Rhetoric
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The Rhetoric of Rage
Classicist henrietta vanderbloom says criticism of rhetoric has travelled through the ages. There was a big discussion between philosophers and those that the philosophers called the phists, she says. So it's a very old discussion about what is good rhetoric,. In the days of the roman republic, speeches to promote opinions or ideas were made to crowds in the public square. To day, we have ted tacks. Chris anderson is the curator of ted talks.
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