Aristotle's Rhetoric Controversy

while someone who has a bit more faith will react to the appeal-to-emotion method. The first one, the appeal-to-reason method uses a rational argument, which emphasized on reason and in the scientific method, set out the evidence and the reasons for holding a point of view. This method good for the types of people who need a guide for the controversy. The second type of persuasion is the appeal to emotion. The appeal-to-emotion is based on the emotions that an individual feels. Often this can be a more effective way for the people as a whole because people can often be decided by their emotions more than by their minds. In The Art of Rhetoric, for the great philosopher Aristotle, Aristotle favorite persuasion through reason alone, he realized that at times crowed would not be developed enough to follow arguments based just on scientific and logical principles. In those cases, persuasive language and techniques were essential for the fact to be taught.

Aristotle’s three forms of rhetorical evidence were pathos, logos, and ethos meaning they were essential to his theories of persuasion. Aristotle recognizes three strategies of persuasion: reasoned proof (logos), …show more content…
To persuade the people that he is a good candidate to hold for president, he has chosen to show his religious views and how it will impact his time in running for president, therefore the way that he has selected to persuade the audience is ethos along with logos and pathos, he seeks to show his persona by trying to connect to the public and connect with them on a personal level. The speech that is presented is attempting to persuade the American people that although Romney has his own beliefs and faith, it does not denote that he, or anyone else’s religion, is wrong. “A person should not be elected because of his faith nor should he be rejected because of his faith.”