Berkeley: University of
California
Press, 1969.
The Public Work of Rhetoric_nodrm
Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, 9.
4.
147.
29. The connection between spontaneity and sincerity means that all the advice about
concealment is also advice about ethos and helps support Aristotle's contention that ethos is, "almost . . . the most authoritative form of persuasion. " Aristotle, On Rhetoric, 1. 2. 4.
30. Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, 9. 3. 102.
31. Rhetorica Ad Herennium, 2. 30. 47.
32. Alcidamas, On the Sophists, 12.
33. See, for example, Plato, Gorgias, 452; Euthydemus, 290, Sophist, 219-25; Statesman,
304. I have discussed the use of the hunting analogy at length elsewhere. Miller, "Aris- totelian Topos. "
34. Aristotle, On Rhetoric, 1. 1. 12.
35. Cicero, De Oratore, 1. 8. 32.
36. Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, 7. 10. 17.
37. Ong, Fighting for Life, 26; Hawhee, Bodily Arts, 17. 38. Consigny, Gorgias, 75.
39. Poulakos, Sophistical Rhetoric, 37.
40. Zerba, "Frauds of Humanism. " 41. Cicero, De Inventione, 1. 15. 20.
42. Ibid. , 1. 17. 24.
43. Rhetorica Ad Herennium, 1. 7. 11.
44. Burke, Rhetoric of Motives, 19.
45. Gorgias, "Encomium of Helen"; Lakoff and Johnson, Metaphors We Live By.
46. Tannen, Argument Culture, 3, 4.
47. Ibid. , 284.
48. Booth, Rhetoric of Rhetoric, 43-50.
49. Toulmin, Cosmopolis; Garsten, Saving Persuasion. Garsten focuses on the political
thought of Hobbes, Rousseau, and Kant, whose rhetoric against rhetoric aimed to pro- tect the modern state from the contentiousness of public judgment.
50. Sophocles, Philoctetes, 1052.
51. Kastely, Rethinking the Rhetorical Tradition, 88. 52. Herzog, Cunning, 24-25.
53. Campbell, Philosophy, 216, 221.
54. Gaonkar, "Object," 298.
55. Andersen, "Lingua Suspecta," 79. The mimetic principle also operates in the visual arts. In Ovid's Metamorphoses, Pygmalion falls in love with the statue of his own cre- ation because the excellence of his art creates a perfect representation of reality, per- suading even its creator by its mimetic power. Ovid concludes, "ars adeo latet arte sua" (so does his art conceal his art). Ovid, Metamorphoses, 10. 252.
56. David, "Correspondence Theory. "
57. Paradis, "Bacon, Linnaeus, and Lavoisier. "
58. See, for example, Ballif, Seduction; Consigny, Gorgias; Kerferd, Sophistic Movement. 59. Closely related to the mimetic principle is what Michael Reddy has called "the
conduit metaphor" for communication, the idea that an unproblematic "message" can be neutrally (mimetically) "encoded" and "transmitted" to a "receiver," and he shows how deeply this set of assumptions is embedded in our language about language. Reddy, "Conduit Metaphor. "
60. Aristotle, On Rhetoric, 3. 7. 9.
61. Longinus, On the Sublime, 22. 1.
62. Dionysius, Critical Essays, 8.
63. Aeschines, "Against Ctesiphon," 3. 99. As Hesk notes, Aeschines' complaint distin-
guishes two levels or types of deceit: the detectable and the undetectable. Hesk, Decep- tion and Democracy, 238.
64. This is different from what Hesk calls "the rhetoric of anti-rhetoric," which con- sists of explicit attacks on the deceptiveness of speech, or one's opponent's speech, rather than the denial of one's own rhetoric. Hesk, Deception and Democracy.
65. Julius Caesar, III: ii.
66. Plutarch, Moralia, 17.
67. Herzog, Cunning, 95.
68. Sprat, History, Sect. 20.
69. Consigny has also made this point, noting that such "seemingly neutral dis-
course" is usually hegemonic. Consigny, "Rhetorical Concealment. "
70. Lanham, Electronic Word, 110; see also his discussion of the work of zoologist Richard Alexander, who aimed to explain why "hypocrisy evolved as the primary hu-
man attribute" (58).
71. Burke, Rhetoric of Motives, 22. 72. Herzog, Cunning, 121.
73. Ibid. , 84, 121.
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36 Carolyn R. Miller
74. Hariman, "Status," 44.
75. Ibid. , 48.
76. Gaonkar, "Idea of Rhetoric"; see also Cahn's discussion of rhetoric's disciplinary
status, "Rhetoric of Rhetoric. "
77. Booth, Rhetoric of Rhetoric, 149.
78. Hesk, Deception and Democracy, 203-4. 79. Ibid. , 227ff.
80. Schloemann, "Entertainment. " 81. Ibid. , 144.
82. Lanham, Electronic Word.
83. Garsten, Saving Persuasion, 2.
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38 Carolyn R. Miller
Poulakos, John. Sophistical Rhetoric in Classical Greece. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1997.
