"You Are Being Lied To": A Rhetorician's Toolkit for Effective Persuasion

[@youcandosomethingaboutit]

00:04 An exploration of rhetoric as a toolkit for effective communication 03:54 Understanding the components of rhetoric is crucial for effective persuasion. 11:07 Rhetoric can be used to manipulate and deceive 14:51 Rhetorical devices like climax and antithesis aim to influence values and perceptions. 21:23 Repetition emphasizes contrasts for a powerful message 24:38 Alliteration and paranomasia are ancient rhetorical devices with significant impact on modern language and advertising. 30:49 Rhetorical devices like figura etymologica, polyptoton, and zeugma manipulate language for effective persuasion. 33:48 Rhetorical devices like zeugmas, syllepses, anadiplosis, and synonymia demonstrate the power of brevity, emotion, and intellectual clarity in effective persuasion. 40:10 Cicero's use of praeteritio was a clever way to insinuate allegations without seeming to focus on them. 43:14 Effective persuasion techniques involve using antonomasia and hyperbole 50:09 Understanding grammar, logic, and rhetoric empowers critical engagement with information.

[@Daniel.m.m.87]

Dad listening to my Dad joke

[@Daniel.m.m.87]

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[@francisfischer7620]

I taught college rhetoric for 40 years. This is well done. Much needed in our current world.

[@onetwoDB]

@captainmaxwell5017the owners of record labels have interests connecting them to private prisons

[@trentp151]

@captainmaxwell5017 I believe you meant rappers, as in those who rap, and not rapers, as in those who rape.

[@TheRoadLessChosen]

@captainmaxwell5017grammar.

[@user-ij7mg1wf1p]

​@captainmaxwell5017 I wish, I just had someone that spoke to make themselves look stupid, with half the time and experience, but was a decent-looking woman get promoted over me. But it's okay because now my manager looks like an idiot for promoting her.😏

[@caucasianmustache2239]

40 Years? Good God man

[@sanjayvarma7842]

5:17 Four components of effective rhetoric (Logos, Pathos, Ethos, Chiros) 11:58 Anaphora 14:15 Climax 16:25 Anticlimax 16:40 Antithesis 18:15 Parison 19:15 Chiasmus 22:50 Isocolon 24:30 Alliteration 26:30 Paranomasia 29:40 Figura Etymolagica 31:08 Polyptoton 32:45 Zeugma 34:35 Anadiplosis 36:24 Synonimia 37:28 Antimetabole 38:30 Timesis 39:10 Praeteritio 41:30 Onomatopaeia 42:40 Metonomy 42:50 Synechdoche 43:00 Antonomasia 43:40 Hyperbole

[@stifledvoice]

🍪Here's a nice chocolate chip for your service, I was going to leave a comment that the original vlogger should consider time stamp markers.

[@CihanDurmaz-tl5yv]

Thank you

[@amiephillips8303]

Love how you tube comments adds, "translate to english" on this one ! 😂

[@Uberrimafides515]

❤

[@maryhammond7343]

Being able to articulate your thoughts to others is a powerful tool.

[@terryrustad1800]

True Story! : )

[@HibernianScholar]

It is *the* most powerful tool.

[@tripzincluded8087]

especially when one takes in concern that thinking happens without us. But, the moment we identify with a certain idea, it becomes mine. (::) "ego mind = emotionally guarded opinions by my mental individual aka my person-ality". [Identified with ego = hell & truth = Being in the heart]

[@CoolChannelName]

Articulating thoughts? Bless your heart, this is about inferring obligations upon others wherein no obligation previously existed. The mental enslavement of humans.

[@lorenzomizushal3980]

​@@CoolChannelName yeah but you can't do that without articulating your thoughts well, can you?

[@NicolaMaxwell]

This helped me 8 years ago, now it helps my teenage son. This is a VERY important lecture. Thank you Dan, from the bottom of my heart.

