... does no harm and preserves life according to the Hippocratic Oath. Once again, in the Art of Rhetoric, Aristotle demonstrates the importance of truthful rhetoric but this time in judicial context. Even though rhetoric has the power to cloud judgment, Aristotle explains that speakers should not distract the judge by actively attempting to cloud judgment. This causes the judge to "no longer be adequately able ... pleasure and pain overcloud their judgment" (Aristotle 67). Despite the fact that this is not actually deception, Aristotle recognizes that even distraction or a distortion of th...

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