Now will the city have to fill and swell with a multitude of
callings which are not required by any natural want; such
as the whole tribe of hunters and actors, of whom one
large class have to do with forms and colours; another
will be the votaries of music-poets and their attendant
train of rhapsodists, players, dancers, contractors; also
makers of divers kinds of articles, including women's
dresses. And we shall want more servants. Will not tutors
be also in request, and nurses wet and dry, tirewomen
and barbers, as well as confectioners and cooks; and
swineherds, too, who were not needed and therefore had
no place in the former edition of our State, but are
needed now?
-The Republic,
Plato
Which type of appeal or device in this excerpt best
supports the claim that a luxurious state requires more
resources?
the rhetorical question, because it persuades the
audience to agree with the speaker
O the use of logos, because the facts presented help
the audience trust the speaker
the rhetorical question, because it makes the
audience question the speaker
O the use of ethos, because the focus on right and
wrong convinces the audience that the speaker's
opinion is right
