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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817515003321

Autore

Fredal James <1961->

Titolo

The enthymeme : syllogism, reasoning, and narrative in ancient Greek rhetoric / / James Fredal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

0-271-08683-1

0-271-08681-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

808.00938

Soggetti

Enthymeme (Logic)

Syllogism

Rhetoric, Ancient

Narration (Rhetoric)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Enthymeme 3.0 : the truncated syllogism -- 3.0 and its problems -- Aristotle, Sullogismos, and 2.0 -- 2.0 and its problems -- Enthymizing in the orators -- Oratorical enthymizing in context -- Enthymizing and adversarial narratives -- Enthymizing in Lysias 1 : On the death of Eratosthenes -- A many-layered tale.

Sommario/riassunto

"Examines the concept of the enthymeme in ancient Greek rhetoric, arguing that it is a technique of storytelling aimed at eliciting from the audience an inference about a narrative"--