SPC-1017 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Alliteration, Direct Democracy, Isocrates
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An appeal to the credibility of the speaker: pathos. An appeal to reason: founder of modern thought, philosopher, scientist, rhetorician, dies in exile. Accepted no payment for teaching: gross. Wisest man in greece: sought wisdom from all the great athenians. He loved greece so much that he starved himself to death to make a point about. Greek unity: by claiming that speech has magical properties, we are saying nothing new. Eloquence of speeches inspire troops, the government, and memorialize moments: rapped his speeches- rapp[ed] unforgettable lines about the spoken word , from sicily, kairos. Rhetorically, to take advantage of the right moment to drive home your argument: they built a solid gold statue of him in the temple of apollo at delphi. That both the platonic socrates and aristotle were suspicious of orators and their sonorous sounds (figures of speech) should give us pause .
