Diaporesis: Deliberating with oneself as though in doubt over some matter; asking oneself (or rhetorically asking one’s hearers) what is the best or appropriate way to approach something [=aporia].
What should we do? Do about what? What we should do. And that is? Addressing myself as ‘we’ when I am talking to me. To me? Yes, to you! Wait! On the one hand you talk to yourself, on the other, you listen to yourself talking to myself. I think your self and my self are the self-same self!
Now, what should we do? A duet? A duel?
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Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu). Bracketed text added by Gorgias.
