087 Rhetoric and the Sophists
The History of Ancient Greece
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Ancient Greece: A Cultural Tour of the 5th Century BC
Aristotle instructed his pupils in oratory, as well as in philosophy. He wrote a highly influential treatise on the subject titled rhetoric. Even after the Greek states lost their independence and rhetoric ceased to have any political importance, it still remained the centerpiece of higher education. The hostility between practitioners of rhetoric and those who practice philosophy would endure almost throughout antiquity.
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