important ideas from classical rhetoric

Map of Classical Rhetoricians’ Epistemologies from “Using Isocrates to Teach Technical Communication and Civic Engagement” by Allen Brizee. Under review. Venn Diagram of Aristotle’s Taxonomy from “Using Isocrates to Teach Technical Communication and Civic Engagement” by Allen Brizee. Under review. Venn Diagram of Isocrates’ Taxonomy from “Using Isocrates to Teach Technical Communication and Civic Engagement” by Allen Brizee. Under review. Completed Map of Classical Rhetoricians’ Taxonomies from “Using Isocrates to Teach Technical Communication and Civic Engagement” by Allen Brizee. Under review. Completed Map of Classical Rhetoricians’ Performance from “Using Isocrates to Teach Technical Communication and Civic Engagement” by Allen Brizee. Under review. Isocrates' Overlapping Epistemology, Taxonomy, and Performance as they Relate to Challenges in Traditional Approaches to Service-­‐Learning from “Using Isocrates to Teach Technical Communication and Civic Engagement” by Allen Brizee. Under review. Adapted from Richard Johnson-­‐Sheehan’s Classical Rhetoric, Purdue University Nomos
Physis
Coming to Be (and Passing Away)
Being
Truth,
Knowledge,
Belief
Reality
Orator
Situations in
Which Rhetoric
is Used
Audience/
Readers
Logos
(language)
Ethics and
Morality
Isocrates: kairotic, situated
Invention
(epistemology)
Divinity,
Spirituality,
Magic
Aristotle: systematic, finding the
available means of persuasion
Plato: dialectic/Socratic method,
transcendental epistemology
Style
Rhetoric