[@TheModernHermeticist]

Thanks Nicola, wouldn't have done it without your encouragement!

[@NicolaMaxwell]

​@@TheModernHermeticist That really does mean a lot to me. Thank you Dan!

[@SleepyMagii]

Truely awesome 😊🙏🏼💙

[@NicolaMaxwell]

@@SleepyMagii It is😁 I've learned so much from Dan that I'd never learn elsewhere. Now my kid can benefit from this like I have. I've been saying to him for years pearls trodden by swine are still pearls but a polished turd is still a turd. 😂 He understood that once I explained it. ♥️💫♥️

[@hara3435]

You are a rare mother ❤

[@Nebulouslystarlight]

This explained more in less than and hour than four different college classes did in three years

[@eIicit]

Which courses, specifically?

[@Nebulouslystarlight]

@@eIicit all of them

[@alalouis1]

Sydney?

[@duvvly]

@@Nebulouslystarlightlol couldnt name one 💀

[@Nebulouslystarlight]

@@duvvly or its been over a decade lol

[@11kravitzn]

Pathos is not merely acting. Pathos is the emotional appeal of the language. Appeal to emotion is a logical fallacy, technically, but it is essential in rhetoric. Appeal to the biases of your audience. Appeal to their fear, disgust, pride, sense of superiority, sense of humor, love of a good story. Logos is the cold logical relationships, but pathos is what makes it propaganda. Make people want to believe it, apart from whether or not it's factually demonstrable. Pathos need not be manipulative, however: it can enrich a logically sound argument with passion and feeling, making it powerful and memorable.

[@WildAlchemicalSpirit]

I thought he meant acting more in the sense of conducting behavior in a specified way, as opposed to performing a fictional role. Adding emotion, flare, and drama to emphasize the points being stated, and with specific timing so as to appeal to the audience on an emotion level. Not merely taking on a role and pretending.

[@christophervaughn7522]

@@WildAlchemicalSpirit both, yeah? Liars, posers , con (confidence) men too

[@tiffanyklepper7206]

Stumbled across you. Mind blown! I'm a Theatre and Speech teacher. Had never realized these aspects of Rhetoric. Now I have to explore your other lectures. Thank you ✨️ 🎭 - "All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players" William Shakespeare

[@apophatos824]

Definitely appreciate rhetorical analysis being incorporated into the Hermetic orbit, as vital work of the mind. Understanding how the powers of the mind work, and can be manipulated into, ascribing goodness, truth, beauty, and authority are vitally important both to help protect us from the effects of nefarious forces (such as advertising and propaganda), but also to gain a better understanding of how the mind works in general. Thanks once again for all your work!

[@6Sparx9]

The kicker is that Hermeticism relies on these rhetorical devices to fold people into the cult.

[@MinisterRedPill]

​@@6Sparx9the question is, what exactly is _not_ a cult today?

[@6Sparx9]

@@MinisterRedPill 😂

[@tracerowland5126]

Wanna talk about meta, this guy used rhetoric to teach rhetoric so he could warn you about people using rhetoric

[@Gemelli_ar]

And so did you. 😂

[@JohnnyRingo1863]

🤣​@@Gemelli_ar

[@robertafierro5592]

In the end, it's all KaKa..

[@Verulam1626]

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[@robertjames4953]

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[@DingbatToast]

I like the dramatic pause after you said "dramatic pause" Fascinating stuff. Somehow, telling me nothing i didn't already [superficially] know, but in an engaging and delightful manner, leaving me enlightened, educated and entertained.

[@taotracy4431]

I found this lecture to be rich in mind, careful in thought, and compelling in affect. Pleasant art, perfect heart, potent as a poisoned dart, an intrigue from the very start. Well enough the words did reach, through crowded thoughts and Swarming beliefs. My mind did see the shade of what was shone, stlll its depth, and breath, are yet.... not full known.

[@thomasmacginnes100]

Nice is this as this is done..

