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FORENSICPHD commented on the word prooimion
Goodbye, Mr. Hitchens
Source: National Review Online by Victor Davis Hanson
I used to talk with Christopher Hitchens from time to time between 2003 and 2010. But as in the case of most who knew him, I was an acquaintance of someone with far more acquaintances than I had. So while his company stood out to me, I am sure that mine did not to him to the same degree. With that now-customary Hitchens prooimion out of the way, I continue with what I recall of him.
the exordium was the introductory portion of an oration. The term is Latin and the Greek equivalent was called the Proem or Prooimion. The exordium is one of six parts of a discourse that an orator would develop as part of the rhetorical discipline known as dispositio — the arrangement of the arguments in an oration. In the exordium, the orator laid out the purpose of the discourse. In doing this, he would need to consider several things:
January 3, 2012
FORENSICPHD commented on the user FORENSICPHD
I am a word loving individual, I am thrilled to find this site. Thank you New York Times, I was reading Novelties "Defining Words, Without the Arbiters" and came upon this link.
January 1, 2012