Ø Definition of
rhetoric
Rhetoric is the art of persuasion,
which along with grammar and logic, is one of the three ancient arts of
discourse. Rhetoric aims to study the capacities of writers or speakers needed
to inform, persuade, or motivate particular audiences in specific situations.
Aristotle defines rhetoric as "the faculty of observing in any given case
the available means of persuasion" and since mastery of the art was
necessary for victory in a case at law; or for passage of proposals in the
assembly; or for fame as a speaker in civic ceremonies; he calls it "a
combination of the science of logic and of the ethical branch of
politics". Rhetoric typically provides heuristics for understanding,
discovering, and developing arguments for particular situations, such as
Aristotle's three persuasive audience appeals: logos, pathos, and ethos. The
five canons of rhetoric or phases of developing a persuasive speech were first
codified in classical Rome: invention, arrangement, style, memory, and
delivery.
Ø One of best
rhetorical figure in the world
Soekarno Dr. (H.C.) Ir.H. Soekarno, Birth name: Koesno Sosrodihardjo was
born in Surabaya, East Java, June 6, 1901 - died in Jakarta, June 21, 1970 at
the age of 69 years. Soekarno was an Indonesian politician who
was the first president of Indonesia, serving from 1945 to 1967. Soekarno was
the leader of the Indonesian struggle for independence from the Dutch
Empire.
He was a prominent leader of
Indonesia's nationalist movement during the Dutch colonial period and spent
over a decade under Dutch detention until released by the invading Japanese forces
in World War II. Soekarno and his fellow nationalists collaborated to
garner support for the Japanese war effort from the population, in exchange for
Japanese aid in spreading nationalist ideas. Upon Japanese surrender, Soekarno
and Mohammad Hatta declared Indonesian independence on 17 August 1945, and
Soekarno was appointed as its president.
He led Indonesians in resisting Dutch re-colonization efforts via
diplomatic and military means until the Dutch recognition of Indonesian
independence in 1949. Author Pramoedya Ananta Toer once wrote, "Soekarno
was the only Asian leader of the modern era able to unify people of such
differing ethnic, cultural and religious
backgrounds without shedding a drop of blood.” He played an important role
in freeing the Indonesian people from the Dutch colonialism. Soekarno was the first to spark the concept
of Pancasila as the basis of the Indonesian state and he himself named it.
F “Hang your dreams
high up in the sky! Dream high up in the sky. If you fall, you will fall
between the stars.”
F “My struggle is
easier because it expels invaders, your struggle will be more difficult because
it is against your own people.”
F “A great nation is
a nation that respects the services of its heroes.” [Ir. Sukarno, Speech of
Heroes' Day November 10, 1961]
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