Description:There has recently been a great deal of scholarship on the origins of rhetoric, as well as on important 4th-century figures, such as Isocrates and Alcidamas. This volumes focuses particularly on the generation before Aristotle wrote his Rhetoric, the central text of ancient Greek rhetorical theory. Individual papers concentrate on different aspects of the Peripatetics' writings, both of Aristotle and Theophrastus, their thoughts on character, emotion, logos, and metaphor, the influences of dramatic writings, the relationship with the Rhetorica ad Alexandrum, and the historical contexts. Some papers offer close readings of individual passages, while others tease out information based on fragmentary references. All of the papers offer original insights based on a thorough knowledge of the original texts.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Influences on Peripatetic Rhetoric: Essays in Honor of William W. Fortenbaugh. Philosophia Antiqua: A Series of Studies on Ancient Philosophy, Volume. To get started finding Influences on Peripatetic Rhetoric: Essays in Honor of William W. Fortenbaugh. Philosophia Antiqua: A Series of Studies on Ancient Philosophy, Volume, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
282
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Brill Academic Publishers
Release
2010
ISBN
1281921106
Influences on Peripatetic Rhetoric: Essays in Honor of William W. Fortenbaugh. Philosophia Antiqua: A Series of Studies on Ancient Philosophy, Volume
Description: There has recently been a great deal of scholarship on the origins of rhetoric, as well as on important 4th-century figures, such as Isocrates and Alcidamas. This volumes focuses particularly on the generation before Aristotle wrote his Rhetoric, the central text of ancient Greek rhetorical theory. Individual papers concentrate on different aspects of the Peripatetics' writings, both of Aristotle and Theophrastus, their thoughts on character, emotion, logos, and metaphor, the influences of dramatic writings, the relationship with the Rhetorica ad Alexandrum, and the historical contexts. Some papers offer close readings of individual passages, while others tease out information based on fragmentary references. All of the papers offer original insights based on a thorough knowledge of the original texts.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Influences on Peripatetic Rhetoric: Essays in Honor of William W. Fortenbaugh. Philosophia Antiqua: A Series of Studies on Ancient Philosophy, Volume. To get started finding Influences on Peripatetic Rhetoric: Essays in Honor of William W. Fortenbaugh. Philosophia Antiqua: A Series of Studies on Ancient Philosophy, Volume, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.