Unit 2 Flashcards

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Medieval Rhetoric: apologist for Christianity and rhetoric

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Augustine

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Medieval Rhetoric: the beginning of the division between rhetoric and dialectic, substance and style

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Boethius

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Medieval Rhetoric: Augustine

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apologist for Christianity and rhetoric

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Medieval Rhetoric: looking for female exemplars

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Christine de Pizan

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Medieval Rhetoric: Boethius

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the beginning of the division between rhetoric and dialectic, substance and style

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Medieval Rhetoric: Christine de Pizan

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looking for female exemplars

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Renaissance Rhetoric: emphasized eloquence

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George of Trebizond

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Renaissance Rhetoric: Castiglione

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advice for getting your way in court

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Renaissance Rhetoric: championed grammar and dialectic

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Ramus

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Renaissance Rhetoric: developed ideas about how the various disciplines fit together

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Bacon

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Renaissance Rhetoric: George of Trebizond

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emphasized eloquence

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Renaissance Rhetoric: advice for getting your way in court

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Castiglione

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13
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Renaissance Rhetoric: Ramus

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championed grammar and dialectic

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Renaissance Rhetoric: Bacon

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developed ideas about how the various disciplines fit together

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15
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The Middle Ages

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400-1400 CE

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16
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During this time rhetoric gets religion and goes underground

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The Medieval Challenge

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17
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What were the three key changes that occurred during the Medieval Challenge?

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􏰀1. Religious and secular forces vied for power.
􏰀2. Grammar and dialectic increased in importance
3. Education expanded, especially during the 12th century.

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Religious and secular forces vied for power.

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A key changes that occurred during the Medieval Challenge

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Grammar and dialectic increased in importance

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A key changes that occurred during the Medieval Challenge

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􏰀1. Religious and secular forces vied for power.
􏰀2. Grammar and dialectic increased in importance
3. Education expanded, especially during the 12th century.

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The three key changes that occurred during the Medieval Challenge.

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Education expanded, especially during the 12th century.

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A key changes that occurred during the Medieval Challenge

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22
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Constantine found a “________” empire, which began the rise of Christianity into the modern period (313 CE).

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“Christian”

Religious and secular

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23
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The increased power of the Church limited access to ________________________

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Classical sources for the general public

Religious and secular

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24
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__________ communities became centers for learning.

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Monastic

Religious and secular

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25
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_____________ established the seven liberal arts (429 CE).

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Martianus Capella

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26
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During the rise of grammar and dialectic in the Middle Ages _______ was subordinated to ________ in educational settings.

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Rhetoric, dialectic

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27
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During the rise of grammar and dialectic in the Middle Ages _______ had no public outlet.

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Rhetoric

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􏰀-Constantine found a “Christian” empire, which began the rise of Christianity into the modern period (313 CE).

  • The increased power of the Church limited access to classical sources for the general public.
  • Monastic communities became centers for learning.
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Religious and Secular forces

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29
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During the Expansion of education in the Middle Ages ___________ became the dominant approach to learning.

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Scholasticism

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30
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During the Expansion of education in the Middle Ages Education followed a specific teaching method inspired by dialectic: _________ and _________.

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Lectio and Disputatio.

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31
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During the Expansion of education in the Middle Ages ______ were formed.

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Universities

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32
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Using Rhetoric to Serve the City of God

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Augustine

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33
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Rhetorician and Christian Philosopher (354-430 CE)

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Augustine

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34
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RHETORIC: a morally neutral art that can and should be used on behalf of truth; subordinate to wisdom

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Augustine

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LANGUAGE: only a means to contemplate divine truth; words are signs of things

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Augustine

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36
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METHOD: “rules of eloquence” aren’t useful; imitation most effective

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Augustine

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Augustine RHETORIC:

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a morally neutral art that can and should be used on behalf of truth; subordinate to wisdom

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Augustine LANGUAGE:

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only a means to contemplate divine truth; words are signs of things

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Augustine METHOD:

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“rules of eloquence” aren’t useful; imitation most effective

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40
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TRUTH: absolute truth accessible through divine revelation; distinct from “logic”

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Augustine

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41
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EDUCATION: eloquence can be achieved without formal training in rhetoric

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Augustine

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42
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ETHICS: truth depends not primarily on the character of the speaker but upon the will of God; even so, it is best if eloquence is accompanied by wisdom and faith.

