This study examines Gorgias' radical alternative to the philosophical view of the use and abuse of language. In the sequel it investigates Plato's counterblast and further crucial episodes in the later history of the controversy. Series: Issues in Ancient Philosophy. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; HPCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272. . 1998. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: The Birth of Rhetoric: Gorgias, Plato and their Successors (Issues in Ancient Philosophy)
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 1998
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0415146437
ISBN 13: 9780415146432
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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What is rhetoric? Is it the capacity to persuade? Or is it 'mere' rhetoric: the ability to get others to do what the speaker wants, regardless of what they want? This is the rhetoric of ideological manipulation and political seduction. Rhetoric is for some a distinctive mode of communication; for others, whenever someone speaks, rhetoric is present. This book is devoted to helping readers understand these rival accounts, by showing how it has happened that there are so many conceptions of rhetoric. Any such approach must be rooted in classical antiquity, since our ideas of rhetoric are the product of a complicated historical process starting in ancient Greece. Greek rhetoric was born in bitter controversy. The figure of Gorgias is at the centre of that debate and of this book: he invites us to confront the terrifying, exhilarating possibility that persuasion is just power.

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