David Mulroy's The War Against Grammar mentions how the Greeks are mainly responsible for the creation of grammar. The thing I found most interesting about this chapter was the topic of the Seven Divine Bridesmaids. The topic of grammar versus rhetoric is the first thing that really caught my attention. The book infers that Plato held a higher opinion of grammar than of rhetoric. To me, this is somewhat intriguing, since it seems all philosophical data, before Plato started writing, was remembered through oral speech.
I will continue this conversation later, but must tend to other things right now.
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