Classical Rhetoric with Aristotle: Traditional Principles of Speaking and Writing - Text (Memoria Press) - Paperback

Martin Cothran's Classical Rhetoric with Aristotle is a guided tour through the first part of the greatest single book on communication ever written: Aristotle's Rhetoric.  With questions that will help the student unlock every important aspect of the book, along with fill-in-the-blank charts and analyses of great speeches, this companion text to Aristotle's great work will send the student on a voyage of discovery from which he will return with a competent knowledge of the basic classical principles of speech and writing.

     Unlike much of modern communication theory, Aristotle did not overemphasize technique. He understood that, although the construction and delivery of a speech or a piece of writing are important, there is a certain body of knowledge a person must have at his disposal in order to communicate effectively.  That is why Classical Rhetoric is more than just a course in English or public speaking.  It involves a study of the fundamental principles of political philosophy, ethics, and traditional psychology.  A student learns not only how to give a political speech, but also the elements of good character; not only how to give a legal speech, but also the seven reasons people do things; not only how to give a ceremonial speech, but what incites specific emotions under different circumstances.

     Like Traditional Logic, Books I and II, Classical Rhetoric has the same easy to use features, such as step-by-step daily assignments, giving students explicit instructions at every level.  It is designed to make classical Christian learning accessible to all members of the Christian education community, at home and in the classroom.

• Author:  Martin Cothran
  
• Format:  175 pages, paperback
  
• Publisher:  Memoria Press
  
• ISBN:  9781930953444