Dialectic

He denotes that the “seven liberal disciplines” are grammar, rhetoric, dialectic, arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy (39), and their individual value allows for the mastery of the other disciplines. While each discipline has its specifics, all seven liberal disciplines are tied together, and should be properly intertwined…

Jeff Vandermeer creates an obscure and intricate ecological system in his 2014 novel Annihilation, and names it Area X. The main character, a female biologist, joins an expedition to investigate this expanding and changing zone, and finds out “the Event,” which appears that humankind will eventually be transformed into other organisms in Area X, is “arriving like a kind of wave” (190). Many critics see Annihilation as an allegory for humanity’s situation in the face of a rapidly changing…

last option, seeing as how dialecticism is perceived as attempting to equate the importance of one’s opinion with their counterpart by reasoning with them rather than simply forcing an opinion on someone, adopting a more slave-like mindset. Because dialectic speech is usually attributed to self-interest, the meanings behind its words tend to be skewed with subjectivity, making it “untrustworthy”. Nietzsche further postulates that an attempt to convince someone of an opinion could be very easily…

Rhetoric is the foundation of all human communication. It provides the understanding and discovery of facts that enables one to find the truth within an argument. In his book, Rhetoric, Aristotle focuses on a speaker-listener relationship in which it is the speaker’s intention to develop a strong argument that persuades their listener. However, Mikhail Bakhtin and James Zappen further this definition by including a detailed analysis of the importance of dialogue and context within daily…

The success of a communications strategy relies on its ability to persuade the audience of its value. A failure to communicate the value of the message determines whether the objectives of the strategy would be achieved or not. (reference) Hence, persuasion is an important element of any marketing communication. In as early as the 4th century B.C., Greek philosopher and scientist, Aristotle wrote about the effectiveness of communication in his book, ‘The Art of Rhetoric’. He placed the…

Although the threat of authoritarianism is diminishing all over the world the ideology is always being interrogated, it is however not the case in a majority of the Arab states and the Arab domain. Needless to say, therefore, authoritarianism is designated as a political system that amalgamates and hence concentrates power either in a minority elite group of people or in the hands of one individual ruler. These elite group or ruler nevertheless do not either have the moral authority, ethical…

young person were to say “I ain’t got no homework today”, this may be interpreted as slang and the parent might respond “Don’t they teach you better than that in school?” The distinction between standard, proper English and slang, vernacular, or dialectic English is one which can be confusing and misunderstood. The difference between slang…

character who talks to Strepsiades about which gods are the right ones to follow. Socrates defends his explanation by applying the Clouds, “Not in the least: they’re heavenly Clouds, great goddesses / for idle men, / who provide us with notions and dialectic and mind, / and marvel-telling and circumlocution and striking and seizing” (Line 316-318). This leads to understanding the notion of idle men being unaware of the practical and skeptical wisdom. Strepsiades is a clueless man when it comes…

everyday life and recognition of said presence—allowed for efficient learning of each concept outlined. The notions specifically involved in the journals include: perception, attention, language, listening, non-verbal communication, self-disclosure, dialectic tensions, mediated communication, and conflict. In filling these journals for 6 weeks, an overall view of one’s communication abilities is quite clear. This conclusive view is achievable with the extensive time and greater understanding…

While only a single day out of the 365-day year is devoted exclusively to ennobling our veterans, we, as American civilians must never fail to recognize and reminisce the sacrifices that many of our fellow compatriots have made to shield and safeguard our freedoms. Every single day, our veterans knowingly jeopardize their safety to secure a “port in a storm” for the noncombatants of America. Whether an American veteran has been in a state of deployment, at a time of action or at a time of peace,…