Rhetoric Andrew Murray
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Introduction. This paper constitutes merely an initial exploration into the field of rhetoric, a field that is quite new to me. Its stimulus was the realization, while working with Aquinas, of how rhetorical some of his arguments were despite his apparent rejection of rhetoric. 1 A little reading indicated the perilous state of the relationship between philosophy and rhetoric. Yet the practice of rhetoric is obviously alive in public life. It seems arguable that its health could be bettered by an improvement in the relationship as could the relevance of philosophy to the interests of society at large.
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