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Odysseus builds persuasive force by moving Achilles through vivid contrasts and time: feast versus desert, present Hector, past Peleus, and future victory, riches, marriage, and Greek glory.
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Persuasion
He accepts the student's distinction that the scientific method is useful for convincing others and spreading an inspired idea after it has arrived.
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Because listeners who do not want the truth cannot be convinced, one should know the truth and be free oneself rather than trying to convince everyone else.
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He accepts the student's distinction that the scientific method is useful for convincing others and spreading an inspired idea after it has arrived.
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"Okay? So how does he do that? What he does is he expands the imagination of Achilles. Alright? That's why the speech is so..."
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"Before you came to the war, you promised him that you would win glory for him. You promised that you would win glory for..."
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"Let's get out of here. What's going to happen to him? They're going to kill him. That's what Plato says. If you dare speak..."
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"Okay, so. I agree with what you're saying, but personally, I think scientific method is more like how people, how these inspirational ideas are..."
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"Oh, yes. Good point, exactly. That's exactly correct, okay? So I use scientific method in order to convince other people that I'm correct. You're..."
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"...zeal. This was an age when converting unbelievers by force or persuasion was a foremost concern that the Jews too indulged in it. It's..."
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