Public Speaking & Rhetoric
Ethos, Pathos, Logos โ Aristotle's three modes of persuasion still power every great speech today
Key Facts
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Aristotle's Rhetoric: Ethos (credibility), Pathos (emotion), Logos (logic) โ three modes of persuasion
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Great speeches: Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (272 words), Churchill's "We shall fight", MLK's "I have a dream"
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India: Nehru's "Tryst with Destiny" (1947); Ambedkar's Constituent Assembly speeches; Shashi Tharoor's Oxford Union debate
๐ Did you know? "Speeches that move men to action" โ Demosthenes practised with pebbles in his mouth to cure his stammer; he became history's greatest orator
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Category
Communication
Country
๐ Greece
Year / Era
350 BC
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Ethos, Pathos, Logos โ Aristotle's three modes of persuasion still power every great speech today