Inspirational Quote by Kenneth Burke

Rhetoric may be defined as the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion.

— Aristotle

Rhetoric may be defined as the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion. This is not a function of…

— Aristotle

Meaning is socially, historically, and rhetorically constructed.

— Clifford Geertz

Do I know what rhetorical means?

— Homer

Rhetoric is the counterpart of logic; since both are conversant with subjects of such a nature as it is the business of all to…

— Aristotle

“Rhetoric is communication that attempts to coordinate social action...Its goal is to influence human choices on specific matters that require immediate attention”

— Gerard Hauser

Rhetoric is rooted in an essential function of language itself, a function that is wholly realistic and continually born anew: the use of language…

— Kenneth Burke

Rhetoric in serious discourses is like the flowers in corn; pleasing to those who come only for amusement, but prejudicial to him who would…

— Jonathan Swift

Thus rhetoric, it seems, is a producer of persuasion for belief, not for instruction in the matter of right and wrong ... And so…

— Plato

I answer, Socrates, that rhetoric is the art of persuasion in courts of law and other assemblies, as I was just now saying, and…

— Gorgias

“rhetoric was to be surveyed from the standpoint of philosophy.”

— Aristotle

“Whether it's trying to convince others that something is more true, more virtuous, or more desirable--all communication is rhetoric in action.”

— Leonard Koren