Single Idea 20777

[catalogued under 19. Language / F. Communication / 1. Rhetoric]

Full Idea

Stoics say rhetoric is tripartite. Part is deliberative, part forensic, part encomiastic. It is divided into invention, diction, organisation, and delivery. Rhetorical speech is divided into the introduction, exposition, counterargument and conclusion.

Gist of Idea

Rhetoric has three types, four modes, and four sections

Source

report of Stoic school (fragments/reports [c.200 BCE]) by Diogenes Laertius - Lives of Eminent Philosophers 07.42-3

Book Reference

'The Stoics Reader', ed/tr. Inwood,B/Gerson,L.P. [Hackett 2008], p.11


A Reaction

The last bit is quite a good guide for a philosophical paper.