In the time of ancient Greece, there was a category of teachers called sophists who believed that wisdom and rhetoric could and should be used for profit and personal gain . Aristotle, a well-known teacher, completely disagreed with this and believed that although rhetoric is persuasive, it should be used morally and with good intentions. He emphasized the idea of ​​using moral standards along with emotion, logic and truth to persuade any audience. Nearly 1000 years later, Augustine took it a step further with the use of rhetoric in religious practice. He emphasized the idea that rhetoric is a means through which to promote good will and spread the truth. Today, the modern rhetorician Dubinsky would take this step even further, claiming that rhetoric is not just a means to an end. Rhetoric improves our own lives and unites people under a common good with the right ethics. While it is unfortunate that they come from different time periods, Aristotle, St. Augustine, and Dubinsky would surely all agree that rhetoric is a means by which ordinary people can be persuasive with their ideals. All using the right morals, good intentions and correct ethics to do so, so that any normal person can influence and change their world, from the simplest topics to the biggest of debates. That's why I believe we should study these famous rhetoricians, because their teachings teach us how to become better people and writers. Aristotle, St. Augustine, and Dubinsky believed in Ethos, Pathos, and Logos, which means studying and working with the audience to persuade them in a way that works together to benefit both the writer and the reader. Aristotle lived in ancient Greece from 284 BC to 322 BC, but his teachings have...... middle of paper ......he was the first to stand before the orator, saying that to persuade one must appeal to emotion, logic or truth. Augustine put the audience even above the speech itself, saying that the audience is everything and that only passion and clarity will convince it. Dubinsky advocated the ideal of not only using rhetoric for personal gain, but also using it better for oneself and the community. While Augustine used rhetoric to educate his age, Augustine for the betterment of Christianity, and Dubinsky for college students, their ideals were similar and it is from that similarity that we readers should expand their teachings and use Ethos, Pathos, and Logos in our writing. So that we can persuade using the right morals, good intentions and correct ethics to be able to persuade and inspire the people of today and teach the people of tomorrow.