Aristotle's Rhetorical Triangle Analysis

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Aristotle was born 2402 years ago in Macedonia; his teachings are still in practice to this day. According to Christopher Shields, Over the course of his life Aristotle became possibly the most influential philosopher in history. Rivaled only by his teacher, Pluto. Aristotle’s teachings where considered second only to the Bible through out much of the history of western civilization.
Aristotle was sent to study under Pluto in Athens when he was seventeen. He studied an array of subjects from philosophy and logic, to early sciences. After living in what is now Turkey for a time, Aristotle was married and had a daughter named Pythias after her mother. He was approached by King Philip of Macedonia to tutor his son who would later be known as Alexander the Great. Shields explains that experts debate over the length of the tutorage, but Aristotle was back in Athens in the year 335 where he started his famous school, the Lyceum. After the death of his first wife, Aristotle had a son with his second partner, Herpyllis, who was named after his father, Nicomachus. After the death of Alexander in 323, Aristotle fled Athens for the island of Euboea on a wave of anti-Macedonian sentiments and died of natural causes the following year. …show more content…
The triangle is composed of the three ideals of logos, ethos, and pathos, each individual part influencing the others, when properly balanced they will persuade the audience (pathos) towards the presenter’s (ethos) logic (logos.) Jaclyn Lutzke and Mary F. Henggeler explain this to mean that the presenter must demonstrate their credibility to the audience, appeal to that audiences beliefs and values, while presenting a clear, logical, and well-reasoned argument. If all three ideals are meet, the presenter will have developed the best possible argument for swaying his
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Lab 1: Aristotle’s rhetorical triangle http://www.public.asu.edu/~jvanasu/rhet-triangle.htm The Rhetorical Triangle LOGOS (idea, message) PATHOS (force, emotion) ETHOS (form, manner) Every communication is essentially a trilateral relationship. Each point of the triangle influences the others, and all are influenced by the context of the communication. Each point of the triangle bears some responsibility for the success of the communication, and each point of the triangle corresponds…

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