Foundations For Arguments
According to Richard Weaver the main components of a persuasive argument stem from three different argument types.
- Genus - based around the “nature” of things and their general attributes
- Similtude - concerns using associated ideas and principals
- Circumstance - includes neither one of these philosophies and does not concern individual values or beliefs, but rather necessity and immediate logic.
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