Aristotle's Ethos Pathos And Logos Analysis

Aristotle believed in the differences that we see on Earth rather than relying on the minds of Gods. Unlike

Plato, Aristotle was interested in physical existence, the here and now. A few of the ideas that he explained are ethos, pathos, and logos. Aristotle discusses the definition of each idea thoroughly, the logic involved in each, and their influence on the audience. The event I wish to analyze this semester is that of international diplomacy, and the actions that have been made over the first few weeks of President Trump taking oath of office. I wish to use

Aristotle’s work to better define, and help explain the President’s actions, and the implications they have on our future. Ethos is one of the main ideas that Aristotle argues, it is the most essential when practicing or listening to

The reason Aristotle believes pathos is crucial is because the goal is to reduce the audience’s ability to judge based on personal emotions.

Logic is a main idea in many of Aristotle’s writings. Unlike Plato, he based knowledge on proofs. From this idea comes logos. Logos is the appeal to the logic or reasoning behind an argument. Thirdly, Aristotle list,

“persuasion occurs through the arguments [logoi] when we show the truth or the apparent truth from whatever is persuasive in each case” (1356a, 39). Logos is crucial because it determines whether an audience believes what you are saying is true. Aristotle discusses how enthymeme and the example affect logos. The enthymeme stems from the syllogism; it is a shortened way of reasoning that is based on probable assumptions that are acceptable to the audience. The example is simply an induction. An enthymeme was Aristotle’s way of taking many similar and specific situations and reviewing each one before coming to a general conclusion for an argument. Similar to enthymeme is paradigm, however, paradigm reviews only a couple similar situations before coming to a