rherotic 语言学.ppt

Aristotle and the Theory of Rhetoric Contents 1. The brief introduction of Aristotle 2 The theory of Aristotle Aristotle was born to Greek parents in the Macedonian town of Stagira. At that time, Plato was opening the Academy in Athens. When he was seventeen, he went to Athens and entered the academy. He stayed on as a teacher and left twenty years later on Plato’s death. Later, he wrote and taught at the Peripatetic School. He once was the tutor of Alexander the Great, teaching him politics, philosophy, rhetoric, literature and so on. Aristotle studied a staggering array