Art of Rhetoric

Aristotle (384-322 BC), the great Greek thinker, researcher, and educator, ranks among the most important and influential figures in the history of philosophy, theology, and science. Rhetoric, probably composed while he was still a member of Plato's Academy, is the first systematic approach to persuasive public speaking and a classic of its kind.

About the author

John Henry Freese (1852–1930) was Fellow of St John’s College, Cambridge.Gisela Striker is Walter C. Klein Professor of Philosophy and of the Classics, Emerita, at Harvard University.

Summary

Aristotle (384–322 BC), the great Greek thinker, researcher, and educator, ranks among the most important and influential figures in the history of philosophy, theology, and science. Rhetoric, probably composed while he was still a member of Plato’s Academy, is the first systematic approach to persuasive public speaking and a classic of its kind.

Product details

• Authors: Aristotle, J. H. (TRN)/ Striker Aristotle/ Freese
• Assisted by: J. H. Freese (Translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.06.2020
• EAN: 9780674997325
• ISBN: 978-0-674-99732-5
• Dimensions: 115 mm x 170 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Ancient Greece, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric, Classical texts, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Ancient, classical and medieval texts