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Aristotle's Art of Rhetoric
Contributor(s): Aristotle (Author), Bartlett, Robert C. (Translator), Bartlett, Robert C. (Memoir by)
ISBN: 022659162X     ISBN-13: 9780226591629
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
OUR PRICE:   $42.57  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: February 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical
- Political Science | History & Theory - General
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Rhetoric
Dewey: 808.5
LCCN: 2018025296
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (1.40 lbs) 288 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
 
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Publisher Description:
For more than two thousand years. Aristotle's "Art of Rhetoric" has shaped thought on the theory and practice of rhetoric, the art of persuasive speech. In three sections, Aristotle discusses what rhetoric is, as well as the three kinds of rhetoric (deliberative, judicial, and epideictic), the three rhetorical modes of persuasion, and the diction, style, and necessary parts of a successful speech. Throughout, Aristotle defends rhetoric as an art and a crucial tool for deliberative politics while also recognizing its capacity to be misused by unscrupulous politicians to mislead or illegitimately persuade others.

Here Robert C. Bartlett offers a literal, yet easily readable, new translation of Aristotle's "Art of Rhetoric," one that takes into account important alternatives in the manuscript and is fully annotated to explain historical, literary, and other allusions. Bartlett's translation is also accompanied by an outline of the argument of each book; copious indexes, including subjects, proper names, and literary citations; a glossary of key terms; and a substantial interpretive essay.


Contributor Bio(s): Bartlett, Robert C.: -

Robert C. Bartlett is the Behrakis Professor of Hellenic Political Studies at Boston College. He is the author or editor of many books.

Aristotle: - Aristotle (384-322 BC) was born in the city of Stagira. At the age of seventeen or eighteen he came to Athens and became a student at Plato's Academy, where he remained for twenty years. Later he was appointed head of the royal academy in the kingdom of Macedon, where he tutored, among others, the king's son, Alexander. By 335 BC, Aristotle had returned to Athens, where he established a school known as the Lyceum. He conducted courses at the Lyceum for twelve years, and it is believed that he wrote most of his works during that time. His works constitute the first comprehensive system of philosophical and empirical knowledge. His influence on all subsequent philosophy and science is profound; the medieval Muslim scholars called him the "First Teacher" and the Scholastics referred to him simply as "The Philosopher."