Research Catalog

Title

The art of rhetoric / Aristotle ; translated by Robin Waterfield ; with an introduction and notes by Harvey Yunis.

Author

Aristotle

Publication

• [Oxford, United Kingdom] : Oxford University Press, [2018]
• ©2018

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Details

Additional Authors

• Yunis, Harvey
• Waterfield, Robin, 1952-

Description

lxxiv, 201 pages; 20 cm

Summary

"Aristotle's Art of Rhetoric is the earliest systematic treatment of the subject, and it remains among the most incisive works on rhetoric that we possess. In it, we are asked: What is a good speech? What do popular audiences find persuasive? How does one compose a persuasive speech? Aristotle considers these questions in the context of the ancient Greek democratic city-state, in which large audiences of ordinary citizens listened to speeches pro and con before casting the votes that made the laws, decided the policies, and settled the cases in court. Persuasion by means of the spoken word was the vehicle for conducting politics and administering the law. After stating the basic principles of persuasive speech, Aristotle places rhetoric in relation to allied fields such as politics, ethics, psychology, and logic, and he demonstrates how to construct a persuasive case for any kind of plea on any subject of communal concern. Aristotle views persuasion flexibly, examining how speakers should devise arguments, evoke emotions, and demonstrate their own credibility. The treatise provides ample evidence of Aristotle's unique and brilliant manner of thinking, and has had a profound influence on later attempts to understand what makes speech persuasive. The new translation of the text is accompanied by an introduction discussing the political, philosophical, and rhetorical background to Aristotle's treatise, as well as the composition and transmission of the original text and an account of Aristotle's life."--Back cover

Series Statement

Oxford world's classics

Uniform Title

Oxford world's classics.

Subject

• Rhetoric > Early works to 1800
• Rhetoric

Genre/Form

Early works.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages lxix-lxxiv) and index.

Language (note)

• Translated from the Ancient Greek.

Contents

Introduction -- Translator's note -- Select bibliography -- The art of rhetoric -- Explanatory notes -- Textual notes.

Call Number

JFD 18-4430

ISBN

• 9780198724254
• 019872425X

LCCN

2017962189

OCLC

1035015737

Author

Aristotle, author.

Title

The art of rhetoric / Aristotle ; translated by Robin Waterfield ; with an introduction and notes by Harvey Yunis.

Publisher

[Oxford, United Kingdom] : Oxford University Press, [2018]

Copyright Date

©2018

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Oxford world's classics

Oxford world's classics.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages lxix-lxxiv) and index.

Language

Translated from the Ancient Greek.

Added Author

Yunis, Harvey, writer of introduction.

Waterfield, Robin, 1952- translator.

Research Call Number

JFD 18-4430