Rhetoric in literature
... Summarize the involvement of Socrates, Aristotle, and Plato in the evolvement of rhetoric. Focus especially on the connection between these gentlemen and the growth of rhetoric, as we currently understand it. Rhetoric, in its broadest sense is speaking or writing with eloquence, theory, and feeling. In a narrower sense, rhetoric is concerned with a consideration of the rules. The rules of rhetoric are style, memory, delivery, and invention. Rhetoric used in speech relates to beauty and style. Rhetoric that is used in the written word is related to a composed symphony of phrases that influences the judgment or the feelings of the reader. Homer, a Greek playwright is looked at as the father of oratory rhetoric. ... This impressive lineage of knowledge gave birth to the rhetoric we know today. In my paper I will show the great intellectual donations of these 3 philosopher kings to the art of rhetoric. ... Through these writings of these philosophers Socrates had a profound effect on the entire subsequent course of rhetoric and its principles. ... Plato concentrated on the more technical approach of rhetoric, with emphasizing persuasion more than truth. In his writings the " Gorgias " and the " phaedra " he discusses the principles constituting the essence of the art of rhetoric. ... His ideas on esthetics were written down in his books the " Rhetoric " and the " Poetics ". Aristotle classifies the rules of eloquent narration in the Rhetoric.