[Correction notice: When Donald sent me this response, he asked that I change “Kenneth Burke” to “Edmund Burke.” I forgot to do so initially, but I have done so as of 12/20/14. I still think that Kenneth Burke is as good an example of a conservative-minded rhetorician as is Edmund Burke, but that’s another unfolding…
Tag: Richard M. Weaver
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #133: Psychology
General Introduction – Stay tuned ‘til the end for listener feedback Aristotelian Psychology – What does Aristotle mean by soul? – The soul and the body – Dante’s interpolation – Your undecaying mind – The final cause of the body – Types of souls – Thomas’s additions Christology and Psychology – The Nicene Creed –…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #45: Language Is Sermonic
General Introduction – Sweaty technology – In which we creep up on fifty – Name-dropping with Nathan Gilmour – Giving the listeners what they want How English Departments Used to Work – The rise and fall of rhetoric – Charles Eliot changes everything – Authors and periods and other literary matters – The populist origins…
Episode #44: Ultimate Terms in Contemporary Rhetoric
General Introduction – Nathan Gilmour watches from the stands – What’s on the blog? – The sad science of naming links posts – Listener feedback – Is anyone still listening? Weaver and Plato, Redux – Gorgias boasts—again – How ultimate terms sway the masses – What does charismatic mean? God Terms and Devil Terms –…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #43: The Phaedrus and the Nature of Rhetoric
General Introduction – What’s on the blog? – Listener feedback Plato Gets Hostile – Nathan explains Weaver – Why does Plato hate rhetoric? – Structure vs. content – What is pleasant and what is good – Giving the sophists a bad name Weaver’s Platonic Allegory – Farmer gets insulting – Interpretation of the performances –…