Category: Language Arts: Rhetoric

Copyright/published Year: 2005 by Memoria Press

ISBN: 1930953550

Binding: DVD set

Description: Martin Cothran's Classical Rhetoric with Aristotle is a ì guided tour through the first part of the greatest single book on ì communication ever written: Aristotle's Rhetoric. With ì questions that will help the student unlock every important ì aspect of the book, along with fill-in-the-blank charts and ì analyses of great speeches, this companion text to Aristotle's ì great work will send the student on a voyage of discovery from ì which he will return with a competent knowledge of the basic ì classical principles of speech and writing.

To the ancients, rhetoric was the crowning intellectual ì discipline. It took the knowledge the student had gained over the ì course of his years of schooling and the understanding of logical ì principles gained from the study of traditional logic and molded ì them into powerful tools of persuasion. To Aristotle, the art of ì rhetoric was the chief weapon in the service of truth.

Unlike much of modern communication theory, Aristotle did not ì overemphasize technique. He understood that, although the ì construction and delivery of a speech or a piece of writing are ì important, there is a certain body of knowledge a person must ì have at his disposal in order to communicate effectively. That is ì why Classical Rhetoric is more than just a course in English or ì public speaking. It is those things, but it is much more. It ì involves a study of the fundamental principles of political ì philosophy, ethics, and traditional psychology. A student learns ì not only how to give a political speech, but also the elements of ì good character; not only how to give a legal speech, but also the ì seven reasons people do things; not only how to give a ceremonial ì speech, but what incites specific emotions under different ì circumstances.

Classical Rhetoric also familiarizes students with ì three model speeches as examples of the three branches of ì classical oratory: The "Appeal of the Envoys to Achilles," from ì Homer's Iliad; the "Apology of Socrates," from the ì dialogue of Plato; and Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address." ì Students will also be asked to analyze Marc Antony's "Funeral ì Oration" from William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar as an ì example of a great speech that defies categorization.

Like Traditional Logic, Books I and II, Classical ì Rhetoric, by Martin Cothran, was developed at Mars Hill, a ì cottage school for homeschoolers in Lexington, Kentucky. It has ì the same easy to use features, such as step-by-step daily ì assignments, giving students explicit instructions at every ì level.

Classical Rhetoric DVDs with Martin Cothran. Mr. Cothran's ì engaging personality will make this challenging subject fun for ì your students. These DVDs are just like being in his classroom, ì and we think they will be one of the best investments you ever ì make. Four DVD set covering the entire Classical Rhetoric ì Text.

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