02615nam 2200685Ia 450 991045088790332120200520144314.01-280-52484-70-19-536250-0(CKB)1000000000408126(EBL)272620(OCoLC)476011693(SSID)ssj0000237960(PQKBManifestationID)11187764(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000237960(PQKBWorkID)10222131(PQKB)11654946(MiAaPQ)EBC272620(Au-PeEL)EBL272620(CaPaEBR)ebr10278181(CaONFJC)MIL52484(EXLCZ)99100000000040812619900703d1991 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRhetoric and irony[electronic resource] Western literacy and Western lies /C. Jan SwearingenNew York Oxford University Press19911 online resource (340 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-506362-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-313) and index.Contents; 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; IndexThis 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.Rhetoric, AncientCivilization, WesternClassical influencesRhetoricPhilosophyLiteracyPhilosophyDialecticLogos (Philosophy)IronyElectronic books.Rhetoric, Ancient.Civilization, WesternClassical influences.RhetoricPhilosophy.LiteracyPhilosophy.Dialectic.Logos (Philosophy)Irony.808/.001Swearingen C. Jan663618MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450887903321Rhetoric and Irony1305272UNINA