HoP 049 - Stage Directions - Aristotle's Rhetoric and Poetics
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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The Difference Between Anathems and Dialectical Arguments in Rhetoric
The fable used by esop is an example, not an enthemem. A dialectical argument is one based on merely agreed premises. Enthemems deal with practical questions like metaphysics or the soul. Aristotle says that rhetoric is akin to ethics and political philosophy.
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