[@NCCorruption]

The way out is defiantly through. Great work Dan.

[@jasonsomers8224]

This is the best video I've encountered in a while. You've given me a respect for the skill of rhetoric and a vocabulary to explore and explain its depths. Thank you.

[@jacquestaulard3088]

I love this little overviewof the rhetorician's Toolkit. Yes, brief and useful, a summary and accurate, too. Incidentally, this official comment from the Franciscan Order: "The most painful moment usually comes when [students] discover that Saint Francis did not write the "Peace Prayer of Saint Francis"... Noble as its sentiments are, Francis would not have written such a piece, focused as it is on the self, with its constant repetition of the pronouns "I" and "me", the words "God" and "Jesus" never appearing once. However, the prayer has been recommended by members of the Order, while not attributing it to Saint Francis.

[@EbonKim]

"Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know."

[@FoursWithin]

There's a bit of ironic contradiction in this statement.

[@gdub2485]

Contradictio.

[@GODHATESADOPTION]

Lao Tzu its a tautology

[@GODHATESADOPTION]

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[@Jimmy-vn9hv]

I like it! Did you make it up yourself?

[@kkech1]

I just remembered that I did a presentation on rhetoric in my first semester of college. Glad I still remember most of these points, now that I'm reminded of them.

[@NicolaMaxwell]

Dan! You did it, this is such an important lecture... It has helped me a lot over the last 8 years or so. Thank you so much for posting. Guys, please share this with your loved ones. My now teenage son is learning from this as I did in my 20s and still learning from in my 30s... ❤

[@jmc8076]

Brilliant. Being open minded with healthy skepticism and discernment is key. Im also old enough to have seen more conspiracies then not be more true vs theoretical. Ask why and how more incl how/why certain terms etc ended up in our zeitgeist esp the last few decades. Be a student vs follower and use critical independent thinking. Mirage Men, Man who knew too much and documentaries with journalist Jim Pilger maybe eye opening and tie in with this video. Cheers

[@BeneeUK]

After watching this, I feel like I’ve unlocked a whole new level of communication! Where there was confusion, now there is clarity; where there was basic speech, now there’s eloquence. Your breakdown of rhetorical devices transformed my understanding-each tool a key to more powerful expression. Thank you for this masterclass in words!

[@mihailobush946]

the meaning behind this video suggest that humans are naturally configured to be moved by the art of language which i believe can be expanded to art in general (which in some way reflects nature) literally moves us and i find something about that extraordinarily beautiful

[@colleenmcnally7400]

Your presentation using art is wonderful. Listening in how you teach us about different things, is very interesting and enjoyable. I'm glad I found your channel 😄 Thank you

[@svenvanwier7196]

very interesting stuff, I had my eyes glued on the screen the whole time. The illustrations are wonderful. They remind me of some (tiny) works i have seen in Erfurt, Germany. illustrations of all sorts of things, but also the seasons and months. I believe they might be identical or heavily inspired, since from memory they look the exact same. I believe they were made by a Dutch drawer/painter.

[@mnat7146]

Remember, Remember, Remember. That these are definitions of a force of nature that permeates human communication. It is not like we came up with these ideas then decided to start using them. These are observations of the nature of effective and natural human communication, that create a compounding effect when measured and utilized.

[@mnat7146]

Down with the Ruler!

[@MichaelVance-el5mz]

This IS BEAUTIFUL HELPFUL SIMPLY PUT AND QUITE APLICABLE

[@jmichaelashland6204]

This might be a Masterpiece.

[@RETURNINGTOYOU]

So insightful, So great, So educational. This is one of those subjects I never learned I appreciate all the art! Thank You! 🙏💙

[@mauriciogomez2880]

This is a work of art, a work of liberation, a work of love. The Modern Hermeticist saviour sage, like Prometeus did before him, gifts us a tool to train our brain.

