The Art of Rhetoric
$34.97
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
1 January 1992
Summary
Aristotle’s influential treatise on the way to win arguments
With the emergence of democracy in the city-state of Athens in the years around 460 BC, public speaking became an essential skill for politicians in the Assemblies and Councils - and even for ordinary citizens in the courts of law. In response, the technique of rhetoric rapidly developed, bringing virtuoso performances and a host of practical manuals for the layman. While many of these were little more than collections of de…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140445107 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140445102 |
| Author: | Aristotle |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 1 January 1992 |
| Weight: | 224g |
| Dimensions: | 19mm x 128mm x 197mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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HUGH LAWSON-TANCRED was born in 1955 and educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford. He is a Departmental Fellow in the Department of Philosophy at Birkbeck College in the University of London. He has published extensively on Aristotle and Plato and is currently engaged in research in computational linguistics. He translates widely from the Slavonic and Scandinavian languages. He is married with a daughter and two sons and lives in North London and Somerset.
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