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Compare And Contrast Rhetoric And Rhetoric

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The idea of rhetoric has long been presented as something which is evil and should be done away with. The same goes with the idea of politics. Politics is understood to be something as bad, cunning, and misuse of power. Although, politics and rhetoric have some deeper similarities but when we look at them closely, we find that both appear in different lime light altogether when they are used for a good purpose combined with pious motive. No matter how hard we try, we cannot escape politics and rhetoric as they form the very basis of our daily routine life. Whether it is our mood, emotions, thoughts, writings, gestures, facial expressions, decision making ability, or even silence, we find it hard and nearly impossible to escape from the periphery …show more content…

They bring out the relevant side of the rhetoric and explain that why to make use of rhetoric in the first place. Aristotle in one of his work the Art of Rhetoric explains that not everyone is capable of following the formal logic and therefore it is necessary to make use of rhetoric when attempting to persuade people through the concepts that were available to everyone . Rhetoric likewise becomes a concept digesting aid for a layman. Aristotle emphasized in the need of the rhetoric. He believed that contradiction was necessary not only because one could make people aware of evil motives but also so that unjust arguments could be rejected. Rhetoric in this way is the main machine of which dialectics is the gear which is required to produce truth. It is through dialectics that two individuals discuss a concept to reach the conclusion about its aptness and validity. For instance, upon seeing a rocket take off, two individuals argue, A says the rocket is flying up and B argues that the earth is being pushed down. This argument requires dialectics and it is through the use of rhetoric one may come to a conclusion but it is not necessary that it may be true. To clarify, if B is a good orator but his argument is wrong then for the sake of winning the argument he may win it but in reality he will be wrong. This example is of putting a bad case persuasively. Rhetorical skills have been misused here and have not been put to some good use as mentioned by Socrates i.e. ‘moral improvement’ or ‘noble type of

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