RHETORIC IN ANCIENT GREECE Flashcards
1
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Rhetoric in Ancient Greece focuses on?
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Wisdom
2
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Why were Sophists controversial?
A
They want to gain fame and money.
3
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Who are the three famous sophists given and their concepts?
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- Gorgias and Anti-thesis
- Protagoras and Anti-logike
- Isocrates and Rhetorical Training
4
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What is anti-thesis?
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It is a figurative statement using two different imagery/elements.
5
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What is anti-logike?
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Showing why the opposite argument is wrong.
6
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What are the elements on Plato’s Debate with Gorgias in the Arts of Health? How about Socrate’s Shams Arts of Health?
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Maintain - Restore
Body - Soul
Gymnastics, medicine, legislative, justice
Hygiene, cookery, sophists, rhetoric
7
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What are Plato’s Phaedrus?
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- Psychagogia - leading the soul rather than influencing it
- The myth of the charioteer - wisdom governing nobility and appetite
- Rhetoric as Techne - knowledge of the truth
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