Rhetoric and Philosophy in Conflict - An Historical Survey

I. The Rehabilitation of Rhetoric.- II. Plato and The Sophists.- III. Isocrates and the Power of Logos.- IV. The History and System of Greek Rhetoric.- V. Rhetoric and Philosophy in Rome.- VI. Augustine and Rhetoric.- VII. The Liberal Arts and Education in the Middle Ages.- VIII. The Italian Humanists.- IX. Francis Bacon, Ren¿escartes and the New Science.- X. Pascal and the Art of Persuasion.- XI. Sacred Eloquence.- XII. Kant and the Enlightenment.- XIII. Marx, Nietzsche and Freud.- XIV. Nietzsche and Philosophy.- XV. Philosophy and Metaphor.- XVI. Who is Actually Speaking Whenever Something is Said?.

List of contents

I. The Rehabilitation of Rhetoric.- II. Plato and The Sophists.- III. Isocrates and the Power of Logos.- IV. The History and System of Greek Rhetoric.- V. Rhetoric and Philosophy in Rome.- VI. Augustine and Rhetoric.- VII. The Liberal Arts and Education in the Middle Ages.- VIII. The Italian Humanists.- IX. Francis Bacon, René Descartes and the New Science.- X. Pascal and the Art of Persuasion.- XI. Sacred Eloquence.- XII. Kant and the Enlightenment.- XIII. Marx, Nietzsche and Freud.- XIV. Nietzsche and Philosophy.- XV. Philosophy and Metaphor.- XVI. Who is Actually Speaking Whenever Something is Said?.

Product details

• Authors: J C IJsseling, J. C. IJsseling, Samuel Ijsseling
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2009
• EAN: 9789024719013
• ISBN: 978-90-247-1901-3
• No. of pages: 152
• Weight: 222 g
• Illustrations: 152 p.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works