Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 323 pages) |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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; Index. |
Summary |
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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Rhetoric, Ancient.
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Rhetoric, Ancient. |
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Civilization, Western -- Classical influences.
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Civilization, Western -- Classical influences. |
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Rhetoric -- Philosophy.
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Rhetoric -- Philosophy. |
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Literacy -- Philosophy.
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Literacy -- Philosophy. |
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Literacy. |
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Dialectic.
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Dialectic. |
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Logos (Philosophy)
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Logos (Philosophy) |
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Irony.
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Irony. |
Indexed Term |
Rhetoric |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Swearingen, C. Jan. Rhetoric and irony. New York : Oxford University Press, 1991 (DLC) 90042930 |
ISBN |
9780195362503 (electronic book) |
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0195362500 (electronic book) |
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1280524847 |
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9781280524844 |
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0195063627 (Cloth) |
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9780195063622 |
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