Episode 67.1: The Office of Assertion

Nathan Gilmour and Michial Farmer discuss Scott Crider's book The Office of Assertion, a composition textbook rooted in classical rhetorical traditions. Moving freely between their own teaching practices and the differences between classical and contemporary educational theory, the discussion digs into Aristotle's responses to Plato, the Renaissance of classical rhetoric as a response to rhetoric's decline in the academy, and other matters of education and rhetoric.