Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

CWSA 27

Fragment ID: 7302

Rhetoric and Eloquence [1]

The style of these two prayers is too rhetorical – the meditations – addresses to the mind – were better in this respect.

A rhetorical style fails to convey the impression of sincerity in the thoughts and feelings: it gives the opposite impression that phrases are being turned only for the sake of good writing. This should be avoided.

9 July 1932