The Birth of Rhetoric

The Birth of Rhetoric
Author :
Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 211
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781134757305
ISBN-13 : 1134757301
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Birth of Rhetoric by : Robert Wardy

Download or read book The Birth of Rhetoric written by Robert Wardy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-08-04 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is rhetoric? Is it the capacity to persuade? Or is it 'mere' rhetoric: the ability to get others to do what the speaker wants, regardless of what they want? Robert Wardy uses Gorgias at the centre of this book and the debate.


The Birth of Rhetoric Related Books

The Birth of Rhetoric
Language: en
Pages: 211
Authors: Robert Wardy
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-08-04 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

What is rhetoric? Is it the capacity to persuade? Or is it 'mere' rhetoric: the ability to get others to do what the speaker wants, regardless of what they want
The Unity of Plato's 'Gorgias'
Language: en
Pages: 7
Authors: Devin Stauffer
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-04-10 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Stauffer demonstrates the complex unity of Plato's Gorgias through a careful analysis of the dialogue's three main sections. This includes Socrates' famous argu
Gorgias and the New Sophistic Rhetoric
Language: en
Pages: 176
Authors: Bruce McComiskey
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-01-31 - Publisher: SIU Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In Gorgias and the New Sophistic Rhetoric, Bruce McComiskey achieves three rhetorical goals: he treats a single sophist's rhetorical technĂȘ (art) in the contex
Plato on the Value of Philosophy
Language: en
Pages: 233
Authors: Tushar Irani
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-03-30 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book explores Plato's views on what an 'art of argument' should look like, investigating the relationship between psychology and rhetoric.
Gorgias: Encomium of Helen
Language: en
Pages: 56
Authors: Gorgias
Categories: Foreign Language Study
Type: BOOK - Published: 1982 - Publisher: Bristol Classical Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Encomium of Helen is thought to have been the demonstration piece of the Ancient Greek sophist, Presocratic philosopher and rhetorician, Gorgias. In this ed