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| Original Title: | Τέχνη ρητορική |
| ISBN: | 8804407492 (ISBN13: 9788804407492) |
| Edition Language: | Italian |
Aristotle
Paperback | Pages: 397 pages Rating: 3.89 | 4275 Users | 184 Reviews
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One of the seminal works of Western philosophy, Aristotle's Rhetoric vastly influenced all subsequent thought on the subject — philosophical, political, and literary. Focusing on the use of language as both a vehicle and a tool to shape persuasive argument, Aristotle delineates with remarkable insight both practical and aesthetic elements and their proper combination in an effective presentation, oral or written. He also emphasizes the role of language in achieving precision and clarity of thought.The ancients regarded rhetoric as the crowning intellectual discipline — the synthesis of logical principles and other knowledge attained from years of schooling. Modern readers will find considerable relevance in Aristotelian rhetoric and its focus on developing persuasive tools of argumentation. Aristotle's examinations of how to compose and interpret speeches offer significant insights into the language and style of contemporary communications, from advertisements to news reports and other media.
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| Title | : | Retorica |
| Author | : | Aristotle |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Large print |
| Pages | : | Pages: 397 pages |
| Published | : | July 1995 by A. Mondadori (first published -322) |
| Categories | : | Philosophy. Classics. Nonfiction. Language. Writing |
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Ratings: 3.89 From 4275 Users | 184 ReviewsEvaluation Containing Books Retorica
You may never have read anything by Aristotle; but if you've ever taken a college writing course, you've had him as your teacher. The Art of Rhetoric did so much to define how subsequent generations, and civilizations, regarded the task of crafting persuasive language that it can truly be regarded as a founding text. Methodically, Aristotle sets forth his sense of how the writer's handling of character and emotion contributes to success in rhetorical terms. His insights regarding style andThe relevance of this book is mind-boggling. It's easy to draw a plethora of parallels from the enumerated rhetorical devices and tips of Aristotle to the modern orators, both public and private. Aristotle was clearly an honest man, for an ignoble cad would hardly have shared all their secrets for public success as openly and thoroughly as the ol' Greek master. Yet, in spite of his honesty, he acknowledges the inherent dishonesty of the art of rhetoric. This art does not deal with facts and
Παντες ανθρωποι τον εἱδεναι ορεγονται φυσει-ἈριστοτέληςThere's this thing little kids do, when they find something they're interested in, where they have to tell everyone every single thing they know about the subject. It almost seems like a pre-theory-of-mind quirk in which a kid literally cannot imagine that another human being could find the subject less than captivating. I myself remember being little and telling anyoneor, at least, anyone who would listeneverything I knew about dinosaurs
Right off the bat, Im not going to say I understood it all. I felt like a fish out of water for a bit with Aristotles discussions on enthymemes and syllogism and so on (mostly because my previous experience with Classical Philosophy centred on choice passages relating to social history rather than on philosophy for philosophies sake). I had read parts of his discussions on emotions for a social history class, but the bulk of the book was new for me. I went into it looking for a better
I think I finally figured out Aristotle! Before I read this, I didn't really connect with his thinking, but now I think I do.The Art of Rhetoric is an astoundingly comprehensive guide to the complex and delicate skill of oration. It moves through three parts: firstly, Demonstration, secondly: Emotion and Character and thirdly: Universal Aspects, each one covering a different part of the skill. Aristotle leaves no stone unturned in his search for what makes great oration great. As a result, there
I'm sure it's excellent, necessary, brilliantly designed, etc. But so is a sewer system, and you don't want to spend too much time there either.
The first book of Aristotles highly taxonomical Rhetoric opens with a parsing of dialectic and rhetoric. He sets up the latter as an art of persuasion related to but nevertheless distinguishable from the former. After exploring the usefulness of syllogisms and enthymemes for both arts, Aristotle sets out his three basic categories of rhetorical discourse: deliberative, judicial (or forensic), and epideictic. He spends the rest of the first book exploring topics (related to the Greek topos, for
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