... and it will continue to exist. What we must do is reexamine our thoughts and understandings about race and encourage meaningful discussions for the reason that ignoring this issue will not make it disappear. It is important to start from the beginning and point out that "race is a relatively new concept"[ CITATION Mor14 l 1033 ]. In ancient times, people did ... not question those scholars or men of intellect who wrote them. For example, Pliny quotes Aristotle in his book when writing about one of the people he encountered, which where half male and half female, Aristotle stated that, "...

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... was not always used to persuade listeners this way. Long ago, around 400 B.C., philosophers like Plato and Aristotle studied the art of rhetoric, and realized its true linguistic power. Yet instead of using this power for their own gain, Plato and Aristotle wrote about and discussed the virtuous use of rhetoric. They demonstrated why rhetoric ought to lead to truth rather than to persuade toward falsities. This is ... that taking a non-lover was better than taking a lover. Lysius carefully crafted his argument. He passionately explained why lack of passion is best in a relationship, des...

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... , such as the work of Galileo and Newton, these experiments defied the traditional ways of how the world worked, encouraging others to challenge old theories through ˜empirical investigation.' Basing arguments on the foundations of the classical writers such as Aristotle no longer produced valid views, as such work supported the belief of witchcraft because these writers had not the knowledge now known ... become stricter and reluctant in persecuting innocent people accused of witchcraft (Griffiths, N. 2010). Therefore, while the changing of the educated mind did certainly have an impac...

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