Treatise on Rhetoric
Aristotle,Theodore Buckley$11.89
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The art of rhetoric, or persuasive public speaking, was brought to perfection in classical Athens. During the fifth and fourth centuries B.C.E., rhetoric came under the scrutiny of the philosophers. While Plato dismissed public speaking as mere hackwork devoid of a rational basis, Aristotle defended it as a true art.
In his great work, Treatise on Rhetoric, which laid the foundations of philosophical rhetoric, Aristotle deals at length with the processes of argument and with style, including rhythm and meter. For Aristotle, rhetoric is a brand of the art of reasoning; its function he defends not as mere persuasion, but as "the observing of all of the available means of persuasion."
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 06/01/1995
ISBN: 9780879759766
Pages: 280
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.42h x 5.50w x 0.77d
In his great work, Treatise on Rhetoric, which laid the foundations of philosophical rhetoric, Aristotle deals at length with the processes of argument and with style, including rhythm and meter. For Aristotle, rhetoric is a brand of the art of reasoning; its function he defends not as mere persuasion, but as "the observing of all of the available means of persuasion."
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 06/01/1995
ISBN: 9780879759766
Pages: 280
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.42h x 5.50w x 0.77d