Aristotle and the Theory of Rhetoric(亚里士多德和修辞学)

2021年1月25日发(作者：拼写)
Aristotle and the Theory of Rhetoric
1 The introduction of Aristotle
Aristotle
was
born
to
Greek
parents
in
the
Macedonian
town
of
Stagira. At that time, Plato was opening the Academy in Athens. When he
was seventeen, he went to Athens and entered the academy. He stayed on
as a teacher and left twenty years later on Plato
’
s death.

2 The theory of Aristotle

(1)

the definition : Rhetoric refers to the faculty of observing in any given
case the available means of persuasion.

(2)

the classification of oratory (according to the topics and occasions )
A.

deliberative/political
oratory:
it
urges
us
either
to
do
or
not
to
do
something
and
aims
to
distinguish
the
beneficial
and
harmful.
It
concerns with the future and is about things to be done hereafter that
he advises, for or against.
B.

epideictic/ceremonial oratory: it either praises or censures somebody
and
aims
to
judge
whether
a
matter
or
a
person
is
respectful
or
shameful. It is concerned with the present, the state of things existing
at the time. (Also, people sometimes often find it useful to recall the
past and to makes guesses at the future.)
C.

forensic
oratory:
it
either
attacks
or
defends
somebody
and
aims
to
distinguish the justice and injustice. It is concerned with the past.
(3)

two major categories of rhetoric