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A 5 page paper that considers the metaphysical, axiological and epistemological considerations presented in Aristotle's Rhetoric. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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was Platos most familiar student, he found many arguments against the premises provided by Plato in his arguments against this type of discourse. Aristotle believed that rhetoric and dialectic where
"counterparts", significant elements of the same whole that were used to provide discourse on politics, relationships and value systems. While Plato reflected on the dishonorable nature of rhetoric based
in its lack of truth, Aristotle, in contrast, believed that rhetoric and dialectic were imperative elements in the pursuit of truth. From an epistemological perspective, rhetoric was a process
and had a number of different parts, from invention and style to memorization and delivery. Aristotle argued that people utilized enthymes as well as arguable points in the invention
of rhetorical discourse (Harper 251). Aristotle, in contrast to Plato, recognized rhetoric and dialect as inherent parts of the system of knowledge attainment, and suggested that their development was
also inherent in the search for truth. Aristotle clearly recognized that rhetoric was an act of persuasion rather than a representation of purely factual accounts. He realized
that individuals who have the capacity for creating, or inventing, arguments embrace an important craft essential to epistemology. Instead of suggesting that rhetoric by its persuasive manner negates the
pursuit of knowledge based on truth, Aristotles argument is that rhetoric is both persuasive and credible, and that it can be an element of ethical studies, like politics (Rowland and
Womack 13). Aristotles epistemological arguments are based in his belief that knowledge is the primary element that empowers persuasion, and that government is dependent on the structures of political rhetoric
as a means of supporting essential governmental processes. Democracy itself is based on attaining knowledge and using rhetoric as a tool of persuasion based on knowledge. Much
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