[Based on How to Win an Argument: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Persuasion, by Cicero, translated by James M. May. Full book series here.]
Rhetoric, these days, has a fairly bad reputation. “Rhetorical” is not an adjective typically used in a complimentary fashion. Indeed, I know a number of colleagues, especially in the sciences, who recoil in horror a…
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