Single Idea 22570

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

Full Idea

Now, with the development of rhetoric, those who are able public speakers become popular leaders.

Gist of Idea

Rhetoric now enables good speakers to become popular leaders

Source

Aristotle (Politics [c.332 BCE], 1305a12)

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'Politics', ed/tr. Reeve,C.D.C. [Hackett 2017], p.119


A Reaction

Demosthenes was an exact contemporary of Aristotle. Nowadays we are conscious of the 'dumbing down' by popular speakers, which is not the same as rhetoric.