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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Famous quotes containing the words foundations and/or arguments:
“and the oxen near
The worn foundations of their resting-place,
The holy manger where their bed is corn
And holly torn for Christmas. If they die,
As Jesus, in the harness, who will mourn?
Lamb of the shepherds, Child, how still you lie.”
—Robert Lowell (1917–1977)
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—Jean Callahan (20th century)