COMM 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Odysseus, Aegisthus, Clytemnestra
7 Apr 2017
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Second persona: good people who should be doing good things. Speech is capable of dispensing an infinite number of potions for those capable of mixing the right ingredients. The power of love (eros) does not simply mean an emotional affection. Eros is an irresistible physical response to beautiful appearances that draw us toward them. Produced when the eye meets something pleasing. Logos (cid:862)i (cid:449)ished to (cid:449)rite this spee(cid:272)h for hele(cid:374)(cid:859)s e(cid:374)(cid:272)o(cid:373)iu(cid:373) a(cid:374)d (cid:373)y a(cid:373)use(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:863) Form of making and a form of acting. Gorgias expresses the joy in actualizing the power of speech. Impossible for two people to directly communicate particular experiences (cid:862)(cid:271)e(cid:272)ause thi(cid:374)gs are (cid:374)ot (cid:449)ords a(cid:374)d (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause (cid:374)o o(cid:374)e has the sa(cid:373)e thi(cid:374)g i(cid:374) (cid:373)i(cid:374)d as a(cid:374)other(cid:863) It is the meaning of the appearances which causes the fear in the hearts of men, not the appearances themselves, for appearances have no essential meaning.
