Evan Cowgill<\/p>\n

ENG 400<\/p>\n

Dr. Cream<\/p>\n

25 September 2017<\/p>\n

Rhetorical Analysis 4: Epictetus\u2019 \u201cThe Enchiridion\u201d<\/p>\n

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Link for Reference: http:\/\/classics.mit.edu\/Epictetus\/epicench.html<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Enchiridion\u201d, written by Epictetus and translated by Elizabeth Carter, attempts to assert a series of rules, principles, and values belonging to the author as the proper way to live a relatively happy and undisturbed life. \u00a0And, while I may not agree with everything that Epictetus puts forth, I find it to be a very interesting text to rhetorically analyze.<\/p>\n

This is mostly due to how obviously intended for persuasion the text is, as it reads like a speech or argumentative presentation.\u00a0 Epictetus holds up his claims \u2013 all of which completely based in opinion and theory \u2013 as if they are fact<\/em>.\u00a0 He does not introduce any of his points with \u201cI believe\u201d, and he even structures his points as numerical tenets or proverbs of passed-down wisdom.\u00a0 And, since the text\u2019s topic of life and how to properly live doesn\u2019t really have a window of opportunity that would ever close (since most of humanity wonders about living life to its fullest and most ethical extent), its rhetorical situation is timeless.\u00a0 This allows for \u201cThe Enchiridion\u201d to reappear repeatedly over the timeline of human existence and possibly increase its credibility for some audiences as it becomes more and more ancient.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Evan Cowgill ENG 400 Dr. Cream 25 September 2017 Rhetorical Analysis 4: Epictetus\u2019 \u201cThe Enchiridion\u201d   Link for Reference: http:\/\/classics.mit.edu\/Epictetus\/epicench.html \u201cThe Enchiridion\u201d, written by Epictetus and translated by Elizabeth Carter, attempts to assert a series of rules, principles, and values belonging to the author as the proper way to live a relatively happy and undisturbed … Continue reading “Rhetorical Analysis 4: The Enchiridion”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rhetorical-analyses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhetoricofgaming.digitalwcu.org\/WeeklyWriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhetoricofgaming.digitalwcu.org\/WeeklyWriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhetoricofgaming.digitalwcu.org\/WeeklyWriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhetoricofgaming.digitalwcu.org\/WeeklyWriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhetoricofgaming.digitalwcu.org\/WeeklyWriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rhetoricofgaming.digitalwcu.org\/WeeklyWriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":247,"href":"https:\/\/rhetoricofgaming.digitalwcu.org\/WeeklyWriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246\/revisions\/247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhetoricofgaming.digitalwcu.org\/WeeklyWriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhetoricofgaming.digitalwcu.org\/WeeklyWriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhetoricofgaming.digitalwcu.org\/WeeklyWriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}