What is the appeal of past charms? Classic literature, silent films and old Hollywood, typewriters and Polaroid cameras, Art Nouveau and Pre-Raphaelite art, Romanticism, nostalgia, Victorian decor and ephemera seem to hold an increasing allure.
Modern culture is marked by blatancy and accessibility. The Internet in particular poses new problems in terms of allowing instantaneous access [...]
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Modern ers’ versus Past Charms
Posted on: Philosophy
Ethics in Philosophy
Posted on: Philosophy
Philosophy is often suspected of being intangible and impractical. Although “principles” are abstract, with practice people can learn to see them. “[Ethics is] is the philosophical study of morality. The word is also commonly used interchangeably with ‘morality’ to mean the subject matter of this study; and sometimes it is used more narrowly to mean [...]
Ethos, Pathos, and Logos
Posted on: Philosophy
Aristotle’s enthymeme is also known of as the rhetorical syllogism. It is a technique of persuasion, engaging one’s emotions, ethics and logic by using rhetoric.
The enthymeme is also known as the rhetorical syllogism. In explaining this device Aristotle references his Rhetoric, Prior Analytics, and Topics as well as other of his books. While Aristotle did [...]