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Augustine

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Augustine EDUCATION:

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eloquence can be achieved without formal training in rhetoric

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44
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Augustine TRUTH:

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absolute truth accessible through divine revelation; distinct from “logic”

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45
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Augustine ETHICS:

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truth depends not primarily on the character of the speaker but upon the will of God; even so, it is best if eloquence is accompanied by wisdom and faith.

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46
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Rhetoric Serving Philosophy

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Boethius

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47
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Thinker from (480-524 CE)

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Boethius

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48
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Led a life similar to Cicero, but came to very different conclusions about rhetoric.

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Boethius

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49
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Wrote about rhetoric and read many ancient thinkers but considered himself primarily a philosopher.

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Boethius

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50
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Addressed head-on the issue of the relationship between philosophy and rhetoric.

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Boethius

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51
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Deeply Aristotelian—EXCEPT in his view that rhetorical practice did not generate probable truth.

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Boethius

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RHETORIC: a faculty of applying the general rules of argumentation to specific case; subordinated to dialectic

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Boethius

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Boethius RHETORIC:

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a faculty of applying the general rules of argumentation to specific case; subordinated to dialectic

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METHOD: speakers should apply the general principles to specific cases in order to teach or move

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Boethius

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TRUTH: rhetoric cannot produce knowledge or truth

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Boethius

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Boethius METHOD:

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speakers should apply the general principles to specific cases in order to teach or move

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EDUCATION: emphasized general principles and systems of classification handed down from classical thinkers as an important source

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Boethius

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Boethius TRUTH:

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rhetoric cannot produce knowledge or truth

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Boethius EDUCATION:

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emphasized general principles and systems of classification handed down from classical thinkers as an important source

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60
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Rhetoric as a Social Tool

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Christine de Pizan

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Thinker (1364-1430 CE)

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Christine de Pizan

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The kind of exemplary woman she praises in her writings.

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Christine de Pizan

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63
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Received nearly the best education that any woman could have during the period.

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Christine de Pizan

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Turned to rhetorical practice as a means of supporting herself.

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Christine de Pizan

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Christine de Pizan RHETORIC:

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a tool for exercising worldly prudence

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ETHICS: developing good character depends on following virtuous exemplars

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Christine de Pizan

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Christine de Pizan EDUCATION:

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women should be educated in rhetoric and other arts

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EDUCATION: women should be educated in rhetoric and other arts

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Christine de Pizan

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Christine de Pizan ETHICS:

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developing good character depends on following virtuous exemplars

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RHETORIC: a tool for exercising worldly prudence

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Christine de Pizan

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71
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The Rise and Fall of Rhetorics across Europe

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THE RENAISSANCE

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72
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Italian city-states became prominent.

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Key changes affecting rhetoric during the Renaissance

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73
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Monarchs consolidated land.

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Key changes affecting rhetoric during the Renaissance

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74
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Merchant and professional classes gained power.

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Key changes affecting rhetoric during the Renaissance

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75
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Church lost power to secular institutions

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Key changes affecting rhetoric during the Renaissance

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76
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Latin died; vernaculars thrived.

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Key changes affecting rhetoric during the Renaissance

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77
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Gutenberg designed the first European printing press (ca. 1450 CE).

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Key changes affecting rhetoric during the Renaissance

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Key changes affecting rhetoric during the Renaissance

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  • Italian city-states became prominent.
  • Monarchs consolidated land.
  • Merchant and professional classes gained power.
  • Church lost power to secular institutions
  • Latin died; vernaculars thrived.
  • Gutenberg designed the first European printing press (ca. 1450 CE).
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79
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What were the Multiple rhetorics that came from the Renaissance?

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  • Letter writing, handbooks, speeches, preaching, education, courtly performance.
  • Type of rhetoric emphasized depended on political and social context.
  • Common thread: pursuit of eloquence (Hannah Gray)
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80
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Common thread: pursuit of eloquence (Hannah Gray)

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Multiple rhetorics that came from the Renaissance

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Type of rhetoric emphasized depended on political and social context.

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Multiple rhetorics that came from the Renaissance

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82
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How are the following related?

  • Italian city-states became prominent.
  • Monarchs consolidated land.
  • Merchant and professional classes gained power.
  • Church lost power to secular institutions
  • Latin died; vernaculars thrived.
  • Gutenberg designed the first European printing press (ca. 1450 CE).
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Key changes affecting rhetoric during the Renaissance

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Letter writing, handbooks, speeches, preaching, education, courtly performance.

