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Autore: | Swearingen C. Jan |
Titolo: | Rhetoric and irony : Western literacy and Western lies / / C. Jan Swearingen |
Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1991 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (340 pages) |
Disciplina: | 808/.001 |
Soggetto topico: | Rhetoric, Ancient |
Civilization, Western - Classical influences | |
Rhetoric - Philosophy | |
Literacy - Philosophy | |
Dialectic | |
Logos (Philosophy) | |
Irony | |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-313) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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; Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Rhetoric and Irony |
ISBN: | 0-19-773156-2 |
1-280-52484-7 | |
0-19-536250-0 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910785098903321 |
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