Classical Rhetoric: The Three Means of Persuasion. Welcome back to our ongoing series on classical rhetoric.
Today we’ll cover the three means of persuasion as set forth by Aristotle in The Art of Rhetoric. According to Aristotle, a speaker or writer has three ways to persuade his audience: Of the modes of persuasion furnished by the spoken word there are three kinds. Classical Rhetoric: An Introduction. As many of you know, I read a lot of biographies on the lives of great men from history.
The part of a man’s life I enjoy learning about the most is their education. What books did they read as young men that influenced them later on in life? Where did they travel? 35 Greatest Speeches in History.