Rhetoric

Students of language politics religion and philosophy have always turned to Aristotle attributed with one of the greatest intellectual minds that ever lived for answers and the dissection of seemingly natural phenomena. Aristotle and his contemporaries considered rhetorical skills-the ability to give speeches and make persuasive arguments-one of the most important a scholar could possess. In his famous essay Rhetoric Aristotle outlines the three basic elements of the rhetorical arts: logos pathos and ethos; or logic emotion and ethics (truth). This pyramid makes up the tenets of rhetoric which are still taught today along with Aristotles examinations on how to interpret and compose effective speeches and presentations. Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC) was a member of the triad of great Greek philosophers: Socrates Plato and Aristotle. Student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great Aristotle is considered the authority originator of many philosophical ideas and teachings. Famous today for works such as Politics Poetics Rhetoric and Metaphysics his many writings cover a wide range of subjects ranging from literature art music and politics to physics zoology biology and the scientific method.