Plato: "Rhetoric is winning the soul through discourse."
Aristotle: "Finding the available means of persuasion in any situation whatsoever."
Lovely, 2:10am in the morning and I've dead Greek philosophers on my head. Granted, I took a midterm much earlier tonight, and I suspect I'll be getting a B for "at Best, it might be a B". Admittedly it has been awhile since I've had to recall definitions of words I thought I knew. Nomos, doxa, episteme!!! The latter means knowledge!! I put down "truth". I also failed to write the complete definition of what a rhetorician is, which is someone who studies, theorizes, teaches and practices Rhetoric. I wrote down 1 out of the 4. It's quite possible a 6-10pm class is not the best time for me in terms of 'ideal testing situation'... but now I know (and knowing is half the battle...! Right...?). I hate B's.
In other, more exciting news: BF got his Lincoln back! I have not seen that car since August of 2009 when it went out of commission. Wowza, Granted, it's missing a few things but it's a looker and the BF is happy, which is most excellent ^.^
Segue to canine children: Delilah looks like a sheep after getting shaved down, and subsequently chomped on Duke's already busted left ear in her version of tag, causing a sizable gash, not that he even took the slightest notice.
The rest of America is suffering from excessive heat, the Brits are experiencing a scandal unlike any other, Libyans are still embroiled in their fight... sigh. Time to sleep and feign ignorance.
