As Humans, we live in a world primarily base of what we think is right or wrong. Some people devote their lives to uncovering reasons behind their existence, while others choose to accept life for what it is. There are two dimensions to our true existence which makes life extremely difficult to determine who is being honest compared to those with evil intentions. The mind has a role in producing motives and motives can only be judge by understanding who an individual really is. The understanding of Rhetoric provides one the opportunity to persuade another either by writing or speaking. A great speaker has the will to move and audience regardless if the truth is available or not. With all this being said, the Dissoi logoi is an important concept…show more content… The Dissoi logoi or opposing argument focuses on what is good or bad, seemly or shameful, just or unjust, truth and false etc. According to the Dissoi logoi, such “good and bad or seemly or shameful are first presented as being the same thing because the same thing may good for some but bad for others”. The just and unjust, the truth and false are “presented essentially as different, usually through arguments that emphasize the absurdity as calling the same action both good or bad, or both seemly or shameful, and so on. This approach seems to endorse the idea that these abstract qualities exist independent of a particular situation or object in which they are…show more content… Take a closer look at what is going on in today's society, it easier to understand that the concept of the dissoi logoi enable people the right to live life without attempting to be perfect. Society depends on others to survive, we rely doctors and nurses when our body fail on us, we need a vehicle to get to work, we need the army for protection to limit treats from other nations etc. I can go on and on, but in the case of something going “bad”, it’s also seems as good for those on the other side. According to the Dissoi logoi, “illness is bad for the sick but good for the doctors, and death is bad for those who die but good for the undertakers and grave-diggers”. Those who repair vehicles, govern nations, prepare funerals etc, survive of others downfall. I find it’s difficult to take one side of anything simply because society lacks equality. As hard as we try people are never going to be equal, there's always going to be people who minds are polluted with negativity and others who believe in doing the right things. Furthermore, the Dissoi logoi shines the light on stereotypes. Stereotypes put another definition on what we thinks is “seemly or shameful”. It set standards that are socially accepted without provens facts. According to the Dissoi logoi, “it is seemly for a woman to wash indoors, but it is shameful to do it in wrestling school; but men it is seemly to wash in wrestling school or dynamism”.
