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Updated Article Plan/Synopsis

Revisions and additions that now I believe should be added are primarily focused on the first two sections of the article entitled ‘Aristotle’s text on pathos” and “Alternative views on pathos.” While the article talks about rhetoric, and some slight other uses in all of a few fields, there is much more use for pathos that was even talked about by Aristotle himself. This includes politics, which is where pathos is used a lot. There are some variants on the political aspects and uses of pathos, and the application that pathos has in those political philosophies, such as in Epicureanism, which is a great aspect that helps elaborate more on the different places in where pathos has been found and used. While this doesn’t necessarily need to be talked about for an elongated amount of time, its addition would help out in showing more and more on where it may be used. Also the establishment of Epicureanism and its alternative take on pathos is another addition that would benefit the article more. Subsections can be added into both sections abovementioned, a section for political usage underneath “Aristotle’s text on pathos” to briefly add the application of pathos in the political process of campaigning and other processes, which can also be placed into the “Contemporary pathos” section potentially as well.

Within the “Contemporary pathos” section, I would like to add at least two subsections: two because one will be dedicated to the speech process and the actual delivery of the speech using our text as one of the primary sources and link the two together, and the second for a general discussion of contemporary use of pathos in the arts, as that is absent from the entirety of the article. The arts in general allows enough room for basic understanding of the application in mediums such as literature, material arts, and performing arts, and include/bring up catharsis, which goes hand in hand with pathos in the arts. There are also some clarifications in that section that I believe should be made, considering the age of some sources. The following last sentence of the aforementioned section states that “An orator’s reliance on emotional appeal is evident in modern-day speechmaking, but this technique is no longer referred to as emotional appeal; it is instead psychological” with a citation. There is a clarification needed mark next to this statement and citation, which can and could conflict with other research and sources. There is a much more appropriate way of wording this versus making a declarative statement that shuts off other opinions and sources which can make the statement much more open and effective in getting its message across and allow for other information to stand on its own without much hindrance.

SOURCES

Mshvenieradze, Tamar. "Logos ethos and pathos in political discourse." Theory and Practice in Language Studies, vol. 3, no. 11, 2013, p. 1939+. Academic OneFile, db19.linccweb.org/login?url=http://go.galegroup.com.db19.linccweb.org/ps/i.do?p=AONE&sw=w&u=lincclin_pbcc&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA353321541&asid=9d2bc550dad3214ec473c84fe078fe62. Accessed 1 Nov. 2017.

Richards, Donald G. "Eudaimonia, economics and the environment: what do the hellenistic thinkers have to teach economists about 'the good life'?" Ethics & the Environment, vol. 18, no. 2, 2013, p. 33+. Academic OneFile, db19.linccweb.org/login?url=http://go.galegroup.com.db19.linccweb.org/ps/i.do?p=AONE&sw=w&u=lincclin_pbcc&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA355249400&asid=15bbbe9e2dc7f43e1cb9a8829b8eb793. Accessed 1 Nov. 2017.

https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=DGYdvaHVTHgC&oi=fnd&pg=PA74&dq=rhetoric+pathos&ots=t6_vJgZrZa&sig=sPrt9zq5--TCYA1pRSsKX7fs4Mg#v=onepage&q=rhetoric%20pathos&f=false

Brecher, Natalie D. "Persuasive presentations: Leading people to rally to your call takes preparation." Journal of Property Management, May-June 2017, p. 37. Academic OneFile, db19.linccweb.org/login?url=http://go.galegroup.com.db19.linccweb.org/ps/i.do?p=AONE&sw=w&u=lincclin_pbcc&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA503310627&asid=c070d952c2a30962a72ca6167914c0f4. Accessed 1 Nov. 2017.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-quarterly/article/wine-and-catharsis-of-the-emotions-in-platos-laws/436F8DFD74D0E2C5D735470241C96A53

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After current body of text: in Aristotle's text on Pathos

Pathos in politics

Pathos has it's hand in politics as well, primarily in speech and how to persuade the audience. Mshvenieradze states that "Pathos is directly linked with an audience. Audience is a collective subject of speakers on which an orator tries to impact by own argumentation." Similarly to how Aristotle discusses how to effectively utilize pathos in rhetoric, the way in which one appeals to the reader is similar in appealing to an audience of voters. In the case of politics and politicians, it is primarily more in argumentative writing and speaking. In Book II of Aristotle's writing's in Rhetoric, in essence knowing people's emotions helps to enable one to act with words versus writing alone, to earn another's credibility and faith.

As Aristotle's teachings expanded, many other groups of thinkers would go on to adopt different variations of political usage with the elements of pathos involved, which includes groups such as the Epicureans and Stoics.

ALTERNATIVE VIEWS ON PATHOS EDITS

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Other Hellenistic Groups

Aristotle's teachings would go on to influence many influential groups of thinkers. One such group of thinkers, the Epicureans who practiced Epicureanism, interpreted and placed pathos in much more colloquial means and situations. The group would place pathos in pleasure, and study it in almost every facet in regards to pleasure, analyzing emotional specificity that an individual may feel or may need to undergo to appreciate said pathos.