Rhetoric and the state -- Aristotle and his predecessors -- Proof-reading Aristotle's Rhetoric -- Rhetoric and the state -- Aristotle against his rivals -- The intepretation of Aristotle's Rhetoric -- How can emotion-arousal provide proof? -- A supposed contradiction about emotion-arousal in Aristotle's Rhetoric -- The passions in Aristotle's Rhetoric -- Aristotle's theory of the passions -- passions as pleasures and pains -- Feeling fantastic again -- passions, appearances, and beliefs in Aristotle
Summary
Jamie Dow presents an original treatment of Aristotle's views on rhetoric and the passions, and the first major study of Aristotle's 'Rhetoric' in recent years. He attributes to Aristotle a normative view of rhetoric and its role in the state, and ascribes to him a particular view of the kinds of cognitions involved in the passions
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 21, 2015)
