In the first chapter (Open Your Eyes) in the book "Thank You for Arguing" began by telling us the readers about how argument is everywhere.It is surrounded in me, in you , and everyone around you. You may feel it, you may not ,but its there. Its the change in of your attitude.Its your emotions.Its what convinced you into making your decisions. Then we go into the art of argument, rhetoric. One of the essential R's. Ancients called it the skill of leadership.No wonder why one of the America's founder used the rhetoric principles in writing the Constitution.As though it may has been so important back then,it has almost been forgotten today.But yet it is still taught.Oh but lets not forget the main reason of why this book was written for.It was to welcome us to the Persuasive Elect.Learn Aristotle 3 traits: Virtue,Disinterest,and practical wisdom.Use simple strategy to get an argument unstuck.Once read the whole book you could be even be known as the King/Queen of rhetoric tricks.
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