29. The connection between spontaneity and sincerity means that all the advice about
concealment is also advice about ethos and helps support Aristotle's contention that ethos is, "almost . . . the most authoritative form of persuasion. " Aristotle, On Rhetoric, 1. 2. 4.
30. Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, 9. 3. 102.
31. Rhetorica Ad Herennium, 2. 30. 47.
32. Alcidamas, On the Sophists, 12.
33. See, for example, Plato, Gorgias, 452; Euthydemus, 290, Sophist, 219-25; Statesman,
304. I have discussed the use of the hunting analogy at length elsewhere. Miller, "Aris- totelian Topos. "
34. Aristotle, On Rhetoric, 1. 1. 12.
35. Cicero, De Oratore, 1. 8. 32.
36. Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, 7. 10. 17.
37. Ong, Fighting for Life, 26; Hawhee, Bodily Arts, 17. 38. Consigny, Gorgias, 75.
39. Poulakos, Sophistical Rhetoric, 37.
40. Zerba, "Frauds of Humanism. " 41. Cicero, De Inventione, 1. 15. 20.
42. Ibid. , 1. 17. 24.
43. Rhetorica Ad Herennium, 1. 7. 11.
44. Burke, Rhetoric of Motives, 19.
45. Gorgias, "Encomium of Helen"; Lakoff and Johnson, Metaphors We Live By.
46. Tannen, Argument Culture, 3, 4.
47. Ibid. , 284.
48. Booth, Rhetoric of Rhetoric, 43-50.
49. Toulmin, Cosmopolis; Garsten, Saving Persuasion. Garsten focuses on the political
thought of Hobbes, Rousseau, and Kant, whose rhetoric against rhetoric aimed to pro- tect the modern state from the contentiousness of public judgment.
50. Sophocles, Philoctetes, 1052.
51. Kastely, Rethinking the Rhetorical Tradition, 88. 52. Herzog, Cunning, 24-25.
53. Campbell, Philosophy, 216, 221.
54. Gaonkar, "Object," 298.
55. Andersen, "Lingua Suspecta," 79. The mimetic principle also operates in the visual arts. In Ovid's Metamorphoses, Pygmalion falls in love with the statue of his own cre- ation because the excellence of his art creates a perfect representation of reality, per- suading even its creator by its mimetic power. Ovid concludes, "ars adeo latet arte sua" (so does his art conceal his art). Ovid, Metamorphoses, 10. 252.
56. David, "Correspondence Theory. "
57. Paradis, "Bacon, Linnaeus, and Lavoisier. "
58. See, for example, Ballif, Seduction; Consigny, Gorgias; Kerferd, Sophistic Movement. 59. Closely related to the mimetic principle is what Michael Reddy has called "the
conduit metaphor" for communication, the idea that an unproblematic "message" can be neutrally (mimetically) "encoded" and "transmitted" to a "receiver," and he shows how deeply this set of assumptions is embedded in our language about language. Reddy, "Conduit Metaphor. "
60. Aristotle, On Rhetoric, 3. 7. 9.
61. Longinus, On the Sublime, 22. 1.
62. Dionysius, Critical Essays, 8.
63. Aeschines, "Against Ctesiphon," 3. 99. As Hesk notes, Aeschines' complaint distin-
guishes two levels or types of deceit: the detectable and the undetectable. Hesk, Decep- tion and Democracy, 238.
64. This is different from what Hesk calls "the rhetoric of anti-rhetoric," which con- sists of explicit attacks on the deceptiveness of speech, or one's opponent's speech, rather than the denial of one's own rhetoric. Hesk, Deception and Democracy.
65. Julius Caesar, III: ii.
66. Plutarch, Moralia, 17.
67. Herzog, Cunning, 95.
68. Sprat, History, Sect. 20.
69. Consigny has also made this point, noting that such "seemingly neutral dis-
course" is usually hegemonic. Consigny, "Rhetorical Concealment. "
70. Lanham, Electronic Word, 110; see also his discussion of the work of zoologist Richard Alexander, who aimed to explain why "hypocrisy evolved as the primary hu-
man attribute" (58).
71. Burke, Rhetoric of Motives, 22. 72. Herzog, Cunning, 121.
73. Ibid. , 84, 121.
Should We Name the Tools? 35
36 Carolyn R. Miller
74. Hariman, "Status," 44.
75. Ibid. , 48.
76. Gaonkar, "Idea of Rhetoric"; see also Cahn's discussion of rhetoric's disciplinary
status, "Rhetoric of Rhetoric. "
77. Booth, Rhetoric of Rhetoric, 149.
78. Hesk, Deception and Democracy, 203-4. 79. Ibid. , 227ff.
80. Schloemann, "Entertainment. " 81. Ibid. , 144.
82. Lanham, Electronic Word.
83. Garsten, Saving Persuasion, 2.
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