Q.Q.C. 1

Quote: "Gorgias (ca. 480-380 B.C.E) is a primary exponent of this critical view of language. His own elaborately musical prose at once incorporates the devices of the poets and points out how these devices can manipulate listeners (see his "encomium of Helen," p.44). We can be said to be "deceived" when we are convinced of a probable truth by the power of crafted language. But there need be no moral turpitude in this deception, if probable knowledge, based in our deceptive, limited sensory organisms, is all that humans can achieve anyway." (Bizzell, 23) Question: How do these devices that Gorgias discusses manifest in to our every day lives? Whether that is through conversations, music, literature, media, etc. Why are these important to identify and how do they impact individuals understandings or perceptions on certain topics?