아리스토텔레스의 『수사학』에서 수사학의 원리와 실천학적 지평

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The purpose of this paper is to examine the core principles of rhetoric that appear in Aristotle's 『Rhetoric』 and to reveal the ground of practical knowledge on which rhetoric is located. The purpose of this paper is to examine the core principles of rhetoric that appear in Aristotle's Rhetoric and to reveal the ground of practical knowledge on which rhetoric is located. In the traditional interpretation of Aristotle's classification of knowledge, rhetoric has been known to belong to the ‘productive knowledge’. As seen in Cooper's research, Rhetoric was understood as “teaching how to write speeches.” Even in Korean studies, rhetoric is often classified as productive knowledge and is understood as “the art of creating words that can persuade the audience in the areas of politics and law.” However, in Aristotle's Rhetoric, there is no provision that a completed speech is a product of rhetoric. This is because the purpose of rhetoric is not to write speeches. Then, it is difficult to say that there is sufficient textual basis for classifying rhetoric as productive knowledge. Aristotle's founding of rhetoric was not based on identifying the essence of speech, but on discovering the elements of persuasion. Therefore, it can be said that he explored the principles of persuasion in rhetoric, just as he discovered principles and causes in other disciplines. However, the fact that Aristotle speaks of this rhetoric on the horizon of ‘practical knowledge’ is important. This can also be clearly read in the part where he emphasizes the usefulness of rhetoric that deals with benefit, virtue, and justice through words in order to enforce truth and justice on public issues within the state community.

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