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Arquivo para June 22nd, 2023

Between rhetoric and prayer

22 Jun

Until the beginning of the last century, the logical-idealist discourse prevailed, which is still part of a good part of the contemporary narrative, but a good part of it is now shattered by contradictory narratives and psychopolitical or ideological cohesion.

The Greeks from the opposition to the Sophists, in particular Aristotle divided the speeches into 4 types: poetic, rhetorical, dialectical and analytical.

The poetic is related to the possibilities of the imagination, dreams of possibilities and is neither unreal nor delirious, being utopian in the best sense of the word.

The rhetorician deals with the world of dialogue, uses modes of persuasion, but is supposed to be founded on common beliefs, imaginary and dystopian beliefs of our time, cannot be confused with it, can be eloquent, but not rhetorical.

The dialectician is also the one who deals with the probable, defining errors and truths with greater or lesser probability according to the demand of reason, but submitting beliefs to the test through tests and attempts to overcome objections, seeking the truth among errors and errors. between truths.

Finally, the analytic deals with certainties and certain demonstrations, starting from premises and demonstrating the veracity of the conclusions and in an apodictic way the truth, the dialectical debate that supposes Hegel and idealism is not apodictic, it is opposed more as a belief than as true.

A few words, coming from the heart and feeling, as poetics demand, from tolerant and respectful rhetoric, from Greek dialectics that flee from casuistry and dogmatics, and finally from a true apodictic foundation, those who have categorical assertions about right and wrong, honest and dishonest, far from sophistic and empty speech.

If you speak, speak with clarity and empathy, if you pray, speak with the heart and with few words and if you think, look at the positive, generous and healthy.

Pure rhetoric is not speech, neither dialogue nor prayer is just personal proselytizing.