Search

This essay offers a discussion of Aristotle’s Rhetoric. Its main thesis is a development of Aristotle’s remark that “there is a natural disposition for the true.” If there is such a disposition, most current interpretations that emphasize either the idea that rhetorical arguments are an exception to logical arguments or the idea that logical arguments are rhetorical in nature can be proved false. If so, arguments in political assemblies and courts of law need not be considered in any diminished way— they are no more and no less rational than any other arguments.