In the first chapter the narrator talks and explains about being rhetoric. He calls it a Matrix. He considers it, the art of influence, friendship, and eloquence, of ready wit and irrefutable logic, and it is bet used in an argument. It is also used in an act of leadership, has fizzled out in the 1800's due to academia, where they aren't allowed to believe in leaders. A few names who were rhetoric was Julius Caesar, Marcus Tullius Cicero, and Daniel Webster. He also says that he has created this book for a reason, to help us win arguments using logic with Aristotle's 3 methods. He also talks about seduction, and a chiasmus, which both help you with you're arguments. Seduction is considered as manipulation, which is half of an argument.
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