What is Ethos? A Basic Definition

Ethos \E"thos\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? character. See Ethic.]
   1. The character,
         sentiment, or disposition of a community or
      people,
         considered as a natural endowment; the spirit
      which
         actuates manners and customs; also, the
     
         characteristic tone or genius of an institution or social
 
             organization.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   2.
         (esthetics) The traits in a work of art which express the
 
             ideal or typic character -- character as influenced by
         the
      ethos (sense 1) of a people -- rather than
         realistic or
      emotional situations or individual
         character in a narrow
      sense; -- opposed to
         pathos.
      [Webster
         1913 Suppl.]

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Thu Dec 4

• Strangers May Cheer You Up, Study Says - NYTimes.com
• Happiness is contagious, study finds - Yahoo! News

Wed Dec 3

• Der Ethos-Ring mit den Symbolen für Liebe, Frieden und Toleranz: In der Philosophie sind es nach Hegel drei gleichartige Dinge, die zusammengehöre n: die These, die Antithese und die Synthese. Gerade in der heutigen Zeit des menschlichen Miteinanders sollten es jedoch diese drei Dinge sein, die symbolhaft in den Ethos-Ring eingraviert sind: die Toleranz, abgebildet ist der Fisch als christliches Symbol. Der Wunsch nach Frieden, symbolisiert durch den Ölbaumzweig. Die Liebe zum Mitmenschen, dargestellt durch das Herz. Diese drei Symbole sind je zweifach in die Schiene eingraviert. Der Ethos-Ring wird aus massivem Sterlingsilber 925 gefertigt. In die sieben Millimeter breite Ringschiene werden Fisch, Herz und Ölbaumzweig in aufwändiger Handarbeit einzeln eingraviert.

Mon Dec 1

• murketing " Blog Archive " 48-Hour T-Shirt No. 1: "I Show How You Feel"

Sun Nov 30

• Op-Ed Columnist - A Penny for My Thoughts? - NYTimes.com
• Lie, cheat and steal: high school ethics surveyed - Yahoo! News

Sat Nov 29

• The Wealth Report - WSJ.com : Why the Rich Give to Charity

Thu Nov 27

• A Rhetorical Question A Rhetorical QuestionThe Anti-Intellect ual Presidency: The Decline of Presidential Rhetoric: The Anti-Intellect ual Presidency: The Decline of Presidential Rhetoric from George Washington to George W. Bush by Elvin T. Lim Oxford University Press, 208 pages, $24.95
• Logos_Ethos_Pa thos

Wed Nov 26

• Obama's Rhetoric: Pathos, Logos and Ethos

Tue Nov 25

• Online ethos. Webretorik i politiske kampagner, blogs og wikis (Elisabeth Hoff-Clausen): Forlaget Samfundslitter atur: Elisabeth Hoff-Clausens Ph.D.-afhandli ng omsat til bogform.

Fri Nov 21

• One If By Jalopy, Three If By Corporate Jet - The Plank

Thu Nov 20

• Powerful feedback loops, and why should you care ": A real-time blog feedback loop turns an audience hostile and dynamites an ethos: within minutes of his posting the story, someone in Florida emailed him a link to a story about Naccio cashing $200 in stock even as his company stock prices dropped. Gillmor posted that link in his next post, and almost instantly, the audience began to turn hostile against Naccio."

Tue Nov 18

• The Art of Rhetoric: Ethos, Logos, and Pathos

Mon Nov 17

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