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    It is not the case that Theoretical knowledge of rhetoric alone is insufficient for rhetorical mastery

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    • 1.Systematic theoretical knowledge of rhetoric, as Aristotle argues in the Rhetoric, constitutes a techne that subsumes particular cases under universal principles.
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    • 2.A fully articulated techne provides decision procedures sufficient for correct action without requiring separately acquired perceptual habituation.
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    • 3.If theoretical mastery entails knowledge of all soul-types and their appropriate speeches, the gap between abstract and particular collapses at the level of complete theory.
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    • 1.Chomsky's competence-performance distinction implies that theoretical mastery of a generative system is logically separable from its imperfect real-world deployment.
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    • 2.Failures of application in practice reflect performance limitations—fatigue, distraction, speed—rather than deficiencies in the underlying theoretical knowledge itself.
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    • 1.The student of rhetoric must observe souls and speeches in real life and in actual practice
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    • 2.The student must be able to follow real instances with keen perception
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    • 3.Knowing soul-types and speech-types in the abstract does not entail being able to recognize and apply them in a particular encounter
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