2/14/11

I really enjoyed the aspect of persuasion in Aristotle's Rhetoric & Poetics. What I found most interesting was when Aristotle spoke of what makes up a strong persuader. The speaker needs to reason logically, understand human character, and understand the emotions. I believe these aspects are incredible important when persuading because it's mostly about knowing how to manipulate the person your persuading and then backing up your persuasion with relevant reasons. Knowing how to read people, I feel, is a very important aspect of persuasion. You have to know how to get them on your side and then, of course, make yourself sound more concrete with facts.