Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 289 g
Reihe: Argumentation Library
The Classical Technique of Constructing Arguments from Aristotle to Cicero
Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 289 g
Reihe: Argumentation Library
ISBN: 978-90-481-8153-7
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
is the first full-length study of the nature and development of , the conceptual ancestors of modern argument schemes, between Aristotle and Cicero.
Aristotle and Cicero configured in a way that influenced the subsequent tradition. Their work on the -system grew out of an interest in creating a theory of argumentation which could stand between the rigour of formal logic and the emotive potential of rhetoric. This system went through a series of developments and transformations resulting from the interplay between the separate aims of gaining rhetorical effectiveness and of maintaining dialectical standards.
presents a comprehensive treatment of Aristotle’s and Cicero’s methods of and, by exploring their relationship, it illuminates an area of ancient rhetoric and logic which has been obscured for more than two thousand years.
Through an interpretation which is philologically rooted in the historical context of , the book lays the ground for evaluating the relevance of the classical approaches to modern research on arguments, and at the same time provides an introduction to Greek and Roman theory of argumentation focussed on its most important theoretical achievements.
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Weitere Infos & Material
The Creation of the Method of Topoi and Its Characteristics.- Aristotle’s Topics.- Dialectical and Rhetorical Uses of Topoi.- Topoi and Loci.- Cicero’s Use of Locus in De Inventione.- Cicero’s List of Aristotelian Loci.
