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This 5 page paper uses Neo-Aristotelian methods to critique a speech by President Dwight Eisenhower about the dangers of nuclear weapons. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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critique a speech by President Dwight Eisenhower. Neo-Aristotelian Critique Rhetoric is generally thought of as the use of language to persuade; its often thought of as negative, though rhetoric in
itself is neutral. But a powerful speaker can use it to great, and sometimes horrendous, effect. Hitler has to have been one of the most accomplished rhetoricians in
history. Neo-Aristotelian criticism "is based in large part on Aristotles Rhetoric. Rhetoric is divided into five canons: invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery" (Milner, 2000). Furthermore, within the canon of
invention there are three types of proof that we can use to measure the persuasive power of the speaker: "logos, ethos and pathos" (Milner, 2000). And within logos are
two further analytical tools, "enthymeme and example. The enthymeme is an incomplete syllogism" (Milner, 2000). A syllogism takes the form of a major premise, a minor premise and a
conclusion, as in this example: If a person studies, he will get an "A". (major premise) Steve studies. (minor premise) Steve will get an "A".
(conclusion) (Milner, 2000). An enthymeme eliminates the major premise as being something so widely known that there is no need to restate it (Milner, 2000). Note that the major
premise (at least in this example) is not necessarily true: not everyone who studies will get an "A"; sometimes even a student who studies hard will not get top
marks. But the point is not that this example is flawed, the point is that Neo-Aristotelian criticism drops the major premise as part of the technique. If
the speaker uses an example, he will use "a number of instances of X that would encourage the audience to draw a general conclusion about all Xs" (Milner, 2000).
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