Ep. 247: Aristotle on Rhetoric and Emotions (Part One)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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Are You Reading Aristotle Directly or Should We Read Secondary Sources?
I wonder whether it's ever worth reading aristotle directly, or should we just read secondary sources. What i think is valuable about reading it is you to me how much he's talking about rhetoric as a component of the way of figuring things out in the world. And even though he'stalking about persuasive speech, this whole parallel with dialectic and stuff like that are just really interesting.
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