ARCS Ch 10- Style: Composition and Ornament
Ancient rhetors used the term "style" when referring to the art to unusual uses or arrangement of words.
The chapter further discusses the composition of sentences and the different types of speech that are used. Some of these include similes, metaphors, tropes, and etc. Basically, it talks about the different styles and ornaments that are used and are appropriate in a different situations.
RT- Vico is regarded as a reactionary because of his opposition to the thoughts and teachings of Descartes. Vico proposed that there are three stages through which human history evolved: the poetic, the heroic, and the human stage. The poetic stage was when "knowledge was generated by metaphor", the heroic stage was when "nations developed, promulgating, rigid systems of law to preserve the organization of society. The human stage was when "the self-conscious study of human knowledge lead to greater equity in law and democracy in politics.
RT- Sheridan is famous for his lectures. He was motivated by linguistic self-improvement and educational reform. He agreed with Locke that "language is the medium of reason, so voice and gesture are 'the natural language of the passions'". Sheridan's lectures appeal to science, reference for the ancients, linguistic anxiety, and morality.
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