Classical rhetoric for the modern student
The most widely used textbook of its kind for courses in advanced composition and writing, Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student discusses the three vital components of classical rhetoric - argument, arrangement, and style - bringing these elements to life and demonstrating their effective application in yesterday's and today's writing. Presenting its subject in five parts, the text provides grounding in the elements and applications of classical rhetoric; the strategies and tactics of argumentation; the effective presentation and organization of discourses; the development of power, grace, and felicity in expression; and the history of rhetorical principles. Numerous examples of classic and contemporary rhetoric, from paragraphs to complete essays, appear throughout the book, many followed by detailed analyses.
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- The book "Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student" is a great resource to improve your authorship. It's dense, meticulous, and for me, invaluable. I consider it the literary equivalent of a technical manual.
It's quite dense, not a passive read.
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- I really enjoyed “Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student” also. A very in depth look, it’s a well-written textbook intended for later-year literature courses.
- No doubt that much legal writing becomes complex because of the subject matter. To that extent, complexity can be unavoidable. And, while this may render the writing obtuse owing to the complexity, this is different from obfuscation. Very frustrating, I know, but this is the nature of the subject.
Concerning rhetoric, classical resources are vast, ranging from works by Aristotle to Cicero to many others. An excellent modern resource is Edward P.J. Corbett, Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student (Oxford University Press 1965) (this work was updated later by editors who sought to make it "relevant" for the 1970s, and much diminished as a result - get the earlier edition through Abebooks if possible).
- I have a feeling if OP had read some of the papers surrounding Daniel Kahneman (and the works Kahneman cited) he wouldn't be so sure about mankind's rationality.
It's like the vast majority of experiments on the subject ends up with "and then they proceeded to use their intuition and who they like more to make their decision".
Also, I think it was "Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student" that also said that logical arguments are the weakest kind of rhetorical arguments since basically anything else is more likely to convince people.
- * Practical Mathematics * Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student * Foundations of Arithmetic * Emerson's Essays
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