On a personal note I really enjoyed
Chapter 5 in ARCS because of the topic of discussion, reasoning. I am an
arguer; I like to think I take after my mom in that subject. “Aristotle taught
his students how to reason from knowledge that was already given to knowledge
that needed to be discovered.” (Crowley, Hawhee) This is something everyone I
think can learn from. Arguing is reasoning and even outside of rhetoric
knowledge must have a hand at play when producing reasoning about a topic. There
are different types as well as what they consist of to make a good rhetoric of
reasoning. Reasoning has been around for thousands of years through
rhetoricians developing a correct form.
Cicero
played a huge roll in the courts when it came to rhetorics. His form of oratory
made a huge affect in the courts and politically in ancient Rome. Court systems
are different all over the world, but juries and trials are all derived from
the same way. I think to my roommates mother is currently in a court case in
Sri Lanka about her fence being taken down or not for the neighbors. The act of
oratory is brought to the case because formal speech and the thought of what
knowledge to extract from the case needs to be right on to win. Even in places
like Sri Lanka there are people who have lesser knowledge in rhetorics and have
different ways o utilizing their knowledge.
It was
interesting to ready about Cicero and how he seemed to not be a successful
rhetorician at times. When he had no followers was defeated many times, as well
as the position of speaking freely was looked down upon. He was even killed for
defending Julius Caesar. Him visiting death was a step in the right direction
to make him a powerful rhetorician. His knowledge influenced later eras such as
the Renaissance. There is a country song sung by The Band Perry that reminded
me of Cicero’s success in rhetorics. The line was “Funny when you’re dead how
people start listening.” I think this is similar to Cicero’s life and the
knowledge he had.
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