Albert Einstein is rhetorically effective in his letter responding to Phyllis Wright. He utilizes predominantly ethos and logos to convey his answer towards Wright. In his 2nd paragraph, Einstein reasons that “scientific nature is based on...laws of nature”; therefore, scientist do not pray to a supernatural being. Einstein could have ended there as he did logically state why scientist do not pray to a supernatural being, he decides to continue his response. This may be due to his purpose of writing the letter. It may be superficially seen that Einstein’s only purpose was to answer Wright’s question, but due to his lengthy response after, Einstein may want to inspire Wright. Einstein uses his ethos to establish that he, as a scientist, does
