Here's a surprise: when you engage in these "arguments" with your parents and friends, you are instinctively using ancient strategies for persuasion that were identified by the Greek philosopher
Aristotle a few thousand years ago!
WHY does the author include this paragraph in the article?
O to provide background information showing that these strategies have been effective for a long time
O to compare the instincts of teens today with the instincts of ancient Greek philosophers like Aristotle
O to suggest that the need to use persuasion in arguments is a surprise to most people
O to highlight the ways that many problems long ago were solved by using persuasion