To Tell or to Lie
Maral Frendjian
For modern students, a training in rhetoric such as that offered by
Gorgias is more preferable, rather than learning how to distinguish truth from
falsehood. It is the art of forceful language, emphasizing figures of speech
and focusing on devices for swaying and persuading an audience, that would be
most beneficial for students lives today. Despite the fact that it is simply
ornamented language to make a good facade, the rhetoric by Gorgias is necessary
for the success of students, especially those who would like to "sell" their
ideas, products or beliefs to the people (the larger population).
In the world we live in, there are many ways of getting the things that
we want. The way most people would like to believe that their accomplishments
were achieved is through hard work and sweat. However, that is not how it
works, because most people around the world lie to get things to go their way.
A perfect example of a group of......
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