[@vanvlishter]

All the "cool esoterica kids" from YT (this channel, Dr. Sledge, Gnostic Informant, Revelando el Velo, etc.) just fill my heart with so much love and wisdom... Thank you for existing!

[@6Sparx9]

New Discourses ;D

[@spiritofMongan]

A most powerful lesson I, or anyone,🥰 could learn. Thank you.

[@angiehewerdine]

I'm so pleased that your channel popped up in my algorithm! Beautiful slides, rich information and a soothing pace make this a video worth saving and rewatching. I'm looking forward to diving into your channel. Thank you so much!

[@DerekPerry]

I literally posted truth 3 times and this popped up. Congrats. Thank you for bringing the abstractality to the surface

[@bainesy9012]

A very unlikely video I hesitated to click on but I am so glad I did. Language is magic and it is pertinent that schools no longer teach English language both oral and written, to a proficient level, thereby reducing the capacity to understand what is really being said.

[@6Sparx9]

And as a case in point; you completely failed to use the word pertinent correctly.

[@danacoleman4007]

​@@6Sparx9😂 good catch!

[@rissabellecreations]

Brilliantly Brilliant! Grazie

[@aninelaehr1015]

My favourite and most valuable video this month if not year. Thank you!

[@olirobinson3006]

What a fantastic exploration, I had no idea I required such illumination. Can't get that in school! THIS IS THE SCHOOL!

[@deeppurple883]

I can communicate with anyone on most levels, comfortably. What I can't do is talk to a audience but I would love to learn with confidence. ✌️☘️

[@FoursWithin]

Your comment,here like all comments, are (if read at all) digested by an audience. Meaning this can always be a practice space. 😊

[@fedimusmaximus2454]

The trick is to give a shit about what you're saying. If you're passionate and knowledgeable about something, you'd be surprised at how easy it comes.

[@billiehicks1864]

The aether seems to always deliver me gems that my spirit desires and requires to soar higher and glow brighter 😇💛!I've been touching alot online about discernment lately for none of this delusion of falsehoods and lies is remotely new to me. It's very frustrating knowing where the world's headed and who's forcing it that way whilst most no one wants to hear a peep from you about it. However that's changing and unfortunately there's so many layers to the lie most of the "truthers" and those who speak on revealing lies in the name of good are still fools being mislead or worse in on the game too. We really all must take the time to learn about how we're being played around every corner we turn because it's already too late in many ways and they're will be great suffering and chaos in the near future. Yet we still have the power to prevail if we find common ground and unity in the things that truly matter❤

[@billiehicks1864]

It's also mind blowing how grown ass people still think politics is real and through temper tantrums if you oppose their ridiculous programmed belief system that couldn't be further from reality! I won't to be mad at the culprits and no doubt I am righteously despised and opposed to them but it's hard for me to be mad. Especially since they've only had great success (to put it bluntly)due to peoples stupidity and ignorance! Yet I love the fools all the same because the only difference between them and us is we had the foresight to question deeper and learn from our mistakes through accountability and apply that to what we're sold as reality.We all go through the process of deception sadly but many prefer to be decieved rather than admit they may be wrong!It's never about right and wrong it was always about truth!

[@powderkegproductions7616]

". . no Fate but what We make. . " ~*John Conner*~ from 'Terminator 2'

[@PasTubin]

these videos where you teach from your mind rather than reading from old books are truly illucidating. i greatly appreciate you bridging the gaps by pointing out the contemporary significance of all the wisdom you share.

[@lucyferos205]

Elucidating. No hate or disrespect, I just thought you'd appreciate the correction.

[@TobyTheToothless]

Elements of Eloquence

[@jimmyjimmy7240]

This was great. Thanks so much for doing this. Communication has been devalued in so many ways. Not just effective output, but input, people don't know how to properly listen anymore. For anyone that is interested, I personally think all the Greek Appeals are important for effective rhetoric. Nomos, Mythos, Oikos, Telos are the others (Custom/Culture, Belief/Story, Community/Family, Purpose). They can probably be lumped in with Ethos, but they would be methods of Ethos, and methods we ought to be aware of.

