Sounds like a nice law firm, doesn’t it? But no… one you’ve probably heard of, the other you haven’t. At least that’s how I started. Edmund Burke was an 18th-century philosopher, statesman, and one of the foremost political thinkers of his day. He’s best known for his work Reflections on the Revolution in France and his [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Great Rhetoricians’
January 25, 2010
Lincoln and a Moment of Panic
Last week I came to the distinct realization that it was a very long Christmas break. I didn’t realize how much I missed school until I found myself back in the classroom last Tuesday afternoon. No, it’s not all glamorous and yes, I’ll still experience that horror of the first paper… the first paper due [...]
January 18, 2010
I Have a Dream
During the first few weeks of class last semster, Dr. Persuasion gave me a copy of The Rhetorical Act. It’s a undergraduate textbook that walks you through the elements of rhetorical criticism, step by step, and gives examples of how to evaluate a speech. The first example was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s I Have [...]
