Aristotle's Artistic Proofs As Applied To The "Declaration Of War" Speech By Franklin D. Roosevelt
Francheska Sanchez
Professor Mary Mathis
ENGL 101C-H1
November 2, 2006
Aristotle's Artistic Proofs as Applied to the "Declaration of War" Speech by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Aristotle, although having lived thousands of years ago, continues to make an impact in our society with his contribution to Western thinking and his famous "art" of rhetoric. He remains to this day, one of the most influential philosophers in the history of rhetorical study. One of his most prominent works is his "Rhetoric", a book that "confronts scholars with several perplexing questions" (Herrick 74). "Rhetoric" is divided into three books that discuss the "domains of rhetoric, the rhetorical proofs that Aristotle is so famous for and matters of style and arrangement" (Herrick 74). One of the most important contributions of Aristotle's "Rhetoric" is his idea of artistic proofs, which are used to persuade an audience. Since developed in the fourth century BC, these proofs still continue to be utilized by......
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