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Scholarly Definitions of Rhetoric

Plato: Rhetoric is "the art of winning the soul by discourse."

Aristotle: Rhetoric is "the faculty of discovering in any particular case all of the available means of persuasion."

Cicero: "Rhetoric is one great art comprised of five lesser arts: inventio, dispositio, elocutio, memoria, and pronunciatio." Rhetoric is "speech designed to persuade."

Quintillian: "Rhetoric is the art of speaking well."

Francis Bacon: The duty and office of rhetoric is to apply reason to imagination for the better moving of the will.

George Campbell: [Rhetoric] is that art or talent by which discourse is adapted to its end. The four ends of discourse are to enlighten the understanding, please the imagination, move the passion, and influence the will.

I. A. Richards: Rhetoric is the study of misunderstandings and their remedies.

Richard Weaver: Rhetoric is that "which creates an informed appetition for the good."

Erika Lindemann: "Rhetoric is a form of reasoning about probabilities, based on assumptions people share as members of a community."

Philip Johnson: "Rhetoric is the art of framing an argument so that it can be appreciated by an audience."

Andrea Lunsford: "Rhetoric is the art, practice, and study of human communication."

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I am Murali, born w..a..y...b...a...c..k.. in 1969 in Andhra Pradesh, India.I did my primary schooling in a village called Kaikalur, which is the second biggest oil and natural gas base for ONGC in India now.

I migrated to Vijayawada in 1982 and joined my 9th class there and continued my studies in Vijayawada up to B.Sc. Ohh by the way I was University Ranker in my B.Sc. ( Don't tell any one .... it was 10th Rank !!! okay okay ...but still ten is good out of 125 colleges and 6000 students.... right !! ).

I joined M.Sc., Physics with specialization in electronics in Andhra University Vizag in 1989. It was like a paradise on earth. If you have not seen that place.. then you must see that atleast once. The other place you should see is manas sarovar in Himalayas. I enjoyed more and studied less in A.U. but still managed to come out with flying colors ( Shhh.... don't ask how !! That's my little secret !!! )

Then I did my M.Phil and Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics in the University of Hyderabad, India during 1992-1997. I was course topper in M.Phil. and GATE and CSIR Fellow in Ph.D. For few months I also worked as Faculty in the department of computer science in UoHyd on a term appointment.

After my schooling, I joined Tata Consultancy Services in India, 1998-2001 and right now I work for Sun Microsystems in California, USA.

My wife's name is Sujatha and I have two kids, Aditya and Manasa. Adi goes to pre-school and Manasa is very busy learning the art of munching the first foods. She is a sweet 7 months old.

That is all about me !!!

Things I do in my spare time

Pay Back Time: I did most of my schooling in public schools. I have been paid to do my studies by way of scholarships and fellowships ( which are a consequence of good scores and hard work ) and at the end of the day, I feel that I owe a debt to my country, my state and my people.

So, I donate money to charitable organizations that are trying to do some thing good in India and in A.P.

However, recently I have started working on a project, which , when completed would really make me feel proud that I have payed it forward to the current and coming batches of students some of what I have taken from the society. For more details ..... please visit E.D.C.A.P. at this web site
http://www.edcap.org.
Reading: I would love to spend mid nights and early hours of beautiful days reading things about ancient cultures and civilizations, Quantum Physics and String theory with a back ground of low volume beautiful old songs.