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Author Carr, Thomas M

Title Descartes and the Resilience of Rhetoric : Varieties of Cartesian Rhetorical Theory
Published Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (229 pages)
Contents Cover; Book Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Descartes and Guez de Balzac: Human Eloquence Spurned; 3. Descartes' Rhetoric of Generosity; 4. Port-Royal and Eloquence: Rhetoric at the Margins; 5. Malebranche's Rhetoric of the Incarnation; 6. Lamy's Science of Persuasion; 7. Conclusion: Attention and Cartesian Rhetoric; Notes; References; Index; Author Bio; Back Cover
Summary A careful analysis of the rhetorical thought of René Descartes and of a distinguished group of post-Cartesians. Covering a unique range of authors, including Bernard Lamy and Nicolas Malebranche, Carr attacks the idea, which has become commonplace in contemporary criticism, that the Cartesian system is incompatible with rhetoric. Carr analyzes the writings of Balzac, the Port-Royalists Arnauld and Nicole, Malebranche, and Lamy, exploring the evolution of Descartes' thought into their different theories of rhetoric. He constructs his arguments, probing each author's writings
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Subject Descartes, René, 1596-1650.
Balzac, Jean-Louis Guez de, 1597-1654.
SUBJECT Balzac, Jean-Louis Guez de, 1597-1654 fast
Descartes, René, 1596-1650 fast
Subject Rhetoric -- Philosophy -- History -- 17th century
French language -- Middle French, 1300-1600 -- Rhetoric
Philosophy, French -- 17th century.
French language -- Rhetoric -- Middle French
Philosophy, French
Rhetoric -- Philosophy
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780809386482
0809386488
0585031355
9780585031354