[@agxryt]

I've grown pretty convinced over the years that rhetoric and speech devices are really just manipulation.. and now I'm pretty confident. We frame manipulation as a bad thing, yet when it's labeled "rhetoric", it's seen as good. I'd love to see some serious discussion over whether manipulation is inherently good or bad.

[@MatthewThomas-ye1ei]

It depends on the end and how the rhetorician wants to get there. Lies, or truth, and good or evil.

[@therealshakespeare9243]

The presenter of this remarkable video has done a fantastic job in composing it. It is extremely well written and has a message that is highly relevant in today’s world of half-truths and lies

[@todddavis240]

"Belief is the death of intelligence" Robert Anton Wilson....thank you for this refresh of college speech 😊

[@Daiikiru]

Most excellent and enjoyable presentation.

[@CyanBlackflower]

This video, toward its conclusion addresses an issue I have over time become convinced, beyond doubt, lies as one of three of humanity's greatest adversities, and which is by far- more than most people would ever even consider, at the very bottom of why so many of us do not see "eye to eye" with one another. It has to do with the systemic nature of Language itself. as it is then subject to the impositions of the laws of physics, as described by the 1st & 2nd laws of thermodynamics, with the effect being the ever increasing ambiguity as a direct result of extensive usage and preservation of syntax and etymological structure. Over-simply put, over time, words become more diversified with regard to their definitions, to the extent that we can actually appear to be speaking the same language & dialect when in fact we are NOT. Linguistic disambiguation via a well devised regularly applied/practice of a rhetorical strategy would seem to at least be an advisable maintenance tool of great value and effect. Not using it to effect repair is as much as using it for ill. Just my observation based opinion. (But I'm Dumb as F**k)

[@syaschmidt7060]

You're smart as H*ll

[@jodown5584]

Thank you for making this video. 🙏 For anyone interested in strengthening their use of the arts of the trivium, I recommend Ward Farnsworth’s books. Also pick up some books on the informal logical fallacies. The Book of The Fallacy, by Madsen Pirie, is the one that springs to mind, but there are many other gems out there. Study the arts of the trivium. Study them hard. But don’t forget to also study the arts of the quadrivium: arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy. In this age, many people use deceptive techniques to trick you about scientific ideas. Keeping your mind exercised in the arts of the quadrivium will help protect you against such deception. Not to mention that the study of the quadrivium helps your mind ascend above the realm of becoming, toward the light of being. 😉

[@sebring2756]

I seldom give a compliment without giving critique. But this it was very good. 10 out of 10 points!

[@TheModernHermeticist]

🙏

[@ericgrimard4608]

Wow! Thanks. This is precious and your work is important. Solid!

[@dire-decadence]

My favourite lecture ever.

[@Bildgesmythe]

Thank you! Definitely should be taught in all schools.

[@sergiolandz6056]

Government indoctrination camps are not there to make you think, its there to tell you what is your constructed reality will be according to them and you cannot question it because if you do, you are labeled right away, no conversation are made around the questions you ask, they will just want to " correct " you and make you think what they want.

[@SKSDEMON-uf4bi]

Ευχαριστώ πάρα πολύ,το βίντεο έχει πολύ μεγάλη γνώση.Εβαλες πολύ δουλειά και πολύ γνώση

[@tcuda9469]

Excellent video! Very informative. Bravo! 👏

[@TheModernHermeticist]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.

[@ajedmund]

“A yawning gap” ❤❤❤ Yawning of the ruling class, sick with nihilism and defeat. Content with the system keeping them in power but marching them to their deaths. Yawning of the subjugate class, pummeling their minds with drugs and booze. Looking for an escape with a shivering hunger. I like it! It’s like just going that extra lil step to think outside the box and make your words look pretty Loved this video, going to watch the longer one now and you’re others. Also, I’m a writer, director and am on a mission to find a new universal mores that can become an effective piece of western culture that actually brings people together!

