PPT Slide
Ancient & Medieval Philosophy -- David L. Rouse
- In this next passage, also from the Phaedrus, Plato gives his conception of the aim of rhetoric, which is persuasion (pithanos : persuasive, plausible) or probability (eikos : likely, probable, reasonable, what is like the truth).
SOCRATES: Anyhow, Phaedrus, we are told that even the devil's advocate ought to be heard.
PHAEDRUS: Then you can put his case.