Reflection 16

Rhetoris basically was or is the art or the ability to persuade it is an ability of language. It was used until the 19 century in western education. In order for public speakers and writers to be able to move an audience they had to be trained in this. The mojority of the sofist thatwe just learned about in this course duch as Aristle, Plato, and Socrates used this methood in their arguements to move the aaudience.
I belivieve that this particular form of language evolved into a new way of thinking especially when it was being taught. The most " wise" men where traveling this world with this ability and i believe that it made romen education want to upgradethere way of education to be more knowedgable of the world and the world traits of a sophist. The ability to express properly your arguement and make other understand, comprehend and then take your point f view was a very essential tool to be able to use.
It was a very influential way to teach. People wanted this trait. For the simple fact thatyou would be look at as intellegent man if u were capable of doin this artof a language. This particular skill was very usefull for men in the political and public speakin citizen. Ofcourse it would've been some whatuseless to an acerage farmer who's only tasks and or abitions were to grow crops and raise cattle.
Honestly in my opinion i feel that rhetoric was a state of mind. However it was up to the "man" or the individual who wants to think differently of what they have been taught by theur parents in Rome. You had to want to feel something and you had to make someone else inderstand how you feel about something and even further then that you have to want them to feel the same that you feel about the situation atthe very end of the arguement. It's actually winning a battle off the battle field even though it enitially started when two disagreeing parties. But once you have persuaded some else t oview some as you do; you have truelly deffieated the other point of view regardlessif you were right or wrong. I believe that when Rome was exposed to the art of language that it was deffinately fuel for the to expand the posibilities of better education.