[@MWileY-nj1yb]

Refreshing, well put together, powerful! Thank you so much

[@micah4242]

Sadly, we have a politician who just asked his own audience if he should indulge in ad hominem attacks or not. This is loftier than current public discourse requires. Still, much edified and entertained.

[@danacoleman4007]

this is an important video!! thanks for making it!!!

[@TheModernHermeticist]

🙏🏻

[@stevenng1040]

Superb, high quality presentation on how we can practically see and also use these in our daily lives. Thank you for taking the pains - such love!

[@steveng8251]

Very noteworthy video. Thank you, sir.

[@XCPRTP]

I really appreciate how you presented this. Good job!

[@WildAlchemicalSpirit]

"A-whole-nother" is a term that has bothered for some time now. I say "a whole other" instead. Simply because "nother" isn't a word, but I see now it actually does make sense to say it when you consider it a form of tmesis. 🤔 Btw, I'm sorry I'm mass commenting today but this is a thought provoking video.

[@TheModernHermeticist]

Not a problem at all, glad you're enjoying it!

[@galactikbutterfly]

Oh my f…g God … I learned so much took notes and will employ in my life. Thank you thank you thankyou…it is in the Giving that we receive. Also you defined IIKII the japanese art of simplicity IE: when there is no more to take away and still retains the essence of the thing

[@laf1993]

Wonderful lecture, thank you for the invaluable knowledge!

[@e.s.l.1083]

Exquisitely Rendered tickled this ear & tantalized this mind 🎹 🎹 🎹 🎹 🎹 🎹 🎹 🎹 🎹 🎹 🎹 BRAVO

[@bronsondiamond2025]

Out of curiosity, has anyone here taken the esoteric Hermetic teachings and studied them along with the esotericism of Enoch whom was the only person in scripture that was taken up by God and didn't die, and became Metatron? I'm just kind of desperate because I had this experience where I alchemized myself completely into that state, in which I was totally absorbed into Metatron. This Being is real, I know the name sounds fictitious but it suits. He's the Secondary God or Power in Heaven, even according to the Holy Bible. You'll be able to become Metatron as well if you ask because it's in his nature to perform such a boon or blessing as Meta means to expand and grow with community and lovingkindness in mind. I was only able to sit in the state of Metatron for like 4 seconds which felt like billions of eternities, and the Gnosis was so vast it almost shattered my being and so I asked if it could stop and it did, and I felt a "personality" within the Being, so kind and assuring and so I was totally never gonna be atheist again xD. So I'd like to know if anyone has lasted longer, and how much was retained, because you can get amnesia since you download so much information. A lot of people don't even know that Hermeticism goes deeper than just Hermes, Mercury, and Thoth. In The Koran, Enoch is renamed Idris, whom the Sufis identify as Hermes as the Perfect Nature or Man of Light. The freemasons sometimes have strange esoteric doctrines regarding Thoth/Hermes that seem awfully demonic. I figured Kabbalah was a key to Hermeticism and I went in full send but I was forever changed by that Metatron experience. I've had other experiences of "Awakenings" like Kundalini and leaving the body in Samadhi or astral travel or having the awareness of "I AM Brahman" but this was like a totally different experience in which the SHAPE of Metatron is seen, felt, absorbed, experienced, and so it feels like you can control a cosmic universe or re tinker some things within the spheres of Metatron, almost like there's a bargaining game going on.

