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The Dispute concerning Rhetoric in Hellenistic Thought
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The Dispute concerning Rhetoric in Hellenistic Thought

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English summary: This study tries to reconstruct the dispute over rhetoric in Hellenistic thought, by using two main interrelated axes. Firstly, it delineates the exact milieu in which this dispute took place, including locations, dates and persons. Secondly, five main arguments used against rhetoric have been reconstructed, all of which concentrate on rhetoric’s claim to be considered an art. German description: Diese Studie rekonstruiert die hellenistische philosophische Debatte uber die Rhetorik. In der heterogenen Quellenlage gelingt es Liebersohn, zwei Phasen in den Debatten um den Wert der Rhetorik und zwei Typen von Debatten zu unterscheiden: eine innerphilosophische und eine zwischen Philosophen und Rhetoren. Zunachst wird das genaue Umfeld dieses Disputs untersucht, also die Orte, Daten und Personen. Im Anschluss werden funf Hauptargumente gegen Rhetorik rekonstruiert, die alle vom Anspruch der Rhetorik, zu den Kunsten zu gehoren, ausgehen. Diese funf Gegenargumente sind: the exclusivity of teaching argument; the falsa argument; the benefit argument; the end argument; the materia argument.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG
Country
Germany
Date
15 September 2010
Pages
224
ISBN
9783525252949

English summary: This study tries to reconstruct the dispute over rhetoric in Hellenistic thought, by using two main interrelated axes. Firstly, it delineates the exact milieu in which this dispute took place, including locations, dates and persons. Secondly, five main arguments used against rhetoric have been reconstructed, all of which concentrate on rhetoric’s claim to be considered an art. German description: Diese Studie rekonstruiert die hellenistische philosophische Debatte uber die Rhetorik. In der heterogenen Quellenlage gelingt es Liebersohn, zwei Phasen in den Debatten um den Wert der Rhetorik und zwei Typen von Debatten zu unterscheiden: eine innerphilosophische und eine zwischen Philosophen und Rhetoren. Zunachst wird das genaue Umfeld dieses Disputs untersucht, also die Orte, Daten und Personen. Im Anschluss werden funf Hauptargumente gegen Rhetorik rekonstruiert, die alle vom Anspruch der Rhetorik, zu den Kunsten zu gehoren, ausgehen. Diese funf Gegenargumente sind: the exclusivity of teaching argument; the falsa argument; the benefit argument; the end argument; the materia argument.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG
Country
Germany
Date
15 September 2010
Pages
224
ISBN
9783525252949