PersEternity

Rhetoric is a counterpart of Dialectic. It is a subject that can be treated systematically. The argumentative modes of persuasion are the essence of the art of rhetoric: appeals to the emotions warp the judgment. Argumentative persuasion is a sort of demonstration; and the rhetorical form of demonstration is enthymeme. Four uses of rhetoric. Its possible abuse is no argument against its proper use on the side of truth and justice. The honest rhetorician has no separate name to distinguish him from the dishonest.

There are three kinds of rhetoric: A. political (deliberative), B. forensic (legal), and C. epideictic (the emotional oratory of display). Their (a) division, (b) times, and (c) ends are follows: A. Political (a) exhortation and dehortation, (b) future, (c) expediency and inexpediency; B. Forensic (a) accusation and defense, (b) past, (c) justice and injustice; C. Epideictic (a) praise and censure, (b) present, (c) honor and dishonor.

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The Basic Works of Aristotle; Richard McKeon

pp. 1318-1319