Quote:
"But persuasion-to-knowledge--good rhetoric--is like love, which seeks only to make the beloved a better person, to bring the beloved closer to transcendent good, and not to satisfy the carnal desires of the lover."
Question:
Most of the time a composer's goal of rhetoric is to better the audience in one way or another. On the other hand, if "good" rhetoric's goal is to make the "beloved" i.e. the audience, a "better person", does that mean that rhetoric whose composer's goal is not necessarily to better the reader, is not classified as "good" rhetoric?
I believe this form of rhetoric can be good, despite it not being classified as "good" rhetoric. It depends on the subject, and what information is being shared with the audience. It also lands onto the audience's understanding and consumption of this information, because they can react in whatever way they so desire. Overall, I would say there can be good rhetoric outside the amalgamation of rhetoric that is introduced as "good rhetoric."
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