Ramus

 The reading about Peter Ramus was actually an interesting piece and good example of karma if you ask me. He was obviously a very smart student being that he went to college at the age of twelve but it sounds to me like he let it go to his head. The man was smart but ambitious and the fact that he attacked many famous and renowned rhetors ultimately led to his demise. He was obviously very big-headed to think that a university should just dump their methods of teaching and do things his way. In a way I think he got what he deserved in the end for being overtly cocky and full of himself. Even the way that Ramus debated as is described in the book shows him to be the self-absorbed ass that he is. Throughout the chapter the book discusses how in the majority of Ramus's debates such as against Quintilian, he not only puts down the opposition in a demeaning way but recommends that his own ways replace that of the previous rhetoric. I feel like if Ramus had a motto it would be “my way or the highway”.