Chapter 1:
Materials for persuading, judging, and convincing in rhetoric and speech.
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Chapter 2:
Orator needs good sense, virtue, and goodwill for persuasion.
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Chapter 3:
Emotions like anger, pity, fear influence judgments and persuasiveness.
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Chapter 4:
Anger defined: longing for revenge over perceived undeserved slight.
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Chapter 5:
Fear defined: troubled feeling of imminent pain or destruction.
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Chapter 6:
Shame defined: pain from misdeeds tending to bring dishonor.
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Chapter 7:
Benevolence: giving without expecting return, especially in urgent need.
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Chapter 8:
Pity: pain from seeing undeserved suffering, expecting personal suffering.
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Chapter 9:
Indignation: pain at undeserved good fortune, opposite of pity.
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Chapter 10:
Envy: pain at others' good fortune, especially among peers.
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Chapter 11:
Emulation: pain from not possessing highly valued, attainable goods.
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Chapter 12:
Character: influenced by emotions, habits, age, and fortune.
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Chapter 13:
Youth: passionate, hopeful, courageous, driven by desires and friendships.
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Chapter 14:
Prime of life: balanced, rational, courageous, self-controlled, combining youth and old age.
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Chapter 15:
Noble birth: ambitious, often look down on others, sometimes degenerate.
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Chapter 16:
Wealth: causes arrogance, luxury, belief in purchasable honor and superiority.
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Chapter 17:
Power: leads to ambition, energy, dignity, sometimes significant wrongdoings.
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Chapter 18:
Persuasion: essential for judgments, speeches must address different audience types.
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Chapter 19:
Possibility: arguments based on likelihood, antecedents, and future potentialities.
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Chapter 20:
Examples: use historical events or fables to strengthen rhetorical arguments.
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Chapter 21:
Maxims should be concise, persuasive, and fit the audience's beliefs.
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Chapter 22:
Enthymemes are syllogisms, using accepted opinions for persuasive arguments.
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Chapter 23:
Enthymemes derive from opposites, similarities, and considerations of time.
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Chapter 24:
Apparent enthymemes include misleading conclusions based on wordplay.
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Chapter 25:
Refutation uses counter-syllogisms or objections to challenge arguments.
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Chapter 26:
Amplification/depreciation are not elements of enthymemes but rhetorical tools.
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