| Description |
1 online resource (302 pages) |
| Series |
Focus Philosophical Library |
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Focus philosophical library.
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| Contents |
Cover; The Focus Philosophical Library; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Introduction; The Gorgias of Plato; Introductory conversation (447A-448C); Socrates and Gorgias (448D-461B); Socrates and Polus (461B-481B); Callicles' interruption and speech (481B-486D); Socrates and Callicles (486D-523A); Socrates' concluding speech (523A-527E); The Rhetoric of Aristotle; Chapter Summaries; Book I. Rhetorical speech: its nature, its kinds, and the opinions it is based on; Book II. Design of speeches: passions and predispositions of audiences and techniques of argument |
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Book III. Presentation in speaking: wording and arrangementBook I; Book II; Book III; Glossary; Index; Back cover |
| Summary |
English translations of Gorgias and Rhetoric, which, by juxtaposing the two texts, creates an interesting "conversation" is illuminated: Plato's questioning of what is problematic in rhetoric and Aristotle's response at what makes rhetoric useful |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sachs, Joe
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| ISBN |
9781585104680 |
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158510468X |
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