Why Does a Rhetorical Question Prompt Silence?

Why Does a Rhetorical Question Prompt Silence?

Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men."
— Plato (c. 424 BC to c. 348 BC)

Either Oar - A Relativistic Rhetorical Device Made Material

Why Does a Rhetorical Question Prompt Silence?

Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men."
— Plato (c. 424 BC to c. 348 BC)

The titled responsion is an oversimplification for sure. What we are really talking about is convincing speech.

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Plato was a philosopher in Classical Greece and the founder of the Academy in Athens. He is widely considered the pivotal figure in the development of Western philosophy.

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Convincing speech is rhetoric and the signature move of the sophist. Rhetoric and sophist take on a pejorative meaning and this is a shame. Either/Or (1843) is a book by Søren Kierkegaard and bifurcates the aesthetic life from the hedonistic. Convinced? Read the book!

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