Full Idea
The attempt to rid philosophy of rhetoric falls prey precisely to that fact that what is involved in rhetoric is inherent in what is built into all natural languages by their genesis in the real historical world.
Gist of Idea
Rhetoric is built into language, so it cannot be stripped from philosophy
Source
Andrew Bowie (Introduction to German Philosophy [2003], 2 'Hamann')
Book Reference
Bowie,Andrew: 'Introduction to German Philosophy' [Polity 2003], p.49
A Reaction
Rhetoric can range from charming to bullying, and it is the latter which is the problem. The underlying issue is dogma versus dialectic. Some analytic philosophers have a good shot at being non-rhetorical.