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Thomas Aquinas on Persuasion - Action, Ends, and Natural Rhetoric

English · Paperback / Softback

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Thomas Aquinas on Persuasion: Action, Ends, and Natural Rhetoric reveals why human nature is dependent on an internally constituted form of persuasive discourse to bring about human action. This book puts forth that use of rhetorical discourse is natural to the human person and makes possible the fullest apprehension of human goods.

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Acknowledgments
Introduction

Chapter 1: Toward a Natural Rhetoric
Chapter 2: Natural Rhetoric and Acts of Understanding
Chapter 3: Natural Rhetoric and Defective Action
Chapter 4: Natural Rhetoric and the Apprehension of Virtue

Conclusion
Bibliography


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Jeffrey J. Maciejewski

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Thomas Aquinas on Persuasion: Action, Ends, and Natural Rhetoric reveals why human nature is dependent on an internally constituted form of persuasive discourse to bring about human action. This book puts forth that use of rhetorical discourse is natural to the human person and makes possible the fullest apprehension of human goods.

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