Rhetoric is the persuasive use of languageLanguage vs narrative vs signs/symbols….Better: Rhetoric is the persuasive use of language to do ____Do you believe in transcendent truth?Yes? Yes, but it is not accessible to humans. No?- Plato - Aristotle - Gorgias- St. Augustine - Isocrates - Deluca- Erasmus - Bacon - Foucault - NietzscheAbsolute truth, Heavenly, opposition to contingent truth (what’s happening right now)Science is contingent truth because we’re gonna keep testing itPlato: the ideal essence of truth exists in Heaven-- language attempts to represent it but it gets in the way of accessing truth (Plato’s cave, we’re just describing the shadows in the cave, moving soul upwards towards Heaven)Neitzsche: truth and knowledge only exists within language and our understanding of it… Camel= mammalWhat is the relationship between that idea of truth and how does that relate to rhetoricBacon: there are things that are undeniably true, he included rhetoric within scientific method because you have to be able to communicate it… IDOLS= things get in the way of understanding truth What is the connection between knowledge and rhetoric?- Rhetoric reflects knowledge- Aris- Creates knowledge- Foucault - Bakhtin- Bacon- Conceals knowledge- Plato What is the role of rhetoric?- To help us reach transcendent truth- Create a better, more moral society- Plato- St. Augustine- Cicero- To create beauty- Longinus (the sublime)- Anzaldua (creates art with her words)- To help us fight oppression- Anzaldua- Gates- To help us create knowledge- Quintillion- To persuade people of knowledge or
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