Chaim Perelman's Theory of Argumentation
During the Second World War, Chaim Perelman, a leader in the Jewish Belgian Resistance was writing a philosophical treatise on justice. Frustrated, he discovered that his training in analytic philosop...
20 Nov 20221h 14min
Demagoguery and Democracy Part 2: Defining Demagoguery and Defending Democracy
00:00 Defining demagoguery04:00 Why Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt were not demagogues10:30 Case Study: Earl Warren's demagogic argument about Japanese Internment12:20 Threat perception and demag...
19 Feb 20211h 5min
Demagoguery and Democracy Part 1: Vladimir's Choice and Zero-sum Politics
Dr. Patricia Roberts-Miller, author of "Demagoguery and Democracy," talks about how demagogues arise out of a demagogic culture, the forms of argument we can recognize as demagoguery, their appeal, an...
11 Feb 20211h 21min
Quintilian: The Master Teacher of Rhetoric
Although from humble origins, Quintilian rose to prominence in Rome as a teacher of rhetoric and became the first imperial endowed chair in rhetoric in Rome. He was a skilled and compassionate educato...
22 Dec 20201h 17min
Cicero: The Eloquent Defender of the Republic
Cicero gave his life defending the Roman republic from the emerging tyrants and saw rhetoric as tool to build, uphold, and defend a free and just society. In his writings on rhetoric and politics, he ...
14 Dec 20201h 16min
Aristotle's Art of Rhetoric and Its Legacy
Aristotle wrote a work on rhetoric that would define a discipline. He rejected Plato's denunciation of rhetoric and showed why it is an art, a discipline, or a science and gathered the gems of all the...
30 Nov 20201h 26min
Style, Memory, and Delivery: Mastering the Art of Public Speaking
UK award-winning public speaker, Simon Day, shares his journey from being terrified of public speaking to mastering the art, as well as some of the secrets to his success including adopting and adapti...
28 Nov 20202h 3min
Isocrates: The Father of Eloquence
Cicero called Isocrates "the father of eloquence" and said that from his school proceeded giants who had an enormous influence on Athenian society and Greek culture, but he is often overlooked in hist...
23 Nov 20201h 11min
