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Address & Argument

Parrhesia

pa-RAY-zhuh / pəˈreɪziə

Bold, risky frankness — saying the dangerous thing plainly, often flagging the risk first: 'I'll speak freely.' The announced candor buys trust: a speaker willing to offend seems unwilling to lie.

Kent to Lear: "be Kent unmannerly, / When Lear is mad… What wouldst thou do, old man?"

Don't confuse it with Apophasis. Apophasis pretends *not* to say the thing; parrhesia says it and points at its own daring.

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he told the truth, mainly.
— Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn · open the passage →

The rest of the family

Rhetorical Question Apostrophe Invocation Aphorism Enthymeme Correctio / Epanorthosis Metabasis Amplificatio Aporia Enargeia / Vivid Specificity