This text examines Aristotle's Rhetoric as a classic treatise on the arts of public speaking and persuasion which played a role in the civic life of Greece. The... » 

This text examines Aristotle's Rhetoric as a classic treatise on the arts of public speaking and persuasion which played a role in the civic life of Greece. These arts, which evolved a highly formalized tradition of technique, were connected with the study of political and moral theory. «