The Rhetoric Stage

Having mastered both the grammar and logic that applies to their tools of learning, the Rhetoric scholar is ready to join fully in the discussion about the Great Books that defines both the classical and Christian view of humanness. They are expected to add to the knowledge of the world through persuasive oral and written argument and focused demonstration of their maturing skills, bringing their deepening knowledge of the past to bear on the present. Their task is both to know themselves and to know others, so that they might live out the four classical cardinal virtues of temperance, fortitude, prudence, and justice and the Christian virtues expressed in the beatitudes.