Description: Art of Rhetoric, Paperback by Aristotle; Waterfield, Robin (TRN); Yunis, Harvey (INT), ISBN 019872425X, ISBN-13 9780198724254, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US For all men are persuaded by considerations of where their interest lies...
Aristotles Art of Rhetoric is the earliest systematic treatment of the subject, and it remains among the most incisive works on rhetoric that we possess. In it, we are asked: What is a good speech? What do popular audiences find persuasive? How does one compose a persuasive speech? Aristotle
considers these questions in the context of the ancient Greek democratic city-state, in which large audiences of ordinary citizens listened to speeches pro and con before casting the votes that made the laws, decided the policies, and settled the cases in court. Persuasion by means of the spoken
word was the vehicle for conducting politics and administering the law. After stating the basic principles of persuasive speech, Aristotle places rhetoric in relation to allied fields such as politics, ethics, psychology, and logic, and he demonstrates how to construct a persuasive case for any kind
of plea on any subject of communal concern. Aristotle views persuasion flexibly, examining how speakers should devise arguments, evoke emotions, and demonstrate their own credibility. The treatise provides ample evidence of Aristotles unique and brilliant manner of thinking, and has had a profound
influence on later attempts to understand what makes speech persuasive.
The new translation of the text is accompanied by an introduction discussing the political, philosophical, and rhetorical background to Aristotles treatise, as well as the composition and transmission of the original text and an account of Aristotles life.
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Book Title: Art of Rhetoric
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Publication Name: Art of Rhetoric
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Item Height: 0.5 in
Publication Year: 2018
Subject: Individual Philosophers, Political, Linguistics / General
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 7.1 Oz
Subject Area: Philosophy, Language Arts & Disciplines
Author: . Aristotle, Robin Waterfield
Item Length: 7.7 in
Item Width: 5.1 in
Series: Oxford World's Classics Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback