Rhetoric and irony : Western literacy and Western lies / / C. Jan Swearingen
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| Autore: |
Swearingen C. Jan
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| Titolo: |
Rhetoric and irony : Western literacy and Western lies / / C. Jan Swearingen
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| 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 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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