Aristotle's Rhetoric: Philosophical Essays

by David J. Furley (Editor), Alexander Nehamas (Editor)

Overview

In the field of philosophy, Plato's view of rhetoric as a potentially treacherous craft has long overshadowed Aristotle's view, which focuses on rhetoric as an independent discipline that relates in complex ways to dialectic and logic and to ethics and moral psychology. This volume, composed of essays by internationally renowned philosophers and classicists, provides the first extensive examination of Aristotle's Rhetoric and its subject matter in many years. One aim is to locate both Aristotle's treatise and its subject within the more general context of his philosophical treatment of other disciplines, including moral and political theory as well as poetics. The contributors also seek to illuminate the structure of Aristotle's own conception of rhetoric as presented in his treatise.

The first section of the book, which deals with the arguments of rhetoric, contains essays by M. F. Burnyeat and Jacques Brunschwig. A section treating the status of the art of rhetoric features pieces by Eckart Schütrumpf, Jürgen Sprute, M. M. McCabe, and Glenn W. Most. Essays by John M. Cooper, Stephen Halliwell, and Jean-Louis Labarrière address topics related to rhetoric, ethics, and politics. The final section, on rhetoric and literary art, comprises essays by Alexander Nehamas and André Laks.

Originally published in 1994.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780691603681
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	03/08/2015
Series:	Princeton Legacy Library , #1744
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	340
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.60(d)

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Sect. I The Arguments of Rhetoric

Enthymeme: Aristotle on the Logic of Persuasion

Rhetorique Et Dialectique, Rhetorique Et Topiques

Sect. II The Status of the Art of Rhetoric

Some Observations on the Introduction to Aristotle's Rhetoric

Aristotle and the Legitimacy of Rhetoric

Arguments in Context: Aristotle's Defense of Rhetoric

The Uses of Endoxa: Philosophy and Rhetoric in the Rhetoric

Sect. III Rhetoric, Ethics, and Politics

Ethical-Political Theory in Aristotle's Rhetoric

Popular Morality, Philosophical Ethics, and the Rhetoric

L'Orateur Politique Face A Ses Contraintes

Sect. IV Rhetoric and Literary Art

Pity and Fear in the Rhetoric and the Poetics

Substitution Et Connaissance: Une Interpretation Unitaire (Ou Presque) De La Theorie Aristotelicienne De La Metaphore

Contributors

Index Locorum

Index Nominum