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Multiple rhetorics that came from the Renaissance

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84
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Definition: the intellectual movements in which the human being became the center of inquiry and the mover of history.

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Humanism

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Emerged when Western societies went through the “Great Disembedding” (Charles Taylor)

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Humanism

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86
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_________ affected how people saw the self, knowledge, and an individual’s ability to affect the world around him/her.

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Humanisms

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87
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Humanism

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the intellectual movements in which the human being became the center of inquiry and the mover of history.

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88
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Rhetoric was viewed as a critical means to gaining power in society

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Humanisms

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89
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The question of how humans come to know something became a central idea

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Epistemology

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90
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Rhetoric served as a means to knowledge (e.g.,“rhetoric as epistemic”).

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Epistemology

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91
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When studying ___________ Some northern European humanists separated rhetoric from logic and dialectic.

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Epistemology

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92
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New epistemologies ->􏰄 new ________

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methods

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93
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Peter Ramus pursued ___________ while denigrating rhetorical approaches.

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dialectical method

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94
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_____________’ Discourse on Method (1637) led to the elevation of “reason” and signaled the beginning of the end of the rhetorical Renaissance.

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Rene Descartes

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95
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____________ pursued dialectical method while denigrating rhetorical approaches.

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Peter Ramus

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96
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During the Renaissance the desire for a “______” culminated in the beginning of the Enlightenment and the “new science.”

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method

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97
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During the Renaissance the desire for a “method” culminated in the beginning of the Enlightenment and the “________.”

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new science

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98
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What new methods emerged from the new epistemologies of the Renaissance era?

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  • Peter Ramus pursued dialectical method while denigrating rhetorical approaches.
  • Rene Descartes’ Discourse on Method (1637) led to the elevation of “reason” and signaled the beginning of the end of the rhetorical Renaissance.
  • The desire for a “method” culminated in the beginning of the Enlightenment and the “new science.”
99
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Roughly from the 15th century (1400s CE) to the middle of the 17th century (1600s CE)

A

the Renaissance

100
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During the _________ the desire for a “method” culminated in the beginning of the Enlightenment and the “new science.”

A

Renaissance

101
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How are the following related?

  • Peter Ramus pursued dialectical method while denigrating rhetorical approaches.
  • Rene Descartes’ Discourse on Method (1637) led to the elevation of “reason” and signaled the beginning of the end of the rhetorical Renaissance.
  • The desire for a “method” culminated in the beginning of the Enlightenment and the “new science.”
A

New epistemologies ->􏰄 new methods

102
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Upsurge in rhetoric: began with _______ (1304-1374), ended with the ___________ and denunciation by the Royal Society of London in 1660.

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Petrarch , English Civil War

103
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What time did the following occur:

Upsurge in rhetoric: began with Petrarch (1304-1374), ended with the English Civil War and denunciation by the Royal Society of London in 1660.

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The Renaissance

104
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Emerged in different ways, in different places, at different times.

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The Renaissance

105
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An apologist for rhetoric and eloquence and a translator of the Greek

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George of Trebizond

106
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RHETORIC: the means of achieving eloquence and the most distinguished of the liberal arts

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George of Trebizond

107
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Baldassare Castiglione RHETORIC:

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all “true” arts should conceal themselves; rhetoric begins with knowledge, includes both writing and speaking

108
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George of Trebizond RHETORIC:

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the means of achieving eloquence and the most distinguished of the liberal arts

109
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RHETORIC: all “true” arts should conceal themselves; rhetoric begins with knowledge, includes both writing and speaking

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Baldassare Castiglione

110
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George of Trebizond LANGUAGE:

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The greatest gift of God to humans, more necessary than reason

111
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TRUTH: Rhetoricians cannot know everything, but ornamentation must be connected to knowledge.

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George of Trebizond

112
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George of Trebizond TRUTH:

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Rhetoricians cannot know everything, but ornamentation must be connected to knowledge.

113
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LANGUAGE: The greatest gift of God to humans, more necessary than reason

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George of Trebizond

114
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Baldassare Castiglione LANGUAGE:

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The function of language is “to express well and clearly what the mind conceives” (667); emphasizes vernacular

115
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Baldassare Castiglione TRUTH:

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Worth attending to, but not as important as appearance.

116
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LANGUAGE: The function of language is “to express well and clearly what the mind conceives” (667); emphasizes vernacular

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Baldassare Castiglione

117
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TRUTH: Worth attending to, but not as important as appearance.

