Unit 1 Flashcards
Changes over time Accrues layers of meaning Functions as a “repertoire” Enables and constrains Adoptable and adaptable Tensions between center and margin Involves ritual and reflection
Tradition
Changes over time
Accrues layers of meaning
Functions as a “repertoire”
Tradition
Enables and constrains
Adoptable and adaptable
Tensions between center and margin
Involves ritual and reflection
Tradition
Tied to historical context No substance? The Supplement Promiscuous Promising and problematic What counts?
Rhetorical
Tied to historical context
No substance?
The Supplement
Rhetorical
Promiscuous
Promising and problematic
What counts?
Rhetorical
Origins of Rhetoric
Ancient Greece
Practiced Rhetoric in 5th Cent. BCE
The Sophists
The Sophists: RHETORIC
a morally neutral, powerful art
LANGUAGE: used to induce belief
The Sophists
The Sophists: TRUTH
created by humans; knowledge limited because it’s only accessible through sense perception
METHOD: explore and present opposing arguments
The Sophists
The Sophists: EDUCATION
all can be taught. . . for a price
ETHICS: because what is true is situational, so is what is good and right
The Sophists
Gorgias, “The Encomium of Helen”
414 BCE
“Speech is a powerful lord, which by means of the finest and most invisible body effects the divinest works”
Gorgias, “The Encomium of Helen”
Rhetoric is powerful; knowledge is incomplete
Gorgias
Gorgias: Purpose
To free Helen from blame.
Gorgias :Four explanations of rhetorical power**
fate, force, speech, love
ca. 403-395 BCE
Dissoi Logoi
You have to explore different perspectives to gain knowledge.
Dissoi Logoi
Purpose: to show that issues can an should be
argued from both sides; perspective and situation can greatly alter your argument.
Dissoi Logoi
Works against absolute Truth.
Dissoi Logoi
Offers kairos as an alternative.
Dissoi Logoi