Sentences with phrase «rhetorician on»
His Confessions serve as an artful self - presentation designed to bring readers to see the truth about God and our journey to him, not the life - in - full of a North African rhetorician on his way to becoming a bishop.
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It is easy to be manipulated by stylists, unless one has substantial knowledge of the texts on which rhetoricians draw.
All the senses are touched and rewarded [in Rome]: fountains, grottos, balustrades, espaliered orange trees and frescoes were endlessly exploited for their impact on our ears, hands, noses, tongues, and eyes; not for mere delight... but to tap our five senses like a good rhetorician to get at our minds and souls....
Disraeli and Gladstone had long been rivals and when Gladstone successfully attacked his opponent's policies in Turkey Disraeli turned on him and called him «a sophistical rhetorician, inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity.»
As the author of II Peter claims, the apostles did not proclaim the power and presence of their Lord by relying on myths such as those employed by rhetoricians (1:16).
As a rhetorician, Salazar lays particular emphasis on the importance of naming with precision; ultimately those in power are those in charge of language.
Posted by Jackie1776 on October 19, 2009 at 10:56 am permalink Reply students were remarkably adept at what rhetoricians call kairos — assessing their audience and adapting their tone and technique to best get their point across.