Revising the Revisions: Aristotle's Anti-Populist Art of Benign Manipulation

• In Event: Connecting the Public and Private

Brief Overview

My reading of lines 1355a3-b21 revises readings characterizing Aristotle's art of rhetoric as an inherently democratic, epistemic practice. Rather, it is a practice of benign manipulation for preserving the laws in the face of extreme democracy.

Author

• Daniel DiLeo, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona