Aristotle's Rhetoric (Paperback)

Eugene Garver

ISBN 10: 0226284255 / ISBN 13: 9780226284255

Published by The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, 1995

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Paperback. In this major contribution to philosophy and rhetoric, Eugene Garver shows how Aristotle integrates logic and virtue in his great treatise, the Rhetoric. He raises and answers a central question: can there be a civic art of rhetoric, an art that forms the character of citizens? By demonstrating the importance of the Rhetoric for understanding current philosophical problems of practical reason, virtue, and character, Garver has written the first work to treat the Rhetoric as philosophy and to connect its themes with parallel problems in Aristotle's Ethics and Politics. Garver's study will help put rhetoric at the center of investigations of practice and practical reason. A consideration of how Aristotle integrates logic and virtue in his great treatise, the Rhetoric. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Aristotle's Rhetoric (Paperback)
• Publisher: The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226284255
• ISBN 13: 9780226284255
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

In this major contribution to philosophy and rhetoric, Eugene Garver shows how Aristotle integrates logic and virtue in his great treatise, the Rhetoric. He raises and answers a central question: can there be a civic art of rhetoric, an art that forms the character of citizens? By demonstrating the importance of the Rhetoric for understanding current philosophical problems of practical reason, virtue, and character, Garver has written the first work to treat the Rhetoric as philosophy and to connect its themes with parallel problems in Aristotle's Ethics and Politics. Garver's study will help put rhetoric at the center of investigations of practice and practical reason.

About the Author

Eugene Garver is the Regents Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Saint John’s University. Among his earlier books are Aristotle’s "Rhetoric:" An Art of Character, Confronting Aristotle’s Ethics: Ancient and Modern Morality, and Aristotle’s "Politics:" Living Well and Living Together, all published by the University of Chicago Press. He has also retired from triathlons after finishing first in his age group at the North American Ironman Championships.