Well over two millennia later, Aristotle remains highly relevant on the subject of instruction and persuasion[1]: Moreover, (2) before some audiences not eve

Well over two millennia later, Aristotle remains highly relevant on the subject of instruction and persuasion[1]: Moreover, (2) before some audiences not even the possession of the exactest knowledge will make it easy for what we say to produce conviction. For argument based on knowledge implies instruction, and there are people whom one cannot instruct. Furthermore, it's evident that the standard American primary and secondary school system, either by accident or design, mutilates the student's ability to be instructed in favor of training desired responses. [1] http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/rhetoric.html http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/rhetoric.html