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Baldassare Castiglione

118
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EDUCATION: Though invention is difficult to learn, the rules of ornamentation are accessible to anyone willing to study and practice them.

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George of Trebizond

119
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EDUCATION: Learning to be a good courtier is the result of natural talent, practice, study, and imitation.

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Baldassare Castiglione

120
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George of Trebizond EDUCATION:

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Though invention is difficult to learn, the rules of ornamentation are accessible to anyone willing to study and practice them.

121
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Baldassare Castiglione EDUCATION:

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Learning to be a good courtier is the result of natural talent, practice, study, and imitation.

122
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ETHICS: Blame the speaker, not the speech.

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George of Trebizond

123
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ETHICS: Emphasizes the specific, narrow virtues of court rather than broader ethics; more important to appear good than to be good.

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Baldassare Castiglione

124
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George of Trebizond ETHICS:

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Blame the speaker, not the speech.

125
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Baldassare Castiglione ETHICS

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Emphasizes the specific, narrow virtues of court rather than broader ethics; more important to appear good than to be good.

126
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How are Ramus and Plato related?

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Ramos believes that dialectic is superior to rhetoric.

127
Q

The study of Knowledge.

A

Epistemology

128
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When and Where?

Movement of humanistic ideas from south to north.

A

Northern Europe in the 16th Century

129
Q

Protestant Reformation (Luther, 1517; Calvin, 1536)

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Northern Europe in the 16th Century

130
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Epistemology

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The study of Knowledge.

131
Q

What was the Protestant Reformation?

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Luther said you can confess but give a payment on the side.

132
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What area was growing interest in natural science (e.g., Copernicus and Galileo)

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Northern Europe in the 16th Century

133
Q

What is the Sprezzatura?

A

Naturalness/ not trying, highest level of skill

Castiglone

134
Q

Influenced Plato’s ideas on truth to conform to christianity.

A

Augustine

135
Q

“Rhetoric is a morally neutral art that should be used to serve truth”

A

Augustine

136
Q

What are Augustine’s 3 offices

A

Teaching, pleasing and moving

137
Q

Who was interested in both the active life and the contemplative life.

A

Augustine

138
Q

A Cosmopolitan Roman Citizen

A

Augustine

139
Q

Born in North Africa

A

Augustine

140
Q

Educated in Carthage

A

Augustine

141
Q

Taught in Milan

A

Augustine

142
Q

Served as a monk in Hippo

A

Augustine

143
Q

Born in North Africa
Educated in Carthage
Taught in Milan
Served as a monk in Hippo

A

Augustine

144
Q

Who’s career focused on rhetorical training and faith

A

Augustine

145
Q

Knew and valued the Greeks and Latins.

A

Augustine

146
Q

Converted at age 32; became a monk.

A

Augustine

147
Q

Influenced Christian theology and Western philosophy

A

Augustine

148
Q

Engaging approach made his Christian commitments more accessible and relevant to his culture.

A

Augustine

149
Q

On intellectual inquiry for Christians: faith seeking understanding.

A

Augustine

150
Q

Emphasis on scripture became central to Protestant Reformation.

A

Augustine

151
Q

Who wrote On Christian Doctrine (397, 427CE)

A

Augustine

152
Q

Using Rhetoric to Serve the City of God

A

Augustine

153
Q

The main focus of Augustine’s Christian Doctrine

A

To educate people about God.

154
Q

Christians should study and practice rhetoric

A

Augustine

155
Q

Rhetoric is a morally neutral art that should be used to serve truth.

A

Augustine

156
Q

Because Christian orators serve Truth, they are obligated to learn rhetoric.

A

Augustine

157
Q

True eloquence serves wisdom.

A

Augustine

158
Q

Wisdom comes from God, through Scripture and divine revelation.

A

Augustine

159
Q

Wisdom without eloquence is preferable to eloquence without wisdom.

A

Augustine

160
Q

Who said style must be suited to purpose.

A

Augustine

161
Q

What are Augustine’s 3 styles?

A

Subdued, moderate and grand

162
Q

Believed there was a constant battle between good and evil.

A

Augustine

163
Q

What office appeals to pathos?

A

Pleasing

164
Q

What office appeals to logos?

A

Teaching

165
Q

What office appeals to ethos?

A

Moving

166
Q

Which one of Augustine’s styles are focused on facts?

