Chs 1-4: This work not intended to teach rhetoric. It is lawful for a Christian teacher to use rhetoric. Proper means and age to learn rhetorical skill. The duty of the Christian teacher.
Chs. 22-26: The necessity of variety in style. How the various styles should be mingled. The effects produced by the majestic style. How the temperate style is to be used. In every style the orator sh
Chs. 31-38: Use of dialectics and of fallacies. Valid logical sequence not devised but only observed by man. False inferences may be drawn from valid reasonings and vice versa. One thing to know the t