[@mikeh5635]

Yeah, it's been a somewhat similar path for me for over two decades, but in a different order. Sefer Yetzirah was the first esoteric thing I was introduced to but I wasn't given much supplemental material. Over time, I've found that all these western traditions are perfectly distilled in the teachings of the Pythagoreans and that Plato put the Pythagorean doctrines in writing as Timeaus. The core principles of that take on seemingly different "garments" depending on the culture, i.e. Jews had the old Merkavah dreaming practices and Sefer Yetzirah is essentially Pythagorean doctrine adapted to Judaism. Same thing with the Sufis and their practices. People like Iamblichus applied it to the Hermetic teachings, but it's all the same thing underneath. I highly recommend you read Gregory Shaw's books on Iamblichus, "Theurgy and the Soul" and the recently released "Hellenic Tantra" are worth their weight in gold.

[@elizabethhardwick4949]

Dear Sir, What a wonderfully dense, meaningful, exciting, relevant, soothing while incisive, and refreshing video! The quality of thought and care of articulation put me on a parallel timeline that lacked the confusion and aggressive quality to many presenters and certainly to any news feed, no matter the side they are on. Well done! I have learned a lot and will listen again to cement the lesson and look for examples out there in order to keep steady!😊

[@SobekLOTFC]

Keep up the exceptional job, Dan 👏

[@TheModernHermeticist]

🙏

[@smicha15]

Seriously… what a valuable video. So practical, and clearly evaporating in our culture, except the obvious few who excel at it

[@4-2fo-ou69]

So greatful this coming across, finding out mine use of this, like a boss.😗

[@starofsiam1]

Dan you leave me breathless. Infinite gratitude goes out to you.

[@cyclesofstrength]

I thought this one sounded familiar! I'm glad you're representing this one. I've been thinking about the Trivium lately, and was reflecting on your earlier lectures.

[@phils7108]

thank you for this very well researched lecture on rhetoric. There are some elements I instantly do not agree on, primarily the phrase "to fight propaganda, we must make propaganda". However, after defining the word, it becomes obvious that a lot of what we say is propaganda. The word itself is neutral. For example, if we propagate a real good cause, it is propaganda. When we propagate a malicious cause, it is propaganda. In the end, there are a few instances where I would have used a different wording. It also has to do that English is not my primary language, so there are some aspects of misunderstanding. Thanks a lot for this lecture and the accompanying imagery. This is so appealing for an artist. How these past artists captured these principles.

[@Bildgesmythe]

Happy New Year Dan! Thank you for spreading critical thinking from the past and present. May the future bless you and yours.

[@TheModernHermeticist]

Thanks Bildgesmythe, Happy New Year to you too!

[@MomentousMind]

Absolutely brilliant. A fascinating adventure untangling the web's of linguistic gymnastics. Your clarity reveals the hidden hands of moving nations. "The pen is mightier than the sword."

[@cryptofungologist]

Dang. This was rich! I am a KZbin junky, and I can not think of another video as satisfying as this one - gobs of useful, pertinent information - profundity without being ponderous - levity with being frivolous . . . . . . . . . . . . N'wait. Did I just do something rhetorical there?

[@RobertaFierro-mc1ub]

THIS is the kind of content i like. I LOVE the visual.aids. I used to ma ke my own prints at home in my kitchen. My idol is Albrecht Durer. I took out this huge Durer coffee table book out of the Library in WNY, that they actually gave it to me!

[@WildAlchemicalSpirit]

Ooo I just started watching and I'm already excited, this looks good ✨

[@NicolaMaxwell]

It really is fantastic, I have notes almost 8 years old from the original lecture. This is one I feel everyone can benefit from. Enjoy ❤

[@Flame-Bright-Cheer]

Just want to say a quick and heartfelt thank you for all of your videos and the cut of your jib when presenting these amazing truthful ideas but this video above all shows true humility and a wanting for a better world and that lets me know I have found a very good Channel and a better man.

[@TheModernHermeticist]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@maryhammond7343]

This knowledge of language is invaluable . Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. It is by design that they don't teach this in school. Along with critical thinking..❤❤❤

[@NicolaMaxwell]

I agree, it is absolutely by design they don't teach this in schools. We certainly are being lied to... ♥️💫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@bloomfusion]

Thus the importance of a classical education. Well done; thank you!

