ABSTRACT In addition to rhetorical theorists, historians of rhetoric mistakenly believe that Aristotle carefully articulated how the use of rhetoric may be thought of as being human. Here, insofar as I believe he left this work undone, I offer an ontological framework to conceive of rhetoric as intrinsic to human nature, using the essentialist paradigm espoused by Aristotle and expanded upon by St. Thomas Aquinas as a theoretical foundation. A prefatory theory is proposed that rhetoric might be thought of as being natural for its teleological orientation toward action.

Research Article| January 01 2008 Justice as a Nexus of Natural Law and Rhetoric Jeffrey J. Maciejewski Jeffrey J. Maciejewski Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Philosophy & Rhetoric (2008) 41 (1): 72–93. https://doi.org/10.2307/25655300 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Jeffrey J. Maciejewski; Justice as a Nexus of Natural Law and Rhetoric. Philosophy & Rhetoric 1 January 2008; 41 (1): 72–93. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/25655300 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectivePenn State University PressPhilosophy & Rhetoric Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright © 2008 The Pennsylvania State University2008The Pennsylvania State University Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.