"prominence"

the context can never be exhausted

The imperfection is the source.

Can there be multiple rhetorical acts in one situation? And if a situation dissolves does the rhetoric also?

Receiving know;edge does not always mean agreeing with the knowledge.

Is an exigency or imperfection subjective?

This is also an issue of power.

I think that this is an important aspect to distinguish here between action and reflection.

I think that this is also a form of protection against an enemy.

The idea of an interchange and commerce.

Is he reasoning that we can understand another species language but we can always understand tone?

No interchange of language

This is interesting too. That our own speech and sounds provides us with a level of comfort.

This is a very interesting idea that we can only hear the sounds of our own speech

"Social communication" seems redundant. Communication itself is a social act.

Linguistic insecurity is anxiety surrounding the use of one's own language

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_insecurity

Interesting that he uses "guides" here instead of "rules."

The nonverbal aspects of public speaking are just as important as the verbal arguments.

Also with viewing public speaking as a conversation, there is little room to outline arguments. Your main points will come out differently each time. it is not as mechanical.

Same School as Gilbert Austin

I also viewed this as placing order on the disordered.

Watzlawick, Bavelas, and Jackson in "The pragmatics of Human communication lists five axioms. The first axiom is "one cannot not communicate" or that every human behavior is a form of communication. Nonverbal communication is its own discipline in communication studies.

Pride is one of the seven deadly sins in Christian Theology

This idea of audience centeredness is still taught today in the majority of public speaking classes.

This is a very interesting idea that one's rhetorical capabilities are innate rather than learned or taught. Do all human beings have this innate capability? And if so, do only some choose to act on this ability?

The Transcendentals: the True, the Good, and the Beautiful. In the Catholic Church, they are what we desire and we strive to be the image and likeness of God.

Individualism vs. collectivism cultures

This reminds me of Aristotle's rational animal and Nicomachean ethics.

Almost like a prisoner in a jail

Seems like a negative description

Educating a man or a son was much more important than educating a woman or a daughter.

Is rhetoric classified as a concept?

The five cannons of rhetoric are still taught today in public speaking courses.

"Truth" vs. "truth"

Interesting wording here. We are always dependent upon machines even in medicine. Is medicine still natural today?

The Book of Genesis. Creation Narrative

The idea of pleasing one's self over others is still valid today but, we often get lost in our performance for others

This reminds me of C.S. Lewis "The Taste of the Other" https://www.amazon.com/Taste-Other-Social-Ethical-Thought/dp/1573832685

This wording makes it seem as though persuasion and rhetorical persuasion is a graceful act.

Again, there is a theme of performance and the need to please viewers and audiences.

catholic vs. Catholic. Big "C"vs little "c" not talking about the Catholic Church

I believe this goes back to Locke's idea of knowledge and perception.

I have never viewed writing as a calculation. This is an interesting idea.

To me, this goes back to the idea of performance and identity construction.

mixture of concentrated nitric and hydrochloric acids, usually one part of the former to three parts of the latter by volume. This mixture was given its name (literally, “royal water”) by the alchemists because of its ability to dissolve gold and other so-called noble metals.

https://www.britannica.com/science/aqua-regia

What does he mean by "moral words"? Are there ethical implications here?

sender-receiver model of communication.

Communication competence

Is language seen as a means to an end?

One element of this is persuasion and argumentation

When would it ever be perfect? In the following sentence, it seems as though the author is claiming that philosophy is a curative method for language.

Signs Vs. Symbols.

Seems as though the author is justifying Locke's influence and place within rhetoric.

Because it states knowledge is available through perception, do we all having differing knowledge because individuals have their own perceptions? It seems as though individuals can not have a sense of shared knowledge unless we all have the same perceptions.

Berlo's SMCR Model of communication

Like the idea of hacking rhetorical studies!

How would power be distributed? equally or a winner take all situation? Also, does the definition of power change in this instance?

Instead of a tool, could rhetoric ever be seen as a lens in which to view or interpret other technologies?

The "regime of the real" makes me to believe that we are seized and dictated by reality. Because we each have our "own reality"in a sense, are we each under different rule or dictatorship?

Since these machine-beings have some kind of identity, do these beings still feel the obligation to perform their constructed identities? Again brings me back to Goffman.

The fear of infection and death is still present in the post human world.

Reminds me of Erving Goffman's frame analysis . A way in which to organize.

Kant's categorical imperative

A very clear definition

Is it our human nature to always perform our identity? can we ever separate ourselves from it?

We perform our identity in our mind or in a psychological way before a visual performance in front of or for others.

I think this also relates back to the idea that we always feel the need to have control and control others. In a sense, I believe grammar gives us that control.

Have we become a victim of grammar?

I have never thought of the idea of trusting language. What would walter ong think?

The term infection seems to have a negative connotation almost as if to bring ruin.

Is anxiety the driving force?

"a new word that is coined especially by a person affected with schizophrenia and is meaningless except to the coiner, and is typically a combination of two existing words or a shortening or distortion of an existing word" This is interesting from a psychology point of view https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neologism

"considering human beings as the most significant entity of the universe" https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anthropocentric

Saw the idea of capitalism in Muckelbauer and Hawhee

Does "image of man" relate back to theological teachings?

relating to the study of the nature, origin, and limits of human knowledge

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/epistemological

can burke"s identification be seen as a rhetorical theory or concept and if so what is the difference?

Augustine's "Confessions"

Reminds me of "Pragmatics of Human communication" Jackson, Bavelas, Watzlawick

"a government in which a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes." https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oligarchy

I am reminded of Lloyd Bitzer's Rhetorical Situation.

I would understand that rhetoric in these instances would be a vice rather than a virtue.

Relating to a letter https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/epistolary

can the soul ever become an abstract object? Interesting word choice.

With the advent of social media and digital communication letter writing has become lost. With less letter writing, do think we have lost this type of training?

One's writings and thoughts depict the true nature of his or her soul

By using the term "medicine bundle, " can a novel be seen a curative method?

A story can be used as a rhetorical weapon.

The idea of rituals suggest that the actions were of importance and created shared meaning. Can rituals be rhetorical?

Similar to the phases of the moon. Represents time passing.

Could rhetoric also be viewed as a calculus?

Is Lanham making the distinction between "Truth" and "truth?"

Does rhetoric serve as a mask or alter the appearance of certain rhetorical artifacts? This also reminds me of Goffman's Presentation of Self in Everyday Life

Is Lanham suggesting that the "Weak Defense" argues that rhetoricians have an "us" vs. "them" mentality?

Muckelbauer is suggesting that there will never be a concrete definition of rhetoric. The ideas of identity and alterity go hand in hand with each other and it can not simply be one or the other.

Muckelbauer again uses the term "divergent." although here, I believe the author is suggesting that rhetoric can be used as a tool to find similarities between differing subjects or areas.

Lanham is his chapter explains that no scholar has been able to prove that rhetoric is virtue compared to a vice. By Muckelbauer only including "civic virtue", I believe he is largely neglecting the idea the rhetoric can be used as a tool for vicious action.

Muckelbauer's language use and word choice here is similar to Lanham describing rhetoric as a cosmetic.

Here, is the author suggesting that the different forms or structures of rhetoric compete or can be at odds with each another?