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The Dispute Concerning Rhetoric in Hellenistic Thought

This study tries to reconstruct the dispute over rhetoric in Hellenistic thought, by using two main interrelated axes. Firstly, it delineates the exact milieu in which this dispute took place, including locations, dates and persons. Secondly, five main arguments used against rhetoric have been recon...

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Main Author: Liebersohn, Yosef Z. (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2010
Series:Hypomnemata
Subjects:
Philosophy
Classics
Charmadas
Cicero
Critolaus
Orator
Philodemus
Plato
Quintilian
Rhetoric
Stoicism
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Summary:This study tries to reconstruct the dispute over rhetoric in Hellenistic thought, by using two main interrelated axes. Firstly, it delineates the exact milieu in which this dispute took place, including locations, dates and persons. Secondly, five main arguments used against rhetoric have been reconstructed, all of which concentrate on rhetoric's claim to be considered an art.
ISBN:9783666252945
Access:Open Access

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