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"Thank You for Arguing"

I've worked through the classics of rhetoric. In college, pre-Google days, when I learned of an obscure book on critical thinking and argument (Port Royal Logic, if you're curious), I had the rare books track it down. I photocopied every page. In law school, I watched several hours of VHS on Logic for Lawyers in the law library's AV room. I hadn't read many good books on rhetoric in years, because the best books are classics. I stopped reading the genre. When flying, I read about an excerpt from a modern book on rhetoric. The article was in one of those Sky magazines. How bizarre, as the article was good: It listed several obscure definitions for rhetorical devices. Two years later, I bought the book. Although it has a few flaws - mainly, the author's ethos - it's one to recommend...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on December 27, 2010 (boomark / email).