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title: 'The Ethical Theory of Rhetoric and Eloquence'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'William Greenough Thayer Shedd'
date: 1879-10-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Logic and Rhetoric'
- 'Ethics (General)'
scriptures:
- 'Ephesians 4'
- 'John 8'
- 'Proverbs 25'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/shedd-1879-the-ethical-theory-of-rhetoric-and-eloquence
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# The Ethical Theory of Rhetoric and Eloquence

Shedd argues eloquence is an intellectual (ethical) virtue: truth apprehended, felt, and imaginatively expressed, with understanding and will united to move hearers.

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