Aristotle had a huge impact on the advancement of the art of rhetoric. For two millennia the interpretation of Aristotelian rhetoric has turned into a matter of the historical advances of rhetoric, and not of philosophy. In the most influential anthologies and manuscripts, Aristotle's work was encompassed by rhetorical works and even recorded speeches of other Greek and Latin rhetoricians, and was rarely interpreted as a general overarching work. It was not until recent times that the major philosophical components of the Aristotelian theory of rhetoric were rediscovered. In examining a general hypothesis of the persuasive "method", Aristotle applies various ideas and arguments that are also covered in his logical, moral, and psychological
