Rhetoric is not an 'art' but an empeiron that produces gratification ( charis ) and pleasure ( hedone
Micro Argument #3
462b-464
462b 8-c3
1. Rhetoric is not an 'art' but an
empeiron
that produces gratification (
charis
)
and pleasure (
hedone
)
--
Assertion
2. Cooking also produces gratification and pleasure--Assertion
463b
3. Rhetoric and cooking are in the same genus--1,2
4. [That which only relies upon producing gratification and pleasure is a flattery]--
Assertion
463b
5. Rhetoric and cooking are flattery--3,4
463d 2-464
6. All flattery is a reflection of something else--Assertion [e.g., gymnastics
is the real art while make-up is the flattery/ medicine is the real art while cooking is the
flattery/ These are the goods of the body. Justice is the real art while rhetoric is the
flattery/ legislation is the real art while sophistry is the flattery/ These are the goods of
the soul.
7. All Flattery is a reflection--Assertion
463 d
. 8. All reflection is foul--Assertion
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464
9. Rhetoric is a foul reflection in the classifications of arts and empeiria--5-8
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