I’m reading Hans Blumenberg’s essay “An Anthropological Approach to Rhetoric” at the request of an advisor. The request stems from my attempt to start the second of my three preliminary exam reading lists—the list in rhetorical theory. Anyway, I like this quote, among others in the text:
There is something like the expediency of what is [...]

I’ve started to formulate (on a very early level) my reading list for the STC portion of my comprehensive exams next fall. I plan to do quite a bit of reading over the summer—and this list will definitely grow. To start, here are a few articles/books I am looking at:

Zappen, James P. “Francis Bacon and [...]