Without empathy, we would all be sociopaths, which by definitionlack the capacity to identify with another
Understanding feelings (empathy) can help in their persuasion which in turn strengthens their rhetoric. I picked this statement because it is hyperbolic, empathy is a spectrum. It is a rhetorical statement to show how important empathy is.
Knowledge is useless if it can’t be communicated
This statement is timeless. If knowledge can't be expressed, it is useless to society.
It is the inherent probability and social nature of knowl-edge that leads Aristotle to claim that rhetoric is the art of discovering thepossible means of persuasion
This basically says that Aristotle draws a conclusion about rhetoric.