the labor organization his views upon candidates in an election of the labor organization or upon any business properly before the meeting, subject to the organization's established and reasonable rules pertaining to the conduct of meetings...
Page 257 - But if the laws of the State are manifestly at variance with the divine law, containing enactments hurtful to the Church, or conveying injunctions adverse to the duties imposed by religion, or if they violate in the person of the supreme Pontiff the authority of Jesus Christ, then truly, to resist becomes a positive duty, to obey, a crime...
Page 205 - Hence he should at all times be accurate, should exercise appropriate restraint, should show respect for the opinions of others and should make every effort to indicate that he is not an institutional spokesman.
Page 46 - Rhetoric may be defined as the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion.
Page 297 - The whole story of the South may be summed up in a sentence: She was rich, and she lost her riches; she was poor and in bondage; she was set free, and she had to go to work; she went to work, and she is richer than ever before.
Page 297 - There was a South of slavery and secession — that South is dead. There is a South of union and freedom — that South, thank God, is living, breathing, growing every hour.