Rhetoric and irony Western literacy and Western lies
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| Sprache: | English |
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Oxford University Press
1991
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-313) and index Introduction; Proem; 1. Before Being or Not-Being Was: Logos and Logic Among the Preplatonics; 2. Rhetor and Eiron: Plato's Defense of Dialogue; 3. Aristotle: A Logic of Terms, a Rhetoric of Motives; 4. Cicero: Defining the Value of Literacy; 5. When the Rhetor Lies: Augustine's Critique of Mendacity; 6. Inscriptions of Self and the Erasure of Truth; Epi Dia Logos; Notes; References; Index This study synthesizes existing arguments about the perception of dialogue, writing and language in the ancient world. It examines specifically the work of four key figures: Plato, Aristotle, Cicero and Augustine |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 323 p.) |
| ISBN: | 0195362500 1280524847 9780195063622 9780195362503 9781280524844 |