rhetoric until, upon his conversion, he decided that his vocation as a “ salesmen of words in the markets of rhetoric”(9.2.2), was incompatible with his new-found religious beliefs. In no uncertain terms, Augustine confessed that his conversion to Christianity compelled him to abandon his “seat of mendacity” (9.2.4) in favor of a holier calling. Does Augustine’s dismissal of rhetoric imply to his audience that its evil is greater than its good? By tracing the role of rhetoric in this autobiography,
THE NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS,AN AMERICAN SLAVE INTRODUCTION: Frederick Douglass is one of the most celebrated writers in the African American literary tradition, and his first autobiography is the one of the most widely read North American slave narratives. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave was published in 1845, less than seven years after Douglass escaped from slavery. The book was an instant success, selling 4,500 copies in the first four months
characterize education in Vedic period. Education was regarded as the source of light and the uneducated person as an ignorant beast. The other objectives of Vedic education in ancient India were worship of God, a feeling of religion, formation of character, fulfillment of public and civic duties, and the protection and propagation of national culture. Fire sacrifices, fasting and taking vows became part of
Woman: God’s second mistake? Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher, who regarded ‘thirst for power’ as the sole driving force of all human actions, has many a one-liners to his credit. ‘Woman was God’s second mistake’, he declared. Unmindful of the reactionary scathing criticism and shrill abuses he invited for himself, especially from the ever-irritable feminist brigade. The fact and belief that God never ever commits a mistake, brings Nietzsche’s proclamation dashingly down into the dust bin