To Tell or to Lie, a look at ancient philosophy
Date Submitted: 08/20/2004 22:06:06
Category: / Social Sciences / Philosophy
Length: 3 pages (844 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Philosophy
Length: 3 pages (844 words)
For modern students, a training in rhetoric such as that offered by Gorgias is more preferable, rather than learning how to distinguish truth from falsehood. It is the art of forceful language, emphasizing figures of speech and focusing on devices for swaying and persuading an audience, that would be most beneficial for students lives today. Despite the fact that it is simply ornamented language to make a good facade, the rhetoric by Gorgias is necessary …
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…rhetoric because not too many people believe in truth anymore. Gorgias is right by saying the rhetoric can distinguish someone who is successful from someone who is not unless that person is successful by hard work and honesty, which doesn't happen often. Knowing the difference between truth and falsehood isn't something that is very hard to learn but being able to convince and persuade people is a talent that students have to be trained in.
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