[@freemanrader75]

Thank you for the quality lesson

[@leaode_cafe]

watching this while listening to barber beats is such a magnificent experience

[@Bildgesmythe]

Third time listening to this, won't be the last. I'm so happy to hear the part about puns. I've always loved puns and was told they were the lowest form of humor. I knew they were much more 😊

[@plaiche]

Magnificiently masterful. Enlightening and enlivening. A rhetorical tour de force 💪🏻🙏🏼

[@TheModernHermeticist]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@Cholatemilk1]

Heck ya dan let's go the trivium is back baby

[@TheModernHermeticist]

Heck ya Cholate

[@curtiscarlson8958]

Very well explained and applied. It is now (as always) particularly timely and also particularly needed, in general and in the particular. Thnanks!

[@VVeltanschauung187]

i would never have heard about the trivium if not for a channel about esotericism

[@NicolaMaxwell]

I'd have never known anything about it....

[@kkech1]

Have you heard of the quadrivium since then?

[@ninacosentino2913]

Fabulous:-D Thank you❣️❣️❣️❣️ So important in this age of deception and lying🙏🏽

[@tahjbo]

Brilliant - one of the most captivating pieces of material I hav3 listened to, in some time! Bravo! critical thinking/ logic / reasoning. This touches on intuition in such a subtle way, leaning towards emotional intelligence. The triad of disciplines - knowing the lay of the land! Blessings to you on you're path - grounded creative thinking! such nuggets! The way out is through- understand - inner stand, over stand rhetoric! Solstice 2023! Thank you for the wisdom!

[@NicolaMaxwell]

It's been one of the most important lectures I've ever heard. ♥️🙏🏼

[@THE-SWARM]

Hey. Thanks a lot for taking the time, creating such content and for being a voice of reason. You have beauty in the things you say, in how you say it too and the context built around is rich. A guardian you are for treasuries of man and thought.

[@TheModernHermeticist]

Thanks Swarm, I even began writing the script for part two of this rhetoric video today, so something to look forward to!

[@Kevin42White]

The artwork in this is nice as well. Nice work.

[@tedfurlo2268]

Very well done. This was comprehensive, well organized and well spoken. I found it very informative. Thank you.

[@randombikeride592]

Excellent explanation! Thank you 💓

[@cesujimenez-monzon7474]

While watching, I heard myself saying 'the most delightful video ever'. Inspiring vision this one of yours. Thanks so much.

[@MiLES2iNFINiTYBIZ]

Thank you for this detailed and informative video 👑

[@gdub2485]

I just received the book 48 Laws of Power on a lark, and your video popped up on my feed. ' Slipping in a value judgment. ' Well done, great stuff, I'm hooked.

[@WildAlchemicalSpirit]

Do you think it would be possible for you to do a follow up type of video to this one on spotting rhetorical fallacy? I think that would be very helpful in this day in age.

[@GiacomoVaccari]

I’d love this!

[@amanitamuscaria7500]

the ad hominem and straw man arguments are so prevalent and many people fall for them

[@WildAlchemicalSpirit]

@@amanitamuscaria7500 yep, as well as false dilemma aka false choice, which he did briefly touch upon in this video. There's so many other relevant fallacies to be aware of, too. I'm also interested in how they can overlap.

[@ray_x6959]

​@@WildAlchemicalSpiritalso cognitive biases

[@chasethecat3839]

​@@ray_x6959subbed...ty😊

[@timnizle1]

I just added this...amongst a few other gems from the waaaay back...to my watch later. And i shall watch now instead 😂🥳🙏

[@Primetiime32]

magnificent lesson, thank you

[@properholmes]

If I could give this more likes, it wouldn’t be enough. BEAUTIFUL presentation! 😮

[@KateKloud9]

This was great! Thank you!

[@TheModernHermeticist]

🙏

[@PatrickKilly]

Sorely needed. Its amazing how many of these devices I use all the time without conscious realization.