The colour of rhetoric in the contemporary agora

Rhetoric has three colours: white, black, and grey. White rhetoric is the Grecian Agoric ideal and black rhetoric is its mockery in the form of cheap point-scoring and open deceitfulness. Both are commonly used and obvious. A third, grey, rhetoric, however, is the most pervasive and devio...

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Main Authors:	Waddell, Neal, McKenna, Bernard
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidad de Alicante 2009-11-01
Series:	Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses
Online Access:	https://raei.ua.es/article/view/2009-n22-the-colour-of-rhetoric-in-the-contemporary-agora

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The colour of rhetoric in the contemporary agora

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