A

Subdued

167
Q

Which Augustine style falls under the category of beautiful language?

A

Moderate

168
Q

Describe beautiful language?

A

Rhythm, repetition, tone, anything that soothes the ear to make the language more memorable.

169
Q

Which Augustine style is used to be more direct and persuade an audience?

A

Grand

170
Q

In linking these elements, Augustine negotiates the tension between style and substance.

A

Styles and Offices

171
Q

Like Aristotle, he focuses on the ends (telos) of these offices.

A

Styles and Offices

172
Q

Augustine recommends looking at models of the styles and offices.

A

Styles and Offices

173
Q

In describing these styles, Augustine draws on concepts, methods and practices of rhetorical tradition.

A

Styles and Offices

174
Q

Who came up with Stasis theory?

A

Boethius

175
Q

Thinker (1515-1572 CE)

A

Peter Ramus

176
Q

Believed that “reason” was innate in human beings.

A

Peter Ramus

177
Q

Advocated the pursuit of “general” over particular knowledge.

A

Peter Ramus

178
Q

Sought to separate dialectic from rhetoric.

A

Peter Ramus

179
Q

Sought to separate dialectic from rhetoric but rhetorical strategy is present in __________’s work

A

Ramus

180
Q

An epistemology that elevated human reason

A

Peter Ramus

181
Q

Believed three distinct faculties as partners in knowledge

A

Francis Bacon

182
Q

Thinker (1561-1626 CE)

A

Francis Bacon

183
Q

What are Bacon’s three faculties:

A
  1. reason,
  2. memory,
  3. imagination
184
Q

What are Bacon’s four intellectual arts:

A
  1. inquiry and invention,
  2. judgment,
  3. memory,
  4. delivery.
185
Q

What thinker said the universe contains truth, but the human mind is limited in its capacity to know.

A

Francis Bacon

186
Q

Bacon’s Four Idols

A
  1. Idols of the Tribe
  2. Idols of the Cave
  3. Idols of the Marketplace
  4. Idols of the Theatre
187
Q

Idols of the Tribe:

A

the human belief in its own ability to know the world.

188
Q

Idols of the Cave:

A

limited by our own personal experiences and idiosyncracies.

189
Q

Idols of the Marketplace:

A

pertaining to language and its connotations.

190
Q

Idols of the Theatre:

A

stemming from philosophical systems or dogmas.

191
Q

Knowledge is most effectively sough through the inductive process.

A

Francis Bacon

192
Q

Criticized the methods of the Scholastics

A

Francis Bacon

193
Q

RHETORIC: The art that “should demonstrate the embellishment of speech first in tropes and figures, second in dignified delivery” (684); subordinate to dialectic.

A

Ramus

194
Q

RHETORIC: Applies reason to imagination for the better moving of the will.

A

Bacon

195
Q

LANGUAGE: Words can be misleading, ambiguous and imprecise; words are always imperfect; therefore we should seek dialectic as the solution.

A

Ramus

196
Q

LANGUAGE: Ambiguity in language can be problematic, but this is not a reason to dismiss rhetoric.

A

Bacon

197
Q

TRUTH: Universal truth is possible only through dialectic, not rhetoric.

A

Ramus

198
Q

TRUTH: Knowledge comprises philosophy and theology; knowledge of truth is subjective, dependent on perspective; rhetoric helps to convey truth, but not to create it.

A

Bacon

199
Q

METHOD: Dialectic is best. Any “true” method must be universal.

A

Ramus

200
Q

METHOD: induction is the means by which to achieve knowledge.

A

Bacon

201
Q

ETHICS: The teaching of virtue and moral philosophy are not part of rhetoric. Rhetoric, like all arts, is morally neutral.

A

Ramus

202
Q

ETHICS: Rhetoric is an amoral tool that can assist the good.

A

Bacon

203
Q

What thinkers were adapting Classical Rhetoric for the Italian City-State?

A

George of Trebizond and Baldassare Castiglione

204
Q

Had positions of power but had to seek “patronage” from wealthy families.

A

George of Trebizond and Baldassare Castiglione

similarities

205
Q

Strongly influenced by earlier rhetorical works, especially classical.

A

George of Trebizond and Baldassare Castiglione

similarities

206
Q

Consummate rhetoricians.

A

George of Trebizond and Baldassare Castiglione

similarities

207
Q

Advocated pursuit of eloquence, though in distinct ways.

A

George of Trebizond and Baldassare Castiglione

similarities

208
Q

An apologist for rhetoric and eloquence and a translator of the Greek

A

George of Trebizond

209
Q

Born in Crete and moved to Vicenza as a young man.

A

George of Trebizond

210
Q

Spent many years moving throughout Italian city- states such as Venice, Bologna, and Rome (John Monfasani).

A

George of Trebizond

211
Q

Strongly advocated the study of “ornamentation.”

A

George of Trebizond

212
Q

Viewed politics as a part of rhetoric.

A

George of Trebizond

213
Q

Diplomat and author of “courtesy books”

A

Baldassare Castiglione

214
Q

Served prominent families and moved throughout the Italian city-states.

A

Baldassare Castiglione

215
Q

Widely recognized as the source of the notion of the “Renaissance man.”

A

Baldassare Castiglione

216
Q

Emphasized the idea of sprezzatura.

A

Baldassare Castiglione

217
Q

Rhetoric is a faculty (its genus).

A

“Overview of the Structure of Rhetoric” From Topica Boetii (522 CE) Boethius

218
Q

Species of rhetoric (judicial, demonstrative,deliberative)

A

“Overview of the Structure of Rhetoric” From Topica Boetii (522 CE) Boethius

219
Q

Species of rhetoric according to Boethius

A
  1. judicial
  2. demonstrative
  3. deliberative
220
Q

Compares rhetoric and dialectic.

A

Boethius

221
Q

Rhetoric’s primary tool: the oration.

A

Boethius

222
Q

What medieval thinker reiterates the five canons (invention, disposition, style, memory, delivery)?

A

Boethius

223
Q

“They differ because the former [rhetoric] treats of civil hypotheses, the latter [dialectic] of theses; the former is an unbroken oration, the latter is interrupted; the former needs both an adversary and a judge, the latter has for a judge the same person who acts as adversary.”

A

Boethius On dialectic and rhetoric

224
Q

What are the six parts of a rhetorical oration according to Boethius?

A
  1. Introduction,
  2. argument,
  3. partition,
  4. proof,
  5. refutation,
  6. peroration.
225
Q

What thinker believes the duty of rhetoric is to teach and to move (omits pleasing).

A

Boethius

226
Q

Develops status and constitutio to continue the focus on stasis theory.

A

Boethius

227
Q

Stasis theory deals with what?

A

Fact
Definition
Quality
Objection

228
Q

What function of the Stasis theory is the question below:

Do NFL players develop traumatic brain injuries disproportionately with the broader population?

A

Fact

229
Q

What function of the Stasis theory is the question below:

What constitutes a “brain injury”?

A

Definition

230
Q

What function of the Stasis theory is the question below:

How bad are these injuries and how widespread among former players?

A

Quality

231
Q

What function of the Stasis theory is the question below:

Does Roger Goodell have the authority or even the ability to prevent such injuries in the future?

A

Objection

232
Q

The Book of the City of Ladies The Treasure of the City of Ladies (1405 CE)

A

Christine de Pizan

233
Q

Thinker who addressed questions not discussed in other courtly advice texts for women.

A

Christine de Pizan

234
Q

Hybrid text: written just between the medieval and Renaissance periods.

A

The Book of the City of Ladies The Treasure of the City of Ladies (1405 CE)
Christine de Pizan

235
Q

The Book of the City of Ladies:

A

Descriptions of exemplary women from history, couched in anti- misogynistic discussion.

236
Q

The Treasure of the City of Ladies:

A

Advice for her contemporaries who hope to join the ranks of exemplary women.

237
Q

Descriptions of exemplary women from history, couched in anti- misogynistic discussion.

A

The Book of the City of Ladies

238
Q

Advice for her contemporaries who hope to join the ranks of exemplary women.

A

The Treasure of the City of Ladies

239
Q

Exposes mistreatment of women, sees gender as socially conditioned rather than biologically determined, values personal experience as a means of teaching others.

A

Protofeminist elements

240
Q

Despite these features, the text still supports many aspects of the existing social order.

A

Protofeminist elements

241
Q

Protofeminist elements:

A

Exposes mistreatment of women, sees gender as socially conditioned rather than biologically determined, values personal experience as a means of teaching others.

242
Q

Implicit argument that women should strive for eloquence.

A

Christine de Pizan

243
Q

Blurs the lines between public (male) and private (female) spaces.

A

Christine de Pizan