What’s pathos?

Greek philosophers believed that rhetoric consisted of three appeals: logos (logic), ethos (ethics), and pathos (emotion). Pathos can be fallacious, but is often used to persuade through emotions. Different subcategories of pathos include envy, fear, hatred, pity, and pride. Wishful thinking is another potentially fallacious appeal related to pathos. The Greek philosophical pantheon, from Socrates […]

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