2. The Rhetoric, Book II: The Topics TOPIC: from the Greek topos (plural: topoi ), meaning “place.” According to Aristotle, a topic is a general argumentative pattern out of which arguments about specific subjects can be generated.
3. The Rhetoric, Book II: The Topics TOPIC: from the Greek topos (plural: topoi ), meaning “place.” According to Aristotle, a topic is a general argumentative pattern out of which arguments about specific subjects can be generated. Our first subject