Aristotle's Rhetoric : : Philosophical Essays / / ed. by David J. Furley, Alexander Nehamas.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Brunschwig, Jacques,; Burnyeat, M. F.,; Cooper, John M.,; Furley, David J.,; Halliwell, Stephen,; Labarrière, Jean-Louis,; Laks, André,; McCabe, Mary Margaret,; Most, Glenn W.,; Nehamas, Alexander,; Schütrumpf, Eckart,; Sprute, Jürgen,
• HerausgeberIn: Furley, David J.,; Nehamas, Alexander,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1994
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1744
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (340 p.) :; 1 line illus.

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.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Section 1: The Arguments of Rhetoric -- Enthymeme: Aristotle on the Logic of Persuasion -- Rhétorique et Dialectique Rhétprique et Topiques -- Section 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 -- Section III: Rhetoric, Ethics and Politics -- Ethical-Political Theory in Aristotle's Rhetoric -- Popular Morality, Philosophical Ethics and the Rhetoric -- L'orateur Politique Face á Ses Contraintes -- Section IV: Rhetoric and Literary Art -- Pity and Fear in the Rhetoric and the Poetics -- Substitution et Connaissance: Une Interprétation Unitare (Ou Presque) de la Théorie Aristotélicienne de la Métaphore -- Contributors -- Index Locorum -- Index Nominum