| Philodemus on Rhetoric Books 1 and 2: Translation and Exegetical Essays Contributor(s): Chandler, Clive (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415976111 ISBN-13: 9780415976114 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2005 Annotation: The Epicureans were notorious in antiquity for denigrating most forms of civic participation and for rejecting those cultural activities (such as poetry, music, and rhetoric) which are broadly labelled i paideia. /i In this, as in all else, they ostensibly took their cue from Epicurus and the other founders of the School. In contrast to this, the Epicurean Philodemus, who lived and wrote in Italy in the first century B.C., presents an interesting case. For a substantial portion of his surviving work is preoccupied with investigations into this i paideia /i and with demonstrating how an orthodox Epicurean is to approach them. This book selects one of those investigations, the first two books of Philodemus' i On Rhetoric /i . An annotated translation is provided of the most recent edition of this text (Longo Auricchio 1977) which is followed by a series of essays which aim to clarify Philodemus' conception of, and approach to, the problem of rhetoric for Epicureans, and in particular the way he manages citations from the works of the founders to support his arguments against other Epicureans who take a different view. The book constitutes a very helpful guide to this fragmentary and difficult text. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
| Dewey: 808 |
| LCCN: 2005024607 |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.22" W x 9.34" (1.00 lbs) 244 pages |