Exam 12: Rhetoric and Ancient Greek Philosophy

What process did the term aporia refer to? How was it part of a method of thinking through a question?

What was isegoria to the Athenians?

Augustine discussed two modes or methods by which the Christian preacher applied rhetoric to scripture. One he termed the modus inveniendi, or the activity of seeking the true meaning of scripture. The other was the modus proferendi. What does this second activity involve?

The terms nomos and physis refer to two theories of where law or justice originates. Briefly, what do these two terms mean, and how do they reflect two different views of law?

Who was the most famous teacher of rhetoric in the era of the Roman empire? b. What was the goal of his rhetorical training-what kind of individual was he trying to produce?

Why was Gorgias so interested in the sounds of words? b. How is this interest related to his referring to himself as a psychagogos, and what does he seem to mean by the term? c. Of the various rhetorical traditions we have identified in class, to which does he belong?

One system for discovering or inventing arguments in ancient Rome divided a judicial case up into two sets of "attributes." One of these sets was "attributes of the person." What was the other set of attributes in this system?

Leaders in Rome accepted the idea of the res publica. To what entity did this term refer?

What did the term techne mean to the Greeks? b. and c. Identify any two qualities of a techne that we discussed in class. In other words, what criteria did a practice or activity have to satisfy in order to be considered a techne?

Who was Aspasia?

Greek term for an art or a discipline having its own objects of study and producing a good outcome, like medicine or navigating a boat. Plato claimed rhetoric did not belong in this category, while sophists claimed it did.

With what rhetorical form is Catherine of Sienna's name most closely associated?

What is Panhellenism? With which teacher of rhetoric in Athens is the idea associated?

Cicero was best known for advocating the uniting of two qualities in oratory. What are these two qualities?

Identify and briefly define any two qualities that characterize the type of discourse known as rhetoric as described in Chapter One (for example, rhetorical deals with contingent issues-so don't use that one).