Study Guide for Cicero’s De Inventione and Roe vs. Wade 1. Focus your reading mainly on the first two chapters of the section (Chapters VIII and IX). a. Cicero uses what is called Stasis theory to determine in any dispute – what points are at issue. b. The four classes of points-at-issue are: i. Fact 1. Past 2. Present 3. Future ii. Definition 1. Types of Definition a. Go back to Aristotle, Chapter 5 look how happiness is defined in two different ways i. External – different types of the whole term ii. Analytic – the parts of the whole b. Analogy c. Categorization and differentiation iii. Value 1. Dispute over the qualitative evaluation of an act or thing 2. Competing Goods iv. Jurisdiction 1. Who should decide the issues? 2. Apply these categories to Roe v. Wade a. Write down issues of i. Fact ii. Definition iii. Value iv. JurisdictionMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu 21W.747 Classical Rhetoric and Modern Political Discourse Fall 2009 For information about citing these materials or our Terms of Use, visit:
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