书名: The Birth of Rhetoric: Gorgias, Plato and Their Successors (Issues in Ancient Philosophy)
作者: Robert Wardy (Author)
出版社: Routledge; 1 edition (April 20, 1998)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0415146437
ISBN-13: 978-0415146432
Book Description
This study explores the first debates around the concept of rhetoric in ancient Greece and links them to contemporary thought. In On What Is Not and Encomium of Helen Gorgias suggested the terrifying and exhilarating possibility that persuasion is nothing but power, and that no human contact is innocent of its manipulative presence. This understanding of rhetoric is subsequently taken up and attacked by Plato and Socrates in their discussions of Gorgias. Robert Wardy reads these texts and later ones in a sophisticated and philosophic yet very lucid manner.
Review
"...Wardy has picked an undeniably fascinating issue...." -- APEIRON
"This is a beautifully written and beautiflly presented book." -- Dialogue
'Wardy's book, descended from an interdisciplinary course on rhetoric, represents a sophisticated version of the now familiar challenge to simplistic assumptions about the godlike superiority of philosophical over other forms of discourse.' -- Christopher Rowe, Phronesis
`Wardy gives Gorgias a new hearing. The book addresses and is accessible to, anyone interested in philosophy, literature, and the history of either.' -- The Times Higher Education Supplement
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作者: Robert Wardy (Author)
出版社: Routledge; 1 edition (April 20, 1998)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0415146437
ISBN-13: 978-0415146432
Book Description
This study explores the first debates around the concept of rhetoric in ancient Greece and links them to contemporary thought. In On What Is Not and Encomium of Helen Gorgias suggested the terrifying and exhilarating possibility that persuasion is nothing but power, and that no human contact is innocent of its manipulative presence. This understanding of rhetoric is subsequently taken up and attacked by Plato and Socrates in their discussions of Gorgias. Robert Wardy reads these texts and later ones in a sophisticated and philosophic yet very lucid manner.
Review
"...Wardy has picked an undeniably fascinating issue...." -- APEIRON
"This is a beautifully written and beautiflly presented book." -- Dialogue
'Wardy's book, descended from an interdisciplinary course on rhetoric, represents a sophisticated version of the now familiar challenge to simplistic assumptions about the godlike superiority of philosophical over other forms of discourse.' -- Christopher Rowe, Phronesis
`Wardy gives Gorgias a new hearing. The book addresses and is accessible to, anyone interested in philosophy, literature, and the history of either.' -- The Times Higher Education Supplement
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