Have you ever wondered who first said 'the pen is mightier than the sword'? While the idea behind the words is age-old, the phrasing first appeared in the historical play Cardinal Richelieu by novelist and playwright Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Read more in this short BBC News article. Enjoy! Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Keeping up the … Continue reading Spreading the Word: The Pen is Mightier Than The Sword
Socrates and Phaedrus: Art of Thinking and Practice of Persuasion (Part 3 of 3)
This is the final part of the 3-part series on the art of thinking and pratice of persuasion as gathered from Plato's dialogue Phaedrus (a version of its translation available here). So far I have concluded that Socrates had the following goal in this dialogue: to demonstrate that no practice deserves to be called art if its practitioner does … Continue reading Socrates and Phaedrus: Art of Thinking and Practice of Persuasion (Part 3 of 3)
Socrates and Phaedrus: Art of Thinking and Practice of Persuasion (Part 2 of 3)
Last week I published the first part of this 3-part series. This is the second part of the article where I continue by exploring in more detail the ideas that can be gathered from Plato's dialogue Phaedrus (a version of its translation available here). Of course, there are many insights that can be gleaned. The one I … Continue reading Socrates and Phaedrus: Art of Thinking and Practice of Persuasion (Part 2 of 3)
Socrates and Phaedrus: Art of Thinking and Practice of Persuasion (Part 1 of 3)
In Plato's dialogue Phaedrus (a version of its translation available here), Socrates discusses the merits of rhetoric as the art of speaking. He wants to establish whether rhetoric, as practised and taught in Athens by the orators at the time and understood as "a way of directing the soul by means of speech" (we could say - … Continue reading Socrates and Phaedrus: Art of Thinking and Practice of Persuasion (